Tom Farquharson (tennis)

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Tom Farquharson
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1992-02-12) February 12, 1992 (age 33)
Prize money $36,812
Singles
Career record0–0 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 429 (17 March 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon  Junior3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1,145 (1 May 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon  JuniorW (2010)
Last updated on: 1 January 2019.

Tom Farquharson is a former British tennis player who in 2010 won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon partnered with Liam Broady. He primarily competed on the Futures Circuit, and had a career high singles ranking of 429, achieved on 17 March 2014. [1] [2]

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After retiring from his professional tennis career, Tom and his brother Sandy founded a world-leading padel coaching company called The Padel School. [3] The Padel School is one of the largest English-speaking padel training platforms in the world with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. [4]

Tom regularly competes on the international padel circuit, and is ranked top 500 in the world.

He is also a member of the GB Men's Padel Team and is recognised as one of the best padel players in the UK.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (5–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2013Great Britain F12, Manchester FuturesGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Cox 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jul 2013Great Britain F13, Ilkley FuturesGrass Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win1–2Feb 2014Great Britain F4, Wirral FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Smethurst 6–3, 7–5
Win2–2Oct 2014Great Britain F17, ManchesterFuturesHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Bossel 6–4, 6–1
Win3–2Jul 2017Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan James Storrie6–4, 6–1
Win4–2Sep 2017Great Britain F5, Roehampton FuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Konečný7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win5–2Sep 2017Great Britain F6, Barnstaple FuturesHard (i) Flag of France.svg Grégoire Barrère 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2016Belgium F11, Huy FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jarryd Bant Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sander Gillé
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joran Vliegen
6–3, 6–2

References

  1. "Future's bright for rising star Tom Farquharson". London Evening Standard . 13 April 2012.
  2. "Wimbledon 2010: GB's Broady and Farquharson take title". BBC News. 4 July 2010.
  3. "How This Former Tennis Pro Became A Padel Entrepreneur". Forbes Magazine . 22 July 2024.
  4. "The business of padel, FT Scoreboard". Financial Times . 1 December 2023.