{{short description|American tennis player and artist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Walter Redondo | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | singlesrecord = 3–10 | highestsinglesranking = No. 226 (July 12, 1978) | Wimbledonresult = Q2 (1981) | doublesrecord = 10–21 | highestdoublesranking = No. 224 (January 3, 1983) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1981) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1978, 1982) }}
'''Walter Redondo''' (born 1958) is an American artist and former professional tennis player. His elder sister Marita Redondo competed on the WTA Tour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former tennis pro finds passion in painting |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/sports/neighborhood-all-stars/former-tennis-pro-finds-passion-in-painting/ |work=fox5sandiego.com |date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>
Redondo is the fifth of nine children born into a Filipino American family from San Diego. Growing up he was a leading player on the junior circuit, ranked top in the country for the 16s, ahead of his peer John McEnroe. The death of his grandmother, who had helped raise him and his siblings, was a catalyst for a gradual decline in his performances.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drucker |first1=Joel |title=San Diego's tennis curse |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2001/aug/23/cover-san-diegos-tennis-curse |work=San Diego Reader |date=August 23, 2001 |language=en}}</ref>
On the professional tour he reached a career high ranking of 226 in the world. He had a win over Francisco González at a Grand Prix tournament in Tampa in 1981 and was a quarter-finalist at the 1981 Pacific Southwest Open, beating Rolf Gehring en route. As a doubles player he made the round of 16 at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships, with Glen Holroyd.
Since retiring, Redondo has transitioned into a new career as a painter and sculptor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Walter Redondo |url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-walter-redondo/ |website=Voyage LA Magazine |date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ATP|<!-- walter-redondo/ -->r067}} * {{ITF|walter-redondo/800176218/usa}}
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