Sam Barry (tennis)
Sam Barry is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland.
Career
Juniors
In 2008, Barry won the under-18 boy's title at the National Junior Tennis Championships and the ITF U-18 boys' singles title in Tallinn, Estonia. This was his first ITF under-18 title following defeats in the finals of similar events in Qatar and Turkmenistan the previous year. Barry had a strong finish to 2008, winning both the Semen Gresik Widjojo Soejono Junior Championships in Surabaya and the Solo Open International Junior Championships in Java in November. The following year, Barry was successful at the Torneig ITF Andorra La Vella, defeating Andrés Artuñedo in the final. Throughout 2010, he competed in the Boys Singles at the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open. His 2nd round defeat to Damir Dzumhur at the U.S. Open was to be his last match in the under-18 category. As a junior player, Barry reached a career-high ranking of 60th in the world U-18 boys' singles.Professional
He turned professional in October 2010 and immediately reached the quarter-final of his first tournament, the F29 Futures in Naples. Barry continued to show promise in 2010 with notable wins over Jiri Kosler in the Thalassa Cup, and followed this up in 2011 with the strongest performance on his senior career in the Thailand F2 Futures, reaching the semi-finals and defeating Joshua Milton along the way.Barry initially chose to focus on doubles. He has won 9 doubles tournaments on the Futures circuit and finished runner-up in 14 others, as well as reaching the final of the 2011 Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour in November 2011 with Daniel Glancy, losing to the top 100 ranked British duo of Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray. Barry usually partners compatriots Glancy, James Cluskey and Colin O'Brien in tournaments.
From 2012 onwards, Barry's energies were more focussed on the singles game, and he reached the singles main draw of a challenger for the first time in September 2013 at the ATP Roller Open, where he lost in the first round to former top-20 player Paul-Henri Mathieu. He completed the year with victory in his first Futures final in December, defeating Liam Broady to claim the Qatar F3 Futures title in Doha.
In March 2014, Barry reached the final of the Great Britain F8 Futures, however he finished runner-up to Marcus Willis. This propelled him to a career-high ranking of 392 on 23 March 2014. He followed this up on 11 May with victory over Adrien Bossel at the Israel F5 Futures in Ashkelon, reaching the final without dropping a set. Barry then went on an impressive run in doubles, winning three consecutive tournaments. He then picked up his second futures title of the year, winning another Israeli futures event, this time in Herzliya.
His subsequent rise up the rankings enabled him to gain direct acceptance to challenger level tournaments and he competed at the OEC Kaohsiung but was defeated in his first round match.
Barry reached his highest ranking of 280th in the world and became Irish no.1 on 15 May 2015 after reaching the final of the Bangkok Challenger.
Davis Cup
Barry has played ten rubbers for the Ireland Davis Cup team, winning five and losing five. He pulled off an impressive win over 2010 Wimbledon junior champion Márton Fucsovics in a tie against Hungary in February 2012. This win did come in a dead rubber, however, with Ireland 3–1 down at the time.Singles titles
;Wins| Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 8 December 2013 | Futures | Doha, F3 | Hard |  Liam Broady | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 11 May 2014 | Futures | Ashkelon, F5 | Clay |  Adrien Bossel | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 14 June 2014 | Futures | Herzlia, F8 | Hard |  Peter Kobelt | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 31 August 2014 | Futures | Libreville, F2 | Hard |  Ruan Roelofse | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 29 November 2015 | Futures | Tel Aviv, F16 | Hard |  Amir Weintraub | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 14 February 2016 | Futures | Surbiton, F2 | Hard |  Maxime Teixeira | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
;Runner-up
| Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 16 March 2014 | Futures | Manchester, F8 | Hard | Marcus Willis | 6–7, 4–6 |
| 24 August 2014 | Futures | Libreville, F1 | Hard | Arthur Surreaux | 7–5, 6–7, 1–6 |
