Simon Carr

Simon Carr (born 7 November 1999) is an Irish tennis player. He has been Ireland's number one.[2]

This article is about the Irish tennis player. For the British cyclist, see Simon Carr (cyclist). For the author, see The Boys Are Back (film).

Simon Carr
Country (sports) Ireland
ResidenceMullingar, Ireland
Born (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999
Dublin, Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$52,951
Singles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 512 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 584 (14 February 2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 507 (27 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 643 (14 February 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup5–4
Last updated on: 20 February 2022.

Early life and education

Simon Carr is the son of Tommy.[3] He also played Gaelic football and rugby and swam when young but his mother got him into tennis at the age of nine and his grandfather is Seán Purcell.[4] He left school (Mullingar CBS) after sitting his Junior Certificate in 2015.[5]

Career

Carr has a career high ATP singles ranking of 512 achieved on 3 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 586 achieved on 24 August 2020.

Carr represents Ireland at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 5–4.[6] Conor Niland gave Carr his first call-up to play against Denmark in February 2018.[7]

Finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Level Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1–0 Apr 2019 $15,000 Tabarka, Tunisia Clay Christian Lindell 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 1–1 May 2019 $15,000 Kampala, Uganda Clay Ivan Nedelko 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$15,000 tournaments (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Level Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 0–1 Jul 2015 Futures Dublin, Ireland Carpet Bjorn Thomson Sam Barry
David O'Hare		 3–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Runner-up 0–2 Apr 2019 $15,000 Tabarka, Tunisia Clay Amaury Delmas Filip Bergevi
Markus Eriksson		 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 0–3 May 2019 $15,000 Kampala, Uganda Clay Ryan James Storrie Anirudh Chandrasekar
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1–3 Dec 2019 $15,000 Heraklion, Greece Hard Ryan Nijboer Pablo Vivero Gonzalez
Matias Zukas		 7–6(8-6), 6–3
Winner 2–3 Feb 2020 $15,000 Cancún, Mexico Hard Ajeet Rai Gabriel Petit
Brandon Walkin		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2–4 Mar 2020 $25,000 Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard Corentin Denolly Benjamin Bonzi
Matteo Martineau		 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2–5 Mar 2021 $15,000 Monastir, Tunisia Hard Alexander Kotzen Naoki Nakagawa
Ryota Tanuma		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2–6 Mar 2021 $15,000 Pune, India Hard Alexander Kotzen Luca Castelnuovo
Arjun Kadhe		 4–6, 5–7

References
  1. "Simon Carr - Overview - ATP Tour - Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "Tennis isn't always as glamorous as it looks - just ask Ireland's top player". Irish Independent. 12 May 2020.
  3. "The Carr sporting dynasty: Former footballer Tommy and pro tennis player son Simon". Off the Ball. 28 April 2020.
  4. "Simon Carr Q&A: 'I know I can compete with all the guys here, I've beaten most of them'". Irish Examiner. 22 January 2017.
  5. "A year after abandoning school to chase his dream, teenager Simon Carr is on the road to stardom". The42.ie. 27 March 2016.
  6. Bailey, Ryan (21 December 2017). "17-year-old Simon Carr one of four debutants in Ireland's Davis Cup squad". The42.ie.
  7. "'Only 100 players make a profit out of this every year' - Ireland's Simon Carr battling to become tennis sensation". Irish Independent. 8 January 2018.


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