Arvind Parmar (born 1978 in

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) is a former British professional

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player whose career ran from 1997 to 2006. After retiring, he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy. He also coached another British junior, James Marsalek.

Tour career

1996

Parmar competed in his first ATP tour event in

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in September 1996, in doubles. Partnering Paul Robinson, they lost in the first round in 3 sets. Parmar finished 1996 ranked World No. 720 in singles and No. 1081 in doubles.

1997

Parmar played his first tour singles matches in July, 1997, playing in two challenger events in Britain,

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and

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. Both played on grass, he lost rather handily in the first round of each event. Parmar also lost in the first round in both events in doubles. He won his first tour event in September as he and partner

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reached the second round in doubles at the Scottish Tennis Championships. He finished 1997 ranked World No. 464 in singles and No. 608 in doubles.

1998

Parmar played 12 Futures events in 1998 in singles, going 14 wins, 12 losses. His best result in these tournaments was a semi-finals result at Great Britain F7, played in

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. He went 1 and 4 in challengers, reaching the second round of the

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Challenger in December. In doubles play, Parmar reached 3 Futures semi-finals as well as the second round of

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, in his first grand slam appearance, partnering Luke Milligan. Parmar's peak ranking for 1998 was World No. 394 in singles, received in October, and No. 370 in doubles in August.

1999–2002

Parmar qualified for Wimbledon in

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beating the no. 25 ranked player in the world,

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(ESP) W 0–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3, 6–3 before losing to compatriot

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. During this three-year period under the guidance of his coach David Sammel he made the second round of Wimbledon three years in a row and qualified for the 2000 Australian Open. He was selected for the UK

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team regularly from 2000 to 2006.

2006

Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam

Parmar lost in the second qualifying round in Rotterdam only to be given a lucky loser spot. He went on to beat top 100 player

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in the 1st round, 7–6⁽³⁾, 5–7, 7–6⁽⁷⁾. In the second round he beat Dominik Meffert who was the player who beat Parmar in the qualifying round, 6–3, 6–3. Parmar's good run ended in his quarter-final match against

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, losing in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3.

Davis Cup Euro-Asia Group One, vs Serbia and Montenegro

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was injured and could not play in the 1st day's play, Parmar took his place in the 1st rubber of the tie against Serbia and Montenegro against

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and Parmar lost in straight sets 6–3, 6–2, 7–5. Parmar also played in the last rubber as Serbia and Montenegro won the tie as

beat

in the previous rubber so making the final rubber a dead-rubber as it gave

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an unassailable 3–1 lead. So therefore

did not play. Parmar did well, although the Davis Cup tie was already decided, winning in straight sets over

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7–5, 6–4.

Tour finals

Singles (2–5)

Post-playing career

Parmar has been a coach for some top junior British players. In addition, he worked as a television analyst for

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for the 2011 U.S. Open (if not other telecasts).

References

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