Sam Barry (tennis)

Sam Barry
Country  Ireland
Residence Limerick, Ireland
Born 27 January 1992 (1992-01-27) (age 20)
Limerick, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2010
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $6,536
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0 ATP
Highest ranking No. 726 (14 November 2011)
Current ranking No. 726 (14 November2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open Junior 2R (2010)
French Open Junior 1R (2010)
US Open Junior 2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0 ATP
Highest ranking 401 (14 November 2011)
Current ranking 401 (14 November 2011)
Last updated on: 19 Sep, 2011.

Sam Barry (born 27 January 1992) is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland.[1]

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Career

In 2008, Barry won the under-18 boy's title at the National Junior Tennis Championships[2] and the ITF U-18 boys' singles title in Tallinn, Estonia.[3] As a junior player, he was ranked in the top 100 players in the world U-18 boys' singles.[1]

He turned professional in October 2010 and immediately reached the quarter-final of his first tournament, the F29 Futures in Naples. Barry continued to show promise in 2010 with notable wins over Jiri Kosler in the Thalassa Cup, and followed this up in 2011 with the strongest performance on his senior career in the Thailand F2 Futures, reaching the semi-finals and defeating Joshua Milton along the way.

Doubles titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures (3)

Wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
1. 05 November 2010 Heraklion, Greece, F4 Hard Mikelis Libietis Rok Jarc
Tom Kocevar-Desman		 7–6(6) 6–7(4) [11–9]
2. 15 May 2011 Samsun, F17 Hard Barry King Issam Al Taweel
Mohamed Safwat		 6–2, 6–2
2. 27 August 2011 Finland, F3 Clay Daniel Glancy Herkko Pollanen
Max Wennakoski		 6–4, 6–2

Runner-up (5)

References

  1. ^ a b Hickey, Paddy (10 December 2008). "High-flying Barry now sets sights on Australian Open". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/highflying-barry-now-sets-sights-on-australian-open-1568863.html. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Naughton, Lindie (28 August 2008). "Brilliant Barry backs up his top-seed status in the Nationals". Evening Herald. http://www.herald.ie/sport/other-sports/tennis-brilliant-barry-backs-up-his-topseed-status-in-the-nationals-1464848.html. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Tennis: Barry dismisses rival to land title". Irish Independent. 9 June 2008. http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/tennis-barry-dismisses-rival-to-land-title-1402450.html. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Irish male singles tennis players as of November 7, 2011
1. Conor Niland (195 1) · 2. James McGee (365 2) · 3. Louk Sorensen (481 3) · 4. Sam Barry (729 5) · 5. Colin O'Brien (801 16)
6. Barry King (891 1) · 7. Daniel Glancy (1,320 126) · 8. Mark Bowtell (1,514 5) · 8. Ciaran Fitzgerald (1,514 5) · 10. James Cluskey (1,805 4)