Mark Farrell (tennis)

Mark Farrell
Country (sports) United Kingdom Great Britain
Born (1953-05-06) 6 May 1953
Liverpool, England
Plays Left-handed
Singles
Career record 11–38
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 120 (20 Dec 1974)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1974)
French Open 1R (1975)
Wimbledon 2R (1976)
US Open 1R (1974)
Doubles
Career record 13–31
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1973)
French Open 1R (1973)
Wimbledon 2R (1973)
US Open 1R (1974)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon F (1974)
US Open QF (1974)

Mark Farrell (born 6 May 1953) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain.

Career

Farrell and Lesley Charles were mixed doubles runners-up at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

In 1974 he was also a losing finalist at a WCT event in London and represented Great Britain in a Davis Cup tie against Iran. He played the doubles rubber, with John Lloyd, which they won.[2]

He has a win over Björn Borg to his name, at the 1973 NSW Championships.[3] Two years later he secured another upset victory, over Stan Smith at Nottingham.[4]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1974 Wimbledon United Kingdom Lesley Charles Australia Owen Davidson
United States Billie Jean King
3–6, 7–9

WCT career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1974 London, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom John Lloyd Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
Sweden Björn Borg
6–7, 3–6

References


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