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Shane Barr

b. 1969

Australian tennis player

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Born 1969. Shane Barr is an Australian tennis player.

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

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.

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. 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.

He had wins over three top-50 players on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The Swede would go on to win Wimbledon that year.

Barr lived in Hong Kong in the 1990s, started playing tennis there in 1996, and played in the Davis Cup for the territory, which included a tie against the Philippines in 1998.

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

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.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

Doubles: 3 (0–3) LegendATP Challenger (0–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Who is Shane Barr?

Australian tennis player

When was Shane Barr born?

Shane Barr was born on 21 October 1969 in Redcliffe.

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Shane Barr is a tennis player.

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· Wikipedia: Shane Barr

· Wikidata: Q7487965

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