Simon Carr (born 7 November 1999) is an

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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. He is Ireland's No.1 player. Carr has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 512 achieved on 3 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 507 achieved on 27 September 2021.

Early life and education

Simon Carr is the son of

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. He also played

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and rugby and swam when young but his mother got him into tennis at the age of nine and his grandfather is

Seán Purcell Seán Purcell (17 December 1928– 27 August 2005), was a Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Galway county team. Best known as a centre half-forward, he played in most outfield positions during his career. In 2009 he was ...

. He studied in Mullingar C.B.S .

Career

Carr represents

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at the

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, where he has a W/L record of 5–4.

Conor Niland Conor Niland (born 19 September 1981) is an Irish former professional tennis player. He was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He attended St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, Co. Limerick, before moving on to C ...

gave Carr his first call-up to play against

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in February 2018.

Finals

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures

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

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

References

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* * * 1999 births Living people Irish male tennis players Tennis players from Dublin (city) Sportspeople from Mullingar {{Ireland-tennis-bio-stub