1. Taylor Phillip Dent was born on April 24,1981 and is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.
22 Facts About Taylor Dent
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Taylor Dent reached a career-high singles ranking of World No 21, winning 4 singles titles.
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Taylor 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 Nicolas Massu of Chile.
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Taylor Dent, paired with Lisa Raymond, won the 2006 Hopman Cup, defeating the Netherlands two sets to one in the final.
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In 2006 Taylor Dent did not play many competitive matches, due to a recurring back and groin problem.
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On May 26,2008, Taylor Dent received a wild card and played at the Carson challenger in the United States.
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Taylor Dent lost his first round match to Cecil Mamiit.
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In July 2008 Taylor 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.
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Taylor Dent lost in three sets to Canada's Frank Dancevic.
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Taylor Dent followed this win up by defeating second seed and fellow American Robert Kendrick.
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Taylor Dent had a poor run of form following this, but reversed the poor form by qualifying for Wimbledon, having entered the qualifying via a wildcard.
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Taylor Dent won his way through to the main draw, where he lost to Daniel Gimeno Traver in five sets in the first round.
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Taylor Dent received a wild card for the 2009 US Open and won his first US Open match since 2005, upsetting Feliciano Lopez in four sets.
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Taylor Dent defeated Fabio Fognini, in the first round and moved on to face tenth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to whom he lost.
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On November 8,2010, Taylor Dent announced his retirement from professional tennis.
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Unusual for a contemporary tennis player, Taylor Dent favored a pure serve-and-volley style of play.
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Taylor Dent is the son of former ATP player and 1974 Australian Open finalist Phil Taylor Dent.
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Taylor Dent's godfather is the former top ten player John Alexander, of Australia, who was Phil Dent's doubles partner when that duo won the 1975 Australian Open doubles title.
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Taylor Dent appeared in an American TV commercial for the insurance company Genworth Financial as the opponent of a boy playing the role of Jaden Agassi, the young son of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.
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Taylor Dent attended the Monte Vista High School, in Northern California.
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On December 8,2006, Taylor Dent married WTA Tour player, Jennifer Hopkins.
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Taylor Dent has been a commentator on The Tennis Channel for the US Open in 2006,2007, and 2011.