Bret Garnett (born July 2, 1967), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Bret Garnett
Country (sports) United States
Born (1967-07-02) 2 July 1967 (age 57)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro1988
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeUniversity of Southwestern Louisiana
Prize money$336,551
Singles
Career record8–19
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 203 (24 April 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1989, 1992)
Wimbledon1R (1989)
US Open1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record72–120
Career titles1
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 49 (22 March 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1993)
French Open3R (1992)
Wimbledon3R (1990, 1991, 1993)
US Open3R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1991)
Wimbledon2R (1991, 1993, 1994)
Last updated on: 2 April 2022.

Garnett enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 49 in 1993.

Garnett's highest singles ranking was World No. 203 which he reached April, 1989.

Garnett played college tennis at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He and his wife Cheryl resided in Camden, South Carolina during his tour days.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)


Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1991 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay   Greg Van Emburgh   Rick Leach
  Jim Pugh
3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1991 Guaruja, Brazil World Series Hard   Todd Nelson   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 May 1992 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay   Jared Palmer   Steve DeVries
  David Macpherson
4–6, 6–7
Win 1–3 Jul 1992 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard   Jared Palmer   Ken Flach
  Todd Witsken
6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 5 (3–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1989 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard   Kent Kinnear   Brett Dickinson
  Bryan Shelton
7–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 1990 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard   Royce Deppe   Doug Flach
  Ken Flach
3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 2–1 Apr 1992 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay   Tobias Svantesson   Jan Apell
  Peter Nyborg
6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 1995 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet   T.J. Middleton   Bill Behrens
  Mathias Huning
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 3–2 Feb 1995 Hambühren, Germany Challenger Carpet   T.J. Middleton   Brent Larkham
  Chris Wilkinson
6–2, 3–0 ret.

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R A Q1 3R 1R Q2 0 / 3 4–3 57%
French Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R A A Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A Q2 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0 / 5 4–5 44%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada 1R A A A Q1 Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A Q2 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R QF 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon Q3 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
US Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–1 4–2 2–4 2–4 5–4 0–4 0 / 19 13–19 41%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A QF A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A A A A QF A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canada 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Cincinnati A A A 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 5–7 2–2 0 / 15 7–15 32%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 3R A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0 / 7 4–7 36%


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