Peter Clarke (tennis) explained

Peter Clarke
Birth Date:1979 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Turnedpro:1998
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$74,290
Singlesrecord:3–5
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 229 (21 Oct 2002)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (1998, 1999)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2003)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2003)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2003)
Doublesrecord:1–0
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 883 (20 Nov 2000)

Peter Clarke (born 8 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ireland.[1]

Clarke made the round of 16 in the boys' singles event at the 1996 Australian Open.[2]

He appeared in seven Davis Cup ties for Ireland, playing 12 rubbers, of which he won six.[3]

The number one ranked Irish player for much of his career, Clarke played on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Circuit.[4] [5]

Finals

Singles

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.11 November 2001Beaumaris, AustraliaHard Scott Draper1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up2.18 November 2001Frankston, AustraliaHard Peter Luczak4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner1.23 June 2002Berkeley, United StatesHard Lazar Magdinčev6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up3.17 August 2002London, Great BritainHard Mike Scheidweiler6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Winner2.30 March 2003Mobile, United StatesHard Michael Joyce7–6(8–6), 6–4
Winner3.27 April 2003Bergamo, ItalyClay Andrea Stoppini6–3, 6–4
Runner-up4.4 May 2003Bournemouth, Great BritainClay Tomáš Berdych1–6, 4–6
Winner4.21 July 2007Yerevan, ArmeniaHard Mikhail Elgin5–7, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10017006 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10017006 ITF Junior Profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10017006 Davis Cup Profile
  4. New York Times, "The Hopes of Ireland Rest On a Player Rated 329th", 21 August 2003, Ron Dicker
  5. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Cl/P/Peter-Clarke.aspx ATP World Tour Profile