Mitch Sprengelmeyer

American tennis player

Mitch Sprengelmeyer
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Pendleton, South Carolina
Born	(1975-01-09) January 9, 1975 (age 49) Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$71,636
Highest ranking	No. 814 (August 10, 1998)
Doubles
Career record	9-20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 92 (July 9, 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2001)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000)

Mitchell Dell "Mitch" Sprengelmeyer (born January 9, 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.^[1]

Career

Sprengelmeyer, a three time All-American, played collegiate tennis for Clemson University from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Sprengelmeyer was the NCAA ITA Senior Player of the Year and also won the Van Nostrand Memorial Award, the first person to win both in the same year.^[2] Sprengelmeyer was also named ACC Player of the Year in 1997.

Sprengelmeyer competed in the men's doubles at seven Grand Slam tournaments, winning a Grand Slam match at the 2001 French Open, with Aleksandar Kitinov.^[3] They defeated Jan Siemerink and Grant Stafford, then lost in the second round to Max Mirnyi and David Prinosil.^[3] In the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Sprengelmeyer also played in the mixed doubles, partnering Lilia Osterloh.^[3] He and partner Kyle Spencer were doubles runners-up at the 2000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, an ATP Tour tournament, in Newport.^[3]

Sprengelmeyer has three career wins over the Bryan Brothers. The first win was with Adam Peterson at a Challenger event in Texas, and the other two wins were with Mark Merklein in back-to-back finals of Challenger events in California, the Bryan Brother's home state.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2000	Newport, United States	Grass	Kyle Spencer	Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy	6–7^(2–7), 5–7

Challenger titles

Doubles: (7)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1999	Eisenach, Germany	Clay	Jason Weir-Smith	Dirk Dier Marcus Hilpert	6–3, 6–1
2.	1999	Binghamton, United States	Hard	Jason Weir-Smith	Kevin Kim Hyung-Taik Lee	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
3.	1999	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Jason Weir-Smith	Andrew Painter Byron Talbot	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
4.	2000	Burbank, United States	Hard	Mark Merklein	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
5.	2000	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Mark Merklein	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
6.	2001	Rocky Mount, United States	Clay	Mark Merklein	Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
7.	2001	Venice, Italy	Clay	Mark Merklein	Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)