Raemon Sluiter is a well-known Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professional career, Sluiter reached four ATP finals in his native Netherlands and also reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup with the Dutch team in 2001.
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Sluiter is currently 45 years old and was born on April 13, 1978, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He excelled as a junior and won the Boys’ Doubles title at the 1995 French Open, alongside compatriot Peter Wessels. The pair also reached the final of the 1995 US Open Junior.
Sluiter turned professional in 1996 and broke into the top ATP 100 for the first time in 2000. In the same year, Sluiter qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2000 Australian Open, where he defeated Andrea Gaudenzi in five sets in the first round for his first Grand Slam victory.
In the second round, he was defeated by 16th seed Mark Philippoussis in four sets. At the 2000 Energis Dutch Open, Sluiter reached his first ATP final on home soil, where he was defeated by the veteran Magnus Gustafsson.
Sluiter announced his retirement in February 2008, which took effect after he played his home event in Rotterdam. In April 2009 he returned to professional tennis, reaching the final of an ITF Futures tournament in Albufeira, Portugal having entered the tournament in the qualifying rounds. In June 2009 he reached the final of the Ordina Open, becoming the lowest-ranked professional player (866th) in history to reach an ATP final.
After retiring from his playing career, Sluiter became a coach. In 2015, he began coaching Dutch player Kiki Bertens. In 2016, Bertens reached the semi-final of the French Open. They ended their partnership in 2019.
In 2021, Sluiter began a brief partnership with Tallon Griekspoor, a Dutch player on the ATP tour. They stopped working together in late 2022. Sluiter became the coach of Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina in March 2023, after her return from maternity leave. She returned to competition in April on the ITF Tour.
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