David O'Hare (born 1 June 1990) is an Irish professional tennis player and coach. On 24 August 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 1438 and on 3 April 2017 reached his highest doubles ranking of 117. Despite being inactive in tour events, O’Hare still plays for the Irish

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team. He is the coach of the former No. 1 doubles player

Joe Salisbury Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open and the 2021, 2022 and 2023 US Opens in men's do ...

and has had considerable success, overseeing 2 US Open wins, 2 Masters titles and 2 Tour Final wins.

Early life

O'Hare was born on June 1, 1990 to Joe and Alison O'Hare. He has two brothers, Simon and Mark, and one sister, Jenny. He competed for the Donnybrook LTC tennis club, a tennis club for boys ages 14–17. O'Hare also competed in

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and

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in high school. According to him, he was scouted by

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for soccer when he was younger.

College career

O'Hare played college tennis for the

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. In 2013, he made it all the way to the Round of 16 in the men's singles. The following year, he and

became the first Tigers in school history to qualify for the NCAA doubles tournament. In his time with Memphis, O'Hare earned three-time all-conference honoree in doubles. His 97 doubles wins alongside Salisbury are the most in school history. He graduated from Memphis in May 2014.

Professional career

In 2014, he played in the ATP alongside Salisbury, but they lost to the

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. He also represented Ireland in the

alongside James Cluskey, but they lost to Belarus. The following year, they were relegated to Group Three of the Europe Zone in the Davis Cup after they were whitewashed 5–0 by South Africa. In 2021, he played in the Davis Cup alongside Julian Bradley, Simon Carr, and Osgar O'Hoisin. In that tournament, they were promoted back to Group 2, with him and Carr securing a 2–1 victory over Georgia to do so. O'Hare played again in 2023 as vice-captain alongside Carr, O'Hoisin, Michael Agwi, Conor Gannon, and team captain

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. There, they defeated El Salvador to get in the Group 1 playoffs. In the Group 1 playoffs, they were defeated by Austria.

Coaching career

In 2021, O'Hare became the coach for Salisbury and

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in men's doubles. He guided them to become the world number 1 doubles pair and the 2022 US Open men's doubles title.

Career finals

Doubles: 29 (18–11)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:OHare, David 1990 births Living people Irish male tennis players Memphis Tigers men's tennis players Irish expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century Irish sportsmen