David O'Hare

David O'Hare (born 1 June 1990) is a retired professional Irish tennis player who played mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 24 August 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 1438 and on 3 April 2017 reached his highest doubles ranking of 117. O’Hare still plays for the Irish Davis Cup team. He is the coach of the former No. 1 doubles player Joe Salisbury and has had considerable success, overseeing 2 US Open wins, 2 Masters titles and 2 Tour Final wins.

David O'Hare
Country (sports) Ireland
ResidenceDublin, Ireland
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34)
Dublin, Ireland
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Memphis
Prize money$58,799
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1,438 (24 September 2015)
Doubles
Career record1–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (3 April 2017)
Last updated on: 8 October 2018.

Early life

O'Hare was born on June 1, 1990 to Joe and Alison O'Hare. He has two brothers, Simon and Mark, and one sister, Jenny.[1] He competed for the Donnybrook LTC tennis club, a tennis club for boys ages 14–17.[2]

O'Hare also competed in soccer, hurling, gaelic and basketball in high school. According to him, he was scouted by Manchester United for soccer when he was younger.[1]

College career

O'Hare played college tennis for the University of Memphis.[1] In 2013, he made it all the way to the Round of 16 in the men's singles. The following year, he and Joe Salisbury became the first Tigers in school history to qualify for the NCAA doubles tournament.[3]

In his time with Memphis, O'Hare earned three-time all-conference honoree in doubles.[3] His 97 doubles wins alongside Salisbury are the most in school history.[4] He graduated from Memphis in May of 2014.[3]

Professional career

In 2014, he played in the ATP alongside Salisbury, but they lost to the Bryan brothers.[5] He also represented Ireland in the Davis Cup alongside James Cluskey, but they lost to Belarus.[3] The following year, they were relegated to Group Three of the Europe Zone in the Davis Cup after they were whitewashed 5–0 by South Africa.[6]

In 2021, he played in the Davis Cup alongside Julian Bradley, Simon Carr, and Osgar O'Hoisin.[7] In that tournament, they were promoted back to Group 2, with him and Carr securing a 2–1 victory over Georgia to do so.[8]

O'Hare played again in 2023 as vice-captain alongside Carr, O'Hoisin, Michael Agwi, Conor Gannon, and team captain Conor Niland.[9] There, they defeated El Salvador to get in the Group 1 playoffs.[10] In the Group 1 playoffs, they were defeated by Austria.[11]

Coaching career

In 2021, O'Hare became the coach for Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in men's doubles. He guided them to become the world number 1 doubles pair and the 2022 US Open men's doubles title.[12]

Career finals

Doubles: 29 (18–11)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
ITF Futures Tour (13–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (17–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2014Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Peter Bothwell Edward Corrie
Frederik Nielsen
2–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Sep 2014Great Britain F15, LondonFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Frederik Nielsen
Joshua Ward-Hibbert
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Win1–2Oct 2014Sweden F6, JönköpingFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Isak Arvidsson
Markus Eriksson
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
Loss1–3Oct 2014France F23, Cap d'AgdeFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Sander Groen
Alexandre Sidorenko
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win2–3Oct 2014France F24, RodezFuturesHard (i) James Cluskey Maxime Authom
Ruben Bemelmans
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss2–4Nov 2014Great Britain F18, LoughboroughFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Scott Clayton
Toby Martin
4–6, 4–6
Win3–4Nov 2014Great Britain F19, BathFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Richard Gabb
Jonny O'Mara
6–1, 6–2
Win4–4Nov 2014Cyprus F3, LarnacaFuturesHard Sam Barry Marco Bortolotti
Erik Crepaldi
6–1, 6–2
Loss4–5Dec 2014Togo F1, LoméFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Maxime Authom
Juan Sebastián Gómez
3–6, 3–6
Win5–5Dec 2014Togo F2, LoméFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Komlavi Loglo
Josselin Ouanna
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win6–5Jul 2015Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Sam Barry Simon Carr
Bjorn Thomson
6–3, 2–6, [10–3]
Win7–5Sep 2015Great Britain F8, RoehamptonFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Neil Pauffley
David Rice
6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win8–5Sep 2015Sweden F4, FalunFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury James Marsalek
Marcus Willis
6–3, 7–5
Win9–5Oct 2015Sweden F5, DanderydFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Sam Barry
David Rice
7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win10–5Nov 2015Champaign, USChallengerHard Joe Salisbury Austin Krajicek
Nicholas Monroe
6–1, 6–4
Win11–5Jan 2016USA F2, Long BeachFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Evan King
Raymond Sarmiento
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss11–6Apr 2016Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Frederik Nielsen Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
3–6, 2–6
Loss11–7May 2016Taipei City, TaiwanChallengerCarpet (i) Frederik Nielsen Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win12–7Jun 2016Spain F18, Palma del RíoFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen Nicolás Barrientos
Jaume Pla Malfeito
6–4, 6–2
Loss12–8Jul 2016Winnetka, USChallengerHard Sekou Bangoura Stefan Kozlov
John-Patrick Smith
3–6, 3–6
Loss12–9Sep 2016Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, FranceChallengerHard Joe Salisbury Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [5–10]
Win13–9Nov 2016Columbus, USChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Luke Bambridge
Cameron Norrie
6–3, 6–4
Win14–9Feb 2017Dallas, USChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Christopher Rungkat
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss14–10Apr 2017Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Andre Begemann
Frederik Nielsen
3–6, 4–6
Win15–10Jun 2017Spain F18, Palma del RíoFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen Adrien Bossel
Matteo Viola
6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win16–10Jul 2017USA F23, WichitaFuturesHard Luke Bambridge Nathan Ponwith
John Harrison Richmond
6–0, 6–3
Win17–10Jul 2017Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Luke Bambridge Yusuke Takahashi
Renta Tokuda
6–2, 6–2
Loss17–11Sep 2017Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Luke Bambridge Dominik Köpfer
Denis Kudla
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win18–11Oct 2017Fairfield, USChallengerHard Luke Bambridge Akram El Sallaly
Bernardo Oliveira
6–4, 6–2

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