Simon John Arthur Youl (born 1 July 1965) is a former professional

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player from Australia.

Tennis career

Youl was an

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scholarship holder from 1981 to 1984.

Juniors

As a junior player, Youl formed a successful doubles partnership with his fellow Australian player

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. In 1983, the pair won the Boys' Doubles titles at the

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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.Tennis Australia Profile
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Pro tour

As a professional player, Youl won two top-level singles titles (at

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in 1989, and

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in 1992), and two tour doubles titles (

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in 1990, and

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in 1994). His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 (lost to

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) and the

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in 1990 (lost to

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

Retirement

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

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, Tasmania.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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Tennis Tasmania
{{DEFAULTSORT:Youl, Simon Australian male tennis players Australian tennis coaches People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School French Open junior champions Olympic tennis players for Australia Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania Tennis players from Tasmania Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) junior champions Wimbledon junior champions 1965 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport tennis players Simon Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from Tasmania