John Letts is a former professional tennis

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 player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven ATP tour doubles titles and reached four ATP tour doubles finals. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1985 Australian Open in doubles knocking out the 3rd seeded team of Tomáš Šmíd and John Fitzgerald in the second round.

He reached a high of #244 in the world in singles achieving most of his success on the Challenger tour including the semi-finals of Manchester (1989) and San Luis Potosí (1988) and the quarterfinals of Nagoya (1988) and Dublin (1989). In Grand Slam singles, he reached the second round of 1987 Australian open before losing to eventual champion Stefan Edberg in four sets. He played the opening match on the Grand Stand court at the new Australian Open facility in 1988 at Melbourne park losing to Australian Mark Woodbridge in 3 sets.

The 1982 U.S. National Champion for boys 18 & under, Letts received a full scholarship to Stanford University where he was a two time All-American and member of two NCAA championship teams. At Stanford, he partnered with three doubles players who later reached the top five in the world: Scott Davis, Jim Grabb, and Patrick McEnroe.

He currently owns & operates iTennis, Inc. a tennis training and management company in Southern California.

Doubles titles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1985	Bergen, Norway	Indoor	George Kalovelonis George Kalovelonis George Kalovelonis is a former tennis player from Greece, who represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by fellow lucky loser Bong-Soo Kim from South Korea...	Peter Carlsson    Johann Carlsson	7-5, 6-3
2.	1986	Tel Aviv ATP Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999... , Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	Hard	Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.-Playing career:...	Christo Steyn Christo Steyn Christo Steyn , is a former South African tennis player. Steyn won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...     Danie Visser Danie Visser Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
3.	1987	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Rick Rudeen	Mark Wooldridge    Karl Richter	6-3, 6-4
4.	1988	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His highest singles ranking was World No. 48 in 1990. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 32....	Steve Guy    Shuzo Matsuoka Shuzo Matsuoka , is a former professional tennis player from Japan.-Professional career:Matsuoka turned professional in 1986...	7-6, 6-3
5.	1988	Brest, France	Indoor	Bruce Man Son Hing	Tierry Champion    François Errard	6-3, 6-3
6.	1989	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Bruce Man Son Hing	Jonathan Canter    Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...	7-5, 4-6, 6-0
7.	1990	Singapore	Hard	Steve Guy	Mark Keil Mark Keil Mark Keil is a former professional tennis player from the United States and now tennis coach who won 5 ATP World Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at 8 more.-Early life and college:...     Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	6-1, 7-5

Runner-ups (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1989	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bruce Man Son Hing	Steve Guy    Shuzo Matsuoka Shuzo Matsuoka , is a former professional tennis player from Japan.-Professional career:Matsuoka turned professional in 1986...	6–7, 6–7
2.	1989	Seoul ATP Seoul The Seoul Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1996. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul in South Korea and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	Hard	Bruce Man Son Hing	Scott Davis    Paul Wekesa Paul Wekesa Paul Wekesa is a former professional tennis player from Kenya. Prior to turning professional, he won the doubles tournament at the 1987 Division II NCAA Men's Tennis Championships while attending Chapman University. During his career, Wekesa won 3 ATP Tour doubles titles...	2–6, 4–6
3.	1991	Wellington Wellington Classic The Wellington Classic is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1988 to 1992... , New Zealand	Hard	Jaime Oncins Jaime Oncins Jaime Oncins is a former tennis player from Brazil.Oncins represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he reached the quarter-finals before falling to Russia's Andrei Cherkasov. The right-hander won two individual career titles...	Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1986–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles , and World No. 55 in doubles...     Nicolas Pereira Nicolas Pereira Nicolás Pereira is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who became International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open....	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
4.	1991	São Paulo ATP Sao Paulo The ATP Sao Paolo is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on ATP Tour from 1991-1993. The event was held in São Paulo, Brazil and was played on clay... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Indoor Clay	Tom Mercer Tom Mercer Tom Mercer , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Mercer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 112 in 1993.-Doubles runner-ups...	Henrik Holm Henrik Holm Henrik Holm is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles during his career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 July 1993, when he became the number 17 of the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:*...     Nils Holm	7-5, 4-6, 4-6

Semi-finals (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1982	Berkeley, United States	Hard	Jorge Lozano Jorge Lozano Jorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4. His highest singles ranking was World Number 51. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez, and...	Lloyd Bourne Lloyd Bourne Lloyd Bourne , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Bourne attended St. Francis High School in La Canada, CA, transferring to Blair High in Pasadena as a Senior. He played for Stanford in college on their NCAA Chapionship team in 1981.During his career Bourne won 1...     Matt Mitchell Matt Mitchell Matt Mitchell born March 16, 1957 is a former American professional tennis player who played from 1979-1987.Mitchell who was born in Berkeley, California. As a junior, he was the number one player in his age group in Northern California every second year from the 10s through the 16s...	3-6, 4-6
2.	1986	Berkeley, United States	Hard	Jim Grabb Jim Grabb Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...	Randy Nixon    Peter Wright	3-6, 4-6
3.	1986	San Francisco, United States	Indoor	Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.-Playing career:...	Mike DePalmer    Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Donnelly still lives in Phoenix with his five children and wife, where he is a club pro at the Scottsdale Arizona Inn....	3-6, 6-7
4.	1987	Scotsdale, United States	Hard	Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His highest singles ranking was World No. 48 in 1990. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 32....	Dan Goldie Dan Goldie Dan Goldie is a former tennis player from the United States who won two singles and two doubles titles. The right-hander and 1989 Wimbledon quarterfinalist reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking on April 17, 1989, when he became World No. 27.In 2011, Mr...     Mel Purcell Mel Purcell Mel Purcell is a former World No. 17 tennis player in the ATP tennis rankings. He is the head coach of the Murray State University men's tennis team...	4-6, 4-6
5.	1988	Cascais, Portugal	Indoor Carpet	Bruce Man Son Hing	Andrew Castle Andrew Castle Andrew Nicholas Castle is an English retired tennis professional, former British No. 1, and now television presenter.-Biography:...     Menno Oosting Menno Oosting Menno Oosting was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles and reached 11 finals in his career....	4-6, 6-7
6.	1988	Eger, Hungary	Clay	Igor Flego	Karel Nováček Karel Novácek Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....     Richard Vogel	7-6, 4-6, 2-6
7.	1989	Brisbane, Australia	Clay	Glenn Michibata Glenn Michibata Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and current head coach of the Princeton University Tigers collegiate tennis team.-As a pro singles player:...	Ted Scherman    Shane Barr	3-6, 7-6, 1-6
8.	1990	Coquitlam, Canada	Hard	Steve Guy	Otis Smith    Roger Smith	2-6, 6-4, 3-6
9.	1990	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Eric Amend Eric Amend Eric Amend is a former tennis player from the United States, who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country....	Luis Herrera    Fernando Perez-Pascal	2-6, 6-7

Miscellaneous

• A torn rotator cuff suffered in 1989 eventually ended Letts' playing career.
• Letts attended law school and graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in 1994.
• Letts practiced intellectual property law for Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione in Chicago from 1994 to 1998.
• In 1999, Letts founded iTennis, Inc. http://www.i-tennis.com a tennis coaching and management company.

External links

• Stanford Tennis All Americans http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-tennis/archive/stan-m-tennis-allams.html
• iTennis http://www.i-tennis.com