Sam Barry (tennis)
| Country (sports) |
 Ireland
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Limerick, Republic of Ireland |
| Born |
27 January 1992 Limerick, Ireland |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $76,389 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–7 |
| Career titles | 0 ATP |
| Highest ranking | No. 280 (23 May 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 280 (23 May 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 2R (2010) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2010) |
| US Open Junior | 2R (2010) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–2 |
| Career titles | 0 ATP |
| Highest ranking | No. 221 (10 August 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 346 (23 May 2016) |
| Last updated on: 23 May 2016. | |
Sam Barry (born 27 January 1992) is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland.
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 previour 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.
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.
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