Simon Carr

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Simon Carr

Country (sports)	Ireland
Residence	Mullingar, Ireland
Born	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$61,155
Singles
Career record	1-5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 512 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 736 (8 January 2022)
Doubles
Career record	1-2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 507 (27 September 2021)
Current ranking	No. 793 (28 November 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	12-6
Last updated on: 28 November 2022.

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

Early life and education

Simon Carr is the son of Tommy. 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. He studied in Mullingar C.B.S .

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. Conor Niland gave Carr his first call-up to play against Denmark in February 2018.

Finals

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (0–0) $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $15,000 tournaments (1–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) 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
Runner-up	1–2	Jul 2021	$25,000	Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	Hard	Alejandro Moro Cañas	6–7(5-7), 4–6

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (0–1) $25,000 tournaments (1–1) $15,000 tournaments (2–5)

Titles by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–3) 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
Runner-up	2–7	May 2021	$15,000	Cairo, India	Clay	Kai Wehnelt	Carlos Sánchez Jover Jose Francisco Vidal Azorín	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3–7	Jul 2021	$25,000	Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Gilbert Klier Junior João Lucas Reis da Silva	6–2, 2–6, [10–5]

External links

• Simon Carr at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Simon Carr at the International Tennis Federation
• Simon Carr at the Davis Cup