Mark Farrell (tennis)

Mark Farrell
Country United Kingdom Great Britain
Born 6 May 1953
Liverpool, England
Plays Left-handed
Singles
Career record 11-38
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 120 (20 Dec 1974)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1974)
French Open 1R (1975)
Wimbledon 2R (1976)
US Open 1R (1974)
Doubles
Career record 13-31
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1973)
French Open 1R (1973)
Wimbledon 2R (1973)
US Open 1R (1974)
Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon F (1974)
US Open QF (1974)

Mark Farrell (born 6 May 1953) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain.

Career

Farrell and Lesley Charles were mixed doubles runners-up at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

In 1974 he was also a losing finalist at a WCT event in London and represented Great Britain in a Davis Cup tie against Iran. He played the doubles rubber, with John Lloyd, which they won.[2]

He has a win over Björn Borg to his name, at the 1973 NSW Championships.[3] Two years later he secured another upset victory, over Stan Smith at Nottingham.[4]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1974 United Kingdom Wimbledon United Kingdom Lesley Charles Australia Owen Davidson
United States Billie Jean King
3–6, 7–9

WCT career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1974 United Kingdom London, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom John Lloyd Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
Sweden Björn Borg
6-7, 3-6

References