Roger Smith (tennis)

Roger Smith ( born January 20, 1964 in Freeport ) is a retired Bahamian tennis player.

Life

Smith studied at Ohio State University and was selected in the Best All-American selection. In 1987 he was a professional tennis player and was the same year in Bossonnens by a final victory over Alexander Mronz claim his first individual title on the ATP Challenger Tour. He also won the doubles competition with Tony MMOH the Challenger tournament in Munich. In 1988 he won in Tel Aviv on the side of Paul Wekesa his first doubles title on the ATP World Tour. In total he won three doubles titles during his career, one more time he was in a final. Its highest listing in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1988 with position 96 in the singles and in 1991 with position 73 in doubles.

His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the U.S. Open 1994. 's Doubles competition he came also in 1990 at the U.S. Open to the quarter-finals.

Smith played between 1985 and 2000 48 single and 26 double batches for the Bahamian Davis Cup team. His greatest success with the team was to participate in the qualifying round of the World Group in 1993. During the 0-5 defeat against the USA, he lost his singles matches against Andre Agassi and MaliVai Washington as well as on the side of Mark Knowles against the American duo of Patrick McEnroe and Richey Reneberg. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he took up in singles and in doubles. He lost his first round game against Andrei Cherkasov and retired at the side of Mark Knowles against the Australian double also made in the first round. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he took up only a double, again with Mark Knowles. They won their Erstrundenbegegnung against the Portuguese double and subject to the Croats and Goran Ivanisevic Saša Hiršzon. At the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000, he participated as coach of the Bahamian team.

Tournament Win

Double ( 3)

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