Career
He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of World Number. 46 in February 2003. Sluiter"s career highlights have been mostly on home soil: Association of Tennis Professionals finals in Amsterdam (2000), Rotterdam (2003), Amersfoort (2003) and in s"Hertogenbosch (2009). He announced his retirement in February 2008, which took effect after he played his home event in Rotterdam.
In April 2009 he returned to professional tennis, battling from the qualifying rounds to the final of a Futures tournament in Albufeira, Portugal.
In June 2009 he reached the final of the Association of Tennis Professionals event in Rosmalen, becoming the lowest ranked professional player (866th) in history to reach an Association of Tennis Professionals final, losing to Benjamin Becker. Sluiter"s best performance in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2001.
Sluiter is a football fan and supports his local team, Feyenoord. During the 2003/04 season he was their official ambassador.
He is also known to be a big fan of the band Pearl Jam.
His girlfriend is field hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo.