Russell Barlow (born 18 December 1962) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player from Australia.

Biography

Barlow, a left-handed player from

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ...

, twice finished runner-up at the Australian Junior Championships, in the Under-14s and Under-16s age groups. He made the quarter-finals of the boys' event at the

1980 Australian Open The 1980 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 69th edition of the Australian Open. The women’s tournament was held 24-30th of November 1980 a ...

. During the 1980s, Barlow competed professionally on the international circuit. He had

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

wins over

Kim Warwick Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten ...

at the GWA Mazda Tennis Classic in Brisbane in 1983,

Wojciech Fibak Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a former professional tennis player and Polish entrepreneur and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, a ...

in the 1985 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse and

Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Nils Gustafsson (born 3 January 1967) is a tennis coach and former top ten professional tennis player from Sweden. Gustafsson won 14 tour singles titles during his career and finished 15 consecutive seasons within the world's top 100, re ...

, seventh seed at the

1988 Donnay Indoor Championships The 1988 Donnay Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Forest National in Brussels, Belgium the event was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 21 November until 27 Nove ...

in Brussels. At the 1988 Australian Open he qualified for the main draw of a

Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ...

for the only time and lost in the first round to West German

Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in ...

. As a doubles player his best result came when he made the semi-finals with

Carl Limberger Carl Limberger (born 24 January 1964) is a former professional tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player u ...

at Bordeaux in 1985. He played doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...

. In 1987, his only appearance at Wimbledon, he and partner Harald Rittersbacher were drawn against top seeds

Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ...

and

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade c ...

in the opening round. In 1989 he won two

Challenger Challenger, Challengers, or The Challengers may refer to: Entertainment Comics and manga * Challenger (character), comic book character * ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga Film and TV * ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ...

titles, the first at

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

, in the doubles event with Swede

Ville Jansson Ville Jansson (born 10 April 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Born in Timrå, Jansson grew up in the town of Värnamo. Prior to touring professionally he played collegiate tennis for Northeast Louisiana Univers ...

. He then claimed the singles title at Singapore, over

Neil Borwick Neil Borwick (born 15 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Aust ...

in the final, just weeks after he finished runner-up to the same player in

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

. A member of the ATP board in the 1990s, Barlow also worked as an ATP executive in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

. He is now involved in coaching.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, Russell 1962 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis people from Queensland Sportspeople from Toowoomba 20th-century Australian people