Simon Youl

Simon Youl
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Elephant's Pass, Tasmania, Australia
Born	1 July 1965 (age 59); Symmons Plains, Tasmania, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$930,856
Singles
Career record	91–138
Career titles	2 ; 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 80 (28 September 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1990)
French Open	3R (1985)
Wimbledon	4R (1988)
US Open	1R (1988, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record	104–144
Career titles	2 ; 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 63 (20 April 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1992)
French Open	3R (1986, 1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1986, 1989)
US Open	QF (1992)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1987)
French Open	SF (1990)
Wimbledon	3R (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

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

Juniors

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

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

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

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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	Scott Davis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Apr 1992	Singapore, Singapore	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1

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

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	Broderick Dyke	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1990	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Sep 1994	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	José Antonio Conde Jordi Arrese	6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

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	Jamie Morgan	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1991	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Václav Roubíček	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Feb 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Claudio Pistolesi	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Apr 1992	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–2	Jul 1993	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Bart Wuyts	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jul 1994	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Brent Larkham	6–1, 7–6

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

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	Brett Custer	Martin Sinner Michael Stich	walkover
Win	1–1	Apr 1991	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Layendecker	Nduka Odizor Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1991	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Bret Richardson	Michael Brown Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Nov 1991	Christchurch, New Zealand	Challenger	Carpet	Neil Borwick	Jamie Morgan Sandon Stolle	7–5, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 1993	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Neil Borwick	Patrick Rafter Jason Stoltenberg	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 1994	Wellington, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Martin Blackman Kenny Thorne	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 1994	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Wayne Arthurs	Rich Benson Adam Malik	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Apr 1994	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Pablo Albano Nicolás Pereira	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	3–6	Jul 1994	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Neil Broad	Joshua Eagle Tom Kempers	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Aug 1994	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	Hendrik Jan Davids Stephen Noteboom	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	4–7	Sep 1994	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Emanuel Couto João Cunha-Silva	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	4–8	Sep 1994	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

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

Performance timelines

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

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

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

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

^ 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.

External links

Simon Youl at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Simon Youl at the International Tennis Federation
Simon Youl at Tennis Australia
Tennis Tasmania

[1] Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame Honour Roll, Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts (Tasmanian Government), 2008.

[2] Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.

[TennisAustraliaProfile-3] Tennis Australia Profile

[4] "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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