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1 Tennis career  



1.1  Juniors  





1.2  Pro tour  





1.3  Retirement  







2 ATP career finals  



2.1  Singles: 2 (2 titles)  





2.2  Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)  







3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals  



3.1  Singles: 7 (52)  





3.2  Doubles: 12 (48)  







4 Junior Grand Slam finals  



4.1  Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)  





4.2  Doubles: 3 (3 titles)  







5 Performance timelines  



5.1  Singles  





5.2  Doubles  





5.3  Mixed doubles  







6 References  





7 External links  














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Simon Youl
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceElephant's Pass, Tasmania, Australia
Born (1965-07-01) 1 July 1965 (age 59)
Symmons Plains, Tasmania, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1982
Retired1994
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$930,856
Singles
Career record91–138
Career titles2
5Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 80 (28 September 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1990)
French Open3R (1985)
Wimbledon4R (1988)
US Open1R (1988, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record104–144
Career titles2
4Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 63 (20 April 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1992)
French Open3R (1986, 1990)
WimbledonQF (1986, 1989)
US OpenQF (1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (1987)
French OpenSF (1990)
Wimbledon3R (1988)
Last updated on: 23 October 2021.

Simon John Arthur Youl (born 1 July 1965[1]) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Tennis career

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Youl was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1981 to 1984.[2]

Juniors

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As a junior player, Youl formed a successful doubles partnership with his fellow Australian player Mark Kratzmann. In 1983, the pair won the Boys' Doubles titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. In singles, he reached three slam finals, attaining a ranking as high as No. 5 in the junior world rankings in 1983.[3]

Pro tour

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As a professional player, Youl won two top-level singles titles (atSchenectady in 1989, and Singapore in 1992), and two tour doubles titles (Casablanca in 1990, and Bucharest in 1994). His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 (lost to Stefan Edberg) and the Australian Open in 1990 (lost to Ivan Lendl).

Youl's career-high rankings were world No. 80 in singles and world No. 63 in doubles (both in 1992).

Retirement

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He retired from the professional tour in 1994 (playing one Challenger event the following year).[4] Since retiring as a player, he has worked as a tennis coach in Hobart, Tasmania.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard United States Scott Davis 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Apr 1992 Singapore, Singapore World Series Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1989 Brisbane, Australia Grand Prix Hard Australia Broderick Dyke Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann
4–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1990 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Australia Todd Woodbridge Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 1994 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Australia Wayne Arthurs Spain José Antonio Conde
Spain Jordi Arrese
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (5–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1990 Hobart, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Jamie Morgan 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Feb 1991 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay Czech Republic Václav Roubíček 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–1 Nov 1991 Auckland, New Zealand Challenger Hard Australia Patrick Rafter 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Feb 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Challenger Clay Italy Claudio Pistolesi 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Apr 1992 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–2 Jul 1993 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Belgium Bart Wuyts 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Win 5–2 Jul 1994 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Australia Brent Larkham 6–1, 7–6

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1989 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Clay Australia Brett Custer Germany Martin Sinner
Germany Michael Stich
walkover
Win 1–1 Apr 1991 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard United States Glenn Layendecker Nigeria Nduka Odizor
Australia Sandon Stolle
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 1991 Hobart, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Bret Richardson Australia Michael Brown
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Nov 1991 Christchurch, New Zealand Challenger Carpet Australia Neil Borwick Australia Jamie Morgan
Australia Sandon Stolle
7–5, 7–6
Loss 2–3 Feb 1993 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard Australia Neil Borwick Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 1994 Wellington, New Zealand Challenger Hard Australia Sandon Stolle United States Martin Blackman
United States Kenny Thorne
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 1994 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Australia Wayne Arthurs United States Rich Benson
Malaysia Adam Malik
6–7, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard Australia Paul Kilderry Argentina Pablo Albano
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 3–6 Jul 1994 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Hard United Kingdom Neil Broad Australia Joshua Eagle
Netherlands Tom Kempers
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 3–7 Aug 1994 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay Australia Wayne Arthurs Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win 4–7 Sep 1994 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay Sweden Tomas Nydahl Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal João Cunha-Silva
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4–8 Sep 1994 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Sweden Tomas Nydahl Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan
3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1982 Australian Open Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1983 Australian Open Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1983 US Open Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1983 French Open Clay Australia Mark Kratzmann Sweden Carin Anderholm
Sweden Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–4
Win 1983 Wimbledon Grass Australia Mark Kratzmann Romania Mihnea Nastase
Finland Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–4
Win 1983 US Open Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Brad Pearce
6–1, 7–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 2R A 1R 2R 1R 4R 1R 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 11 8–11 42%
French Open A 1R 1R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A 1R Q3 Q3 A 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Wimbledon A Q2 1R Q2 1R 1R 4R 1R 1R Q2 2R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 9 4–9 31%
US Open A A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–2 0–2 4–4 0–3 3–4 0–2 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 32 14–32 30%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH QF Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 2–1 67%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 3R 3R A A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 7–8 47%

Doubles

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Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 1R A 2R 2R A 3R 1R QF 2R 1R 0 / 0 10–11 48%
French Open A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 3R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Wimbledon A Q2 1R 1R QF Q1 2R QF 1R 3R 3R 2R Q1 0 / 9 12–9 57%
US Open A A A A A A 3R A 1R 2R QF A A 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 4–2 1–2 4–4 3–1 4–4 4–4 8–4 2–3 0–1 0 / 33 28–33 46%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 3R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Monte Carlo A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 100%
Canada A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 0 / 12 9–12 43%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A A A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A 1R A SF A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Wimbledon 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
US Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 0 / 10 8–10 44%

References

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  1. ^ Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame Honour Roll, Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts (Tasmanian Government), 2008.
  • ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
  • ^ Tennis Australia Profile
  • ^ "Sporting Hall of Fame Recipients: Simon John Arthur Youl". Tasmanian Government. Retrieved 27 June 2023. He was forced to retire in 1994 because of persistent knee and back injuries – leaving with a legacy of 13 years on the professional circuit.
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