Marc McCarroll (born 19 February 1985) is a

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-born British

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player who won the

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in 2014.

Early life

McCarroll was born to a family of athletes. In 2003, he was injured in a car accident and 2 years later joined wheelchair tennis. Prior to a car accident he was

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player for

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Career

In 2012, he won against Gordon Reid at South African Open in three sets: 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. In 2014 while playing doubles along with Kanako Domori of

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, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championship. Previously, he defeated another Japanese player named Takuya Miki. Currently, he is scheduled to play against Shingo Kunieda, another player from the same country.

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* * 1985 births Living people People with paraplegia British male tennis players British wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Great Britain Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Tennis people from Greater London {{UK-tennis-bio-stub