Miles Kasiri

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Miles Kasiri
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1986-01-29) 29 January 1986 (age 38)
PlaysRight -handed
Prize money$18,712
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 504 (7 April 2008)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 564 (1 August 2005)
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

Miles Kasiri (born 29 January 1987 [1] ) is a retired British professional tennis player.

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Career

Kasiri is a former student of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, [2] where he reached the Boys' Singles Final of the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. He was defeated by Gaël Monfils 7–5, 7–6(8-6). [3]

In 2005, Kasiri was suspended by the Lawn Tennis Association's national training for three-months for demonstrating behavioural problems [4] and lack of effort. [5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 2004 Wimbledon Grass Flag of France.svg Gael Monfils 5–7, 6–7(6–8)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2007Greece F1, Kos FuturesHard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Syrym Abdukhalikov 4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2May 2007Greece F2, Syros FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Childs 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2004Great Britain F3, Wrexham FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bloomfield
2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Oct 2004Great Britain F7, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Kiernan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sherwood
4–6, 4–6

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References

  1. "Miles Kasiri - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "British star on life with the tennis elite". 31 August 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. Wimbledon, Paul Weaver at (5 July 2004). "Miles to go on journey of promise for Kasiri". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. Hodgkinson, Mark (11 March 2005). "Leading junior banned by LTA". ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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