Shane Barr

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Shane Barr
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Residence Aspley, Queensland, Australia
Born (1969-10-21) 21 October 1969 (age 54)
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight handed
Prize money$72,239
Singles
Career record6–16
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 160 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record8–12
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 192 (31 October 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1988, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open QF (1987)
Wimbledon 2R (1988)
Last updated on: 7 August 2022.

Shane Barr (born 21 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. [1]

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Career

Barr was the boys' singles champion at the 1985 Australian Open, beating Steve Furlong in the final. Also that year, Barr was a member of the Australian team which won the World Youth Cup, a junior version of the Davis Cup. He was twice a runner-up in the boys' doubles at Grand Slams, in the 1986 Wimbledon Championships with Hubert Karrasch and partnering Bryan Roe in the 1987 Australian Open. Barr and Roe were defeated in the final by the Jason Stoltenberg/Todd Woodbridge combination and it was also Woodbridge that beat him in the singles semi-finals. [2]

In the 1987 Australian Open, Barr also participated in the men's draw and beat countryman Darren Cahill in the first round (his only Grand Slam singles win), before being knocked out of the tournament by Tim Wilkison. [note 1] He also made the mixed doubles quarter-finals, partnering Michelle Jaggard. The Australian twice made the second round of the men's doubles at his home event, with Kim Warwick in 1988 and Neil Borwick two years later. [3]

He had wins over three top-50 players on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. [3] In 1987 he eliminated sixth seed Wally Masur from the Swan Premium Open in Sydney and the following year once again defeated Cahill, now 25 in the world, in the Queensland Open. [3] His other big win came when he beat Yugoslavian Slobodan Živojinović en route to a quarter-final appearance in the 1989 Queensland Open. [3] He only narrowly missed out on a spot in the semi-finals, losing his quarter-final match to Niclas Kroon in a third set tiebreak. [3] Another notable performance was at the 1988 Stella Artois Championships (Queen's), where he won a set against Stefan Edberg. [4] The Swede would go on to win Wimbledon that year.

Barr lived in Hong Kong in the 1990s, started playing tennis there in 1996, [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and played in the Davis Cup for the territory, which included a tie against the Philippines in 1998. [10] [11]

His career-best world ranking was No. 160 in 1988. He played in four Australian Opens from 1987 to 1990. [9] [12]

Apart from tennis, Barr's family was also behind the ice-cream chain Cold Rock in Australia. He and his father Selwyn opened the first of their Cold Rock ice cream stores in 1996. [8] [9]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 1988 Nugra Santana, IndonesiaChallengerHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Steve Guy 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss1–1Nov 1988 Tasmania, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1986 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCain Flag of New Zealand.svg David Mustard
Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Simpson 		5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss0–2Nov 1988 Tasmania, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Rasheed Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlton Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Mick 		6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss0–3Oct 1989 Brisbane, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ted Scherman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Desmond Tyson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Custer 		3–6, 7–6, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1985 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Furlong 7–6, 6–7, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1986 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Hubert Karrasch Flag of Spain.svg Tomas Carbonell
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 1987 Australian Open Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryan Roe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 		2–6, 4–6

Notes

  1. ↑ The junior's event didn't begin until the second week, so Barr was able to compete in both draws

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References

  1. ↑ "ITF Pro Circuit Profile" . Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "ITF Junior Profile" . Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Glasgow Herald , "Boris is buoyant: Stefan struggles", 8 June 1988
  5. ↑ "Coach named top seed in Open". 21 September 1996.
  6. ↑ "Town storms to Hong Kong title". 9 March 1998.
  7. ↑ "SCAA Open 2019 now open for entries".
  8. 1 2 "Australian tennis player Shane Barr is offloading his large property holding - realestate.com.au". www.realestate.com.au. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "Injury no obstacle to gutsy return for tennis lover Shane Barr". www.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Davis Cup Profile
  11. ↑ "Barr to lead HK Davis Cup fight". 10 July 1998.
  12. ↑ "Shane Barr Tennis Player Profile | ITF".
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