Arvind Parmar

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Arvind Parmar
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Residence London, England
Born (1978-03-22) 22 March 1978 (age 45)
Hitchin, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1997
RetiredDecember 2006
PlaysRight-handed
Coach David Sammel
Prize money $519,643
Singles
Career record15–30
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (26 June 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2000)
French Open Q1 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Wimbledon 2R (1999, 2000, 2001)
US Open Q3 (2003)
Doubles
Career record6–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 218 (21 July 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1998)

Arvind Parmar (born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a former British professional tennis player whose career ran from 1997 to 2006. After retiring, he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy. [1] He also coached another British junior, James Marsalek. [2]

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Tour career

1996

Parmar competed in his first ATP tour event in Bournemouth in September 1996, in doubles. Partnering Paul Robinson, they lost in the first round in 3 sets. Parmar finished 1996 ranked World No. 720 in singles and No. 1081 in doubles.

1997

Parmar played his first tour singles matches in July, 1997, playing in two challenger events in Britain, Bristol and Manchester. Both played on grass, he lost rather handily in the first round of each event. Parmar also lost in the first round in both events in doubles. He won his first tour event in September as he and partner Jamie Delgado reached the second round in doubles at the Scottish Tennis Championships. He finished 1997 ranked World No. 464 in singles and No. 608 in doubles.

1998

Parmar played 12 Futures events in 1998 in singles, going 14 wins, 12 losses. His best result in these tournaments was a semi-finals result at Great Britain F7, played in Sunderland. He went 1 and 4 in challengers, reaching the second round of the Ahmedabad Challenger in December. In doubles play, Parmar reached 3 Futures semi-finals as well as the second round of Wimbledon, in his first grand slam appearance, partnering Luke Milligan. Parmar's peak ranking for 1998 was World No. 394 in singles, received in October, and No. 370 in doubles in August.

1999–2002

Parmar qualified for Wimbledon in 1999 beating the no. 25 ranked player in the world, Albert Costa (ESP) W 0–6, 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–3 before losing to compatriot Greg Rusedski. During this three-year period under the guidance of his coach David Sammel he made the second round of Wimbledon three years in a row and qualified for the 2000 Australian Open. He was selected for the UK Davis Cup team regularly from 2000 to 2006.

2006

Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam

Parmar lost in the second qualifying round in Rotterdam only to be given a lucky loser spot. He went on to beat top 100 player Paradorn Srichaphan in the 1st round, 7–6(3), 5–7, 7–6(7). In the second round he beat Dominik Meffert who was the player who beat Parmar in the qualifying round, 6–3, 6–3. Parmar's good run ended in his quarter-final match against Christophe Rochus, losing in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3.

Davis Cup Euro-Asia Group One, vs Serbia and Montenegro

As Andy Murray was injured and could not play in the 1st day's play, Parmar took his place in the 1st rubber of the tie against Serbia and Montenegro against Novak Djokovic and Parmar lost in straight sets 6–3, 6–2, 7–5.

Parmar also played in the last rubber as Serbia and Montenegro won the tie as Novak Djokovic beat Greg Rusedski in the previous rubber so making the final rubber a dead-rubber as it gave Serbia & Montenegro an unassailable 3–1 lead. So therefore Andy Murray did not play. Parmar did well, although the Davis Cup tie was already decided, winning in straight sets over Ilija Bozoljac 7–5, 6–4.

Tour finals

Singles (2–5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2–5)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.5 March 2000 Singapore, SingaporeHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 3–6
Loss2.12 March 2000 Kyoto, JapanCarpet Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss3.24 February 2002 Hull, United KingdomCarpet Flag of Russia.svg Denis Golovanov 4–6, 1–3 (ret)
Loss4.3 November 2002 Nottingham, United KingdomClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gilles Elseneer 5–7, 2–6
Loss5.23 February 2003 Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Axel Pretzsch 7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win6.3 August 2003 Denver, USAHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Salzenstein 6–4, 6–4
Win7.29 February 2004 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yen-Hsun Lu 6–3, 6–7, 6–3

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Post-playing career

Parmar has been a coach for some top junior British players. In addition, he worked as a television analyst for Eurosport 2 for the 2011 U.S. Open (if not other telecasts).

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References

  1. "LTA junior profile: Arvind Parmar". lta.org.uk. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009.
  2. "LTA junior profile: James Marsalek". lta.org.uk. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009.
  3. "Arvind Parmar | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".