Kirk Haygarth

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Kirk Haygarth
Full nameKirk Haygarth
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1971-01-20) 20 January 1971 (age 52)
Prize money$30,535
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 944 (30 November 1992)
Doubles
Career record4–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 131 (25 July 1994)

Kirk Haygarth (born 20 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

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Biography

Personal life

Haygarth was born in 1971, the son of Peter and Renée from Durban. His mother, known during her career as Renée Schuurman, was a tennis player who won six grand slam doubles titles. He has an older brother Brent, who also became a tennis player. [1]

Tennis career

Following two years at Texas A&M University, Haygarth played on the professional circuit as a doubles specialist. He never featured in the main draw of any of the grand slams but took part in the qualifying draw for the men's doubles at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. At the 1994 ATP St. Pölten tournament, his first ATP Tour main draw appearance, Haygarth partnered with Jon Ireland to make the semi-finals, which they lost narrowly in a third set tiebreak. [2] His best career ranking in doubles was 131 in the world, reached in mid 1994 after winning the Oberstaufen Challenger, one of three Challenger titles he won. He made two further ATP Tour quarter-finals, with Marcos Ondruska at Tel Aviv in 1994 and Johannesburg in 1995 partnering Grant Stafford. [3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1993 Liège, BelgiumClay Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Brendan Curry Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kilderry
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2.1994 Celle, GermanyCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Bill Behrens Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Mronz
Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
3.1994 Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Valeri
6–3, 6–2

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