Russell Barlow (born 18 December 1962) is a former professional

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player from

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Biography

Barlow, a left-handed player from

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, twice finished runner-up at the Australian Junior Championships, in the Under-14s and Under-16s age groups. He made the quarter-finals of the boys' event at the 1980 Australian Open. During the 1980s, Barlow competed professionally on the international circuit. He had

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wins over

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at the GWA Mazda Tennis Classic in Brisbane in 1983,

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in the 1985 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse and

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, seventh seed at the

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in Brussels. At the

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he qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the only time and lost in the first round to West German

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. As a doubles player his best result came when he made the semi-finals with

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at Bordeaux in 1985. He played doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and

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. In 1987, his only appearance at Wimbledon, he and partner Harald Rittersbacher were drawn against top seeds

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and

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in the opening round. In 1989 he won two Challenger titles, the first at

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, in the doubles event with Swede Ville Jansson. He then claimed the singles title at Singapore, over

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in the final, just weeks after he finished runner-up to the same player in

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. A member of the ATP board in the 1990s, Barlow also worked as an ATP executive in

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. He is now involved in coaching.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

References

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