Rene Mentz

Rene Mentz
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 (age 58)
Prize money$27,482
Singles
Career record39–12
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 295 (8 November 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1984)
Wimbledon2R (1983)
Doubles
Career record23–8
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 285 (25 October 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1984)

Rene Mentz (born 26 May 1966) is a South African former professional tennis player.[1]

Mentz, a junior Wimbledon quarterfinalist who was raised in Pretoria, played on the professional tour in the 1980s and early 1990s. She reached a career-high singles ranking of 295 in the world.

During her career she featured in the women's singles main draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon, making the second round of the latter in 1983.

Her best Virginia Slims/WTA Tour performance came at the 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International in Richmond, where she made it through to the quarterfinals, with wins over Leslie Allen and Anna-Maria Fernandez.[2]

  1. ^ "Mentz carries on run to quarter-finals". The Canberra Times. 20 October 1983. p. 26. Retrieved 24 June 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Richmond 1984 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.