| 19 October 2014 | Futures | Ponta Delgada, F10 | Hard |  Frederico Ferreira Silva | 4–6, 3–6 |
| 16 August 2015 | Futures | Hyvinkää, F2 | Clay |  Gonzalo Lama | 2–6, 3–6 |
| 6 December 2015 | Futures | Tel Aviv, F16 | Hard | Peter Kobelt | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
| 22 May 2016 | Challenger | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  James Duckworth | 6–7, 4–6 |
Doubles titles
Wins| Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| 5 November 2010 | Futures | Heraklion, F4 | Hard |  Mikelis Libietis |  Rok Jarc Tom Kocevar-Desman | 7–6, 6–7, |
| 15 May 2011 | Futures | Samsun, F17 | Hard |  Barry King |  Issam Al Taweel  Mohamed Safwat | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 27 August 2011 | Futures | Nastola, F3 | Clay | Daniel Glancy |  Herkko Pollanen Max Wennakoski | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 19 March 2012 | Futures | Fujairah, F1 | Hard | James Marsalek |  Alexander Satschko  Mikhail Vasiliev | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 26 March 2012 | Futures | Manama, F1 | Hard |  James McGee | Jeremy Jahn Matthew Short | 7–5, 4–6, |
| 11 March 2013 | Futures | Guimarães, F4 | Hard | Colin O'Brien | Goncalo Pereira Danyal Sualehe | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 29 April 2013 | Futures | Ashkelon, F8 | Hard |  Sebastian Lavie |  Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa | 7–6, 2–6, |
| 17 June 2013 | Futures | Herzliya, F12 | Hard | Elie Rousset | Ashley Hewitt George Morgan | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 30 August 2013 | Futures | Libreville, F2 | Hard | Elie Rousset |  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vishnu Vardhan | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 17 May 2014 | Futures | Akko, F6 | Hard | Evan Song |  Matías Franco Descotte  Gustavo Guerses | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 25 May 2014 | Futures | Sousse, F2 | Hard |  Claudio Grassi |  Moez Echargui Slim Hamza | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1 June 2014 | Futures | Sousse, F3 | Hard | Claudio Grassi | Remi Boutillier Maxime Tchoutakian | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 24 August 2014 | Futures | Libreville, F1 | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Ruan Roelofse  Mark Fynn | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 31 August 2014 | Futures | Libreville, F2 | Hard | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Ruan Roelofse Mark Fynn | 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up
| Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| 25 October 2010 | Futures | Heraklion, F3 | Carpet | Colin O'Brien | Daniel Glancy Marcus Willis | 5–7, 7–5, |
| 14 March 2011 | Futures | Albufeira, F3 | Hard | Daniel Glancy |  Augustin Boje-Ordonez Morgan Phillips | 3–6, 6–7 |
| 16 May 2011 | Futures | Samsun, F18 | Clay | Barry King |  Andrei Ciumac  Denis Molchanov | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 10 October 2011 | Futures | Saint-Dizier, F18 | Hard | James Cluskey | Holger Fischer  Jan Mertl | 4–6, 5–7 |
| 7 November 2011 | Challenger | Loughborough | Hard | Daniel Glancy | Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray | 2–6, 2–6 |
| 11 June 2012 | Futures | Martos, F16 | Hard | James Cluskey | Ivan Arenas-Gualda Jaime Pulgar-Garcia | 6–7, 6–7 |
| 20 August 2012 | Futures | Enschede, F5 | Clay | Daniel Glancy |  Alexander Blom  Kevin Griekspoor | 3–6, 6–7 |
| 24 September 2012 | Futures | Pozzuoli, F28 | Hard |  Cristian Rodriguez | Enrico Fioravante Matteo Volante | 4–6, 2–6 |
| 29 October 2012 | Futures | Ashkelon, F12 | Hard | Sebastian Lavie | Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof | 6–4, 6–7, |
| 21 January 2013 | Futures | Sheffield, F2 | Hard | Colin O'Brien | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 6–3, 3–6, |
| 25 February 2013 | Futures | Loulé Municipality, F2 | Hard | Colin O'Brien | Ivan Arenas-Gualda Enrique Lopez-Perez | 7–6, 6–7, |
| 6 May 2013 | Futures | Ramat HaSharon, F9 | Hard | Daniel Glancy | Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 10 June 2013 | Futures | Herzliya, F11 | Hard | Michal Konečný | Albano Olivetti Elie Rousset | 4–6, 7–6 |
| 19 August 2013 | Futures | Libreville, F1 | Hard | Elie Rousset | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vishnu Vardhan | 4–6, 6–7 |
| 29 September 2013 | Futures | Marathon, F12 | Hard | Tiago Fernandes | Kevin Griekspoor Scott Griekspoor | 7–6, 3–6, |