Colin O'Brien (tennis)

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Colin O'Brien
Country (sports)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Residence Dublin, Ireland
Born (1984-04-17) 17 April 1984 (age 40)
Dublin, Ireland
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$32,553
Singles
Career record2-1
Career titles0 ATP
Highest rankingNo. 599 (9 May 2011)
Doubles
Career record1-3
Career titles0 ATP
Highest ranking331 (30 August 2010)
Last updated on: 28 November 2014.

Colin O'Brien (born 17 April 1984) is a former Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. [1]

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Career

O'Brien mainly played on the ITF Men's Circuit [1] and also competed for the Ireland Davis Cup team where he held a 4–5 record. [2] He retired at the end of the 2013 season.

Singles 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 (0)

Wins (0)

Runner-up (3)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.21 June 2008 Dublin, F1Carpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michel Koning3–6, 5–7
2.25 January 2009 Bergheim bei Salzburg 1, F1Carpet Flag of Austria.svg Nicolas Reissig3–6, 2–6
3.6 November 2010 Heraklion, F4Hard Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Jakupovic 3–6, 3–6

Doubles titles

Legend (doubles)
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 (9)

Wins (9)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
1.2 May 2009 Bournemouth, F5Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Smethurst Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashley Hewitt
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb
6–3, 6–2
2.16 May 2009 Newcastle, F7Clay Flag of Ireland.svg James McGee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Cavaday
Flag of Ireland.svg Barry King
6–4, 6–4
3.18 July 2009 Frinton, F9Grass Flag of Ireland.svg Tristan Farron-Mahon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Pauffley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
6–7(5), 7–6(3), [10–6]
4.11 October 2009 Paros 2, F3Carpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mathieu Guenat Flag of Greece.svg Paris Gemouchidis
Flag of Greece.svg Manolis Glezos
6–7(1), 6–3, [10–3]
5.9 May 2010 Edinburgh, F6Clay Flag of Ireland.svg James Cluskey Flag of Ireland.svg Barry King
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
6–3, 6–3
6.24 July 2010 Dublin, F1Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg James Cluskey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Ebelthite
Flag of Ireland.svg Barry King
6–2, 7–6(1)
7.21 August 2010 Jūrmala, F1Clay Flag of Ireland.svg James Cluskey Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Lustyk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Novak
2–6, 6–3, [14–12]
8.17 March 2013 Guimarães, F4Hard Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Barry Flag of Portugal.svg Goncalo Pereira
Flag of Portugal.svg Danyal Sualehe
6–1, 6–1
9.27 July 2013 Dublin, F1Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg John Morrissey Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb
6–4, 6–7(1), [10–7]

Runner-up (15)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
1.23 June 2007 Dublin, F1Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg Barry King Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raphael Durek
5–7, 6–7(2)
2.25 May 2008 Jablonec nad Nisou, F3Clay Flag of the United States.svg James Ludlow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Érik Chvojka
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 3–6
3.14 September 2008 Nottingham, F14Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming Flag of France.svg Jérémy Blandin
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Fischer
0–6, 6–2, [9–11]
4.28 September 2008 Paros, F5Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Blömke
Flag of Germany.svg Dimitris Kleftakos
4–6, 3–6
5.28 August 2009 Piombino, F25Hard Flag of France.svg Philippe De Bonnevie Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Giannessi
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Grassi
1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
6.12 September 2009 Wrexham, F13Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Eaton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
7.27 September 2009 Kos, F1Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mathieu Guenat Flag of Italy.svg Damiano di Ienno
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Grassi
4–6, 6–7(5)
8.18 October 2009 Heraklion, F4Carpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mathieu Guenat Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Sadecky
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Vasiliev
6–7(2), 6–7(4)
9.28 November 2009 Kuala Lumpur, F5Hard Flag of India.svg Rohan Gajjar Flag of Belarus.svg Siarhei Betau
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Zhyrmont
4–6, 3–6
10.27 February 2010 Sarajevo, F2Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg James McGee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Eaton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
W/O
11.18 June 2010 Kelibia, F3Hard Flag of Ireland.svg James Cluskey Flag of France.svg Laurent Rochette
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Vasiliev
3–6, 6–1, [6–10]
12.31 October 2010 Heraklion, F3Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Barry Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel Glancy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
5–7, 7–5 [8–10]
13.25 January 2013 Sheffield, F2Hard Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Barry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
14.3 March 2013 Loulé, F2Hard Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Barry Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Arenas-Gualda
Flag of Spain.svg Enrique Lopez-Perez
7–6(2), 6–7(5), [4–10]
15.22 September 2013 Plaisir, F16Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Dean O'Brien Flag of France.svg Remi Boutillier
Flag of France.svg Julien Obry
6–3, 6–7(4), [14–16]

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References

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  2. "Colin O'BRIEN". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.