# Bret Garnett

Bret Garnett (born July 2, 1967), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Garnett enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 49 in 1993.
Garnett's highest singles ranking was World No. 203 which he reached April, 1989.
Garnett played college tennis at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where he was later inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, he and his wife Cheryl resided in Camden, South Carolina during his tour days.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (1–0)
* ATP World Series (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–3)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1991 | Charlotte, United States | World Series | Clay | Greg Van Emburgh | Rick Leach Jim Pugh | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1991 | Guaruja, Brazil | World Series | Hard | Todd Nelson | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 1992 | Charlotte, United States | World Series | Clay | Jared Palmer | Steve DeVries David Macpherson | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 1992 | Washington, United States | Championship Series | Hard | Jared Palmer | Ken Flach Todd Witsken | 6–2, 6–3 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Doubles: 5 (3–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 1989 | Bossonnens, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard | Kent Kinnear | Brett Dickinson Bryan Shelton | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1990 | Ponte Vedra, United States | Challenger | Hard | Royce Deppe | Doug Flach Ken Flach | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 1992 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Tobias Svantesson | Jan Apell Peter Nyborg | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 1995 | Lippstadt, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | T.J. Middleton | Bill Behrens Mathias Huning | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 1995 | Hambühren, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | T.J. Middleton | Brent Larkham Chris Wilkinson | 6–2, 3–0 ret. |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R | A | Q1 | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canada | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| US Open | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 0 / 19 | 13–19 | 41% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Miami | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Canada | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–7 | 2–2 | 0 / 15 | 7–15 | 32% |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |