Taylor Dent
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| Full name | Taylor Phillip Dent |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Newport Beach, California |
| Born |
April 24, 1981 Newport Beach, California |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | November 8, 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,563,378 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 151–140 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 21 (August 8, 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2002, 2004, 2005) |
| French Open | 2R (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2005) |
| US Open | 4R (2003) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 16–37 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 170 (August 20, 2001) |
| Last updated on: July 17, 2012. | |
Taylor Phillip Dent (born April 24, 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles.
Dent won ATP titles in Newport (2002), Bangkok (2003), Memphis (2003), and Moscow (2003), and reached the finals of three other events on tour. His victory in Memphis is still often referred to as his most impressive victory, as he beat future World No. 1 Andy Roddick in the final.
Dent played with distinction at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he made a push all the way to the semi-finals, where he was defeated by eventual Gold medalist Nicolás Massú of Chile. He went on to lose the Bronze medal match 16-14 in the third set against Fernando González of Chile.
Dent, paired with Lisa Raymond, won the 2006 Hopman Cup, defeating the Netherlands two sets to one in the final.
In 2006 Dent did not play many competitive matches, due to a recurring back and groin problem. Dent had back surgery on March 19, 2007.
On May 26, 2008 Dent received a wild card and played at the Carson challenger in the United States. It was his first match since February 2006. He lost his first round match to Cecil Mamiit. In July 2008 Dent took a wild card into his first ATP tour event for two seasons at the Hall of Fame tennis tournament in Newport, Rhode Island. He lost in three sets to Canada's Frank Dancevic.
On November 12, 2008 Dent won his first comeback match at the Champaign challenger against Frédéric Niemeyer, 6–3, 7–6(3). He followed this win up by defeating second seed and fellow American Robert Kendrick. In the third round, Dent had to withdraw against Sam Warburg.
Using his protected ranking of 56, Dent played the 2009 Australian Open, where he was eliminated in the first round by Amer Delic.
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