Simon Carr (tennis)

Simon Carr
Country (sports)	Ireland
Residence	Mullingar, Ireland
Born	7 November 1999; Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$68,643
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)
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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	12–6
	Last updated on: 13 January 2025.

Simon Carr (born 7 November 1999) is an Irish former professional tennis player.^[2] He had a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 512 achieved on 3 February 2020, and best doubles ranking of No. 507 achieved on 27 September 2021.

Early life and education

Simon Carr is the son of Tommy.^[3] 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.^[4] He studied in Mullingar C.B.S.^[5]

Career

Carr represented Ireland at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 12–8.^[6] He received his first call-up to play against Denmark in February 2018.^[7]^[8] Carr announced his retirement from professional tennis in May 2024.^[9]

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]