Robbie Weiss (born December 1, 1966) is a former tour professional tennis player and

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singles champion. The resident of

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achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of world No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only

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event, the 1990 São Paulo Grand Prix. He also won, partnering

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, the

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junior doubles title. Weiss played just a few tournaments on the

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and his only notable junior success was winning Wimbledon doubles crown in '84 partnering Brown. They won the final over Jonas Svensson and Mark Kratzmann despite losing the first set 1–6. As a collegian, Weiss won the 1988 NCAA Division 1 individual singles title despite being ranked only No. 48 in that year's preseason rankings. He did win however three individuals singles tournaments to raise his ranking to No. 1 entering the individual singles championship. In the title match, Weiss defeated

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's Brian Garrow 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to become the first

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player win an individual singles title. Weiss was an All-American selection 1986 and again in 1988. In '86 the Waves lost the team championship finals to Stanford. Turning pro shortly after winning the NCAA individual title, Weiss scored tour singles match wins over at the time World No. 19

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and No. 31

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both on grass courts in 1990, over World No. 6

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and No. 21

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on hard courts in 1993, World No. 14

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on hard courts in 1994, and most impressively over World No. 2

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on hard courts in 1992. He won a main draw round at the

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, over World No. 64 Richey Reneberg, 6–2 in the fifth. In addition to his Grand Prix event triumph in São Paulo in 1990, when he beat Jaime Yzaga in the final despite dropping the first set, Weiss took three

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titles - Itu-São Paulo in November 1992; Palm Springs in 1993; and Granby in 1995. In doubles, Weiss reached a career-high ranking of World No. 271, in June 1989. He won one Challenger - 1989 Salou, partnering

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. Weiss resided during his junior days in

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ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Performance timelines

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Robbie 1966 births Living people American male tennis players People from the Las Vegas Valley People from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Tennis people from Florida Tennis players from Chicago Tennis people from Nevada Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles