Arnar Sigurðsson (born 24 November 1981) is a retired tennis player from Iceland. He was a decorated NCAA men’s college tennis performer at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He earned four letters at Pacific (2002-05) and graduated in 2006. He holds school records for most career wins (175), most career singles wins (98), most singles wins in a season (34), highest career winning percentage (.784) and highest singles winning percentage in a season (.895). He earned Big West Player of the Year honors in 2005 and won a Big West-best seven Athlete of the Week awards in his career.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 November 1981 Reykjavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $10,372 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 39–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 703 (7 May 2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 25–19 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 518 (8 October 2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sigurðsson had a career high ATP singles ranking of 703 achieved on 7 May 2007. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of 518 achieved on 8 October 2007. Sigurðsson holds the record for the number of Icelandic national titles, winning 15 singles, 15 doubles and 8 mixed doubles titles in his career.[2]
Sigurðsson represented Iceland at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 64–31. He holds the most Davis Cup victories for Iceland and was awarded with the Davis Cup Commitment Award.[3]
Future and Challenger finals
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2006 | Mexico F19, Monterrey | Futures | Hard |  Simon Childs
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 Alexander Sadecky Franko Škugor
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2007 | Turkey F2, Manavgat | Futures | Clay |  Brett Ross
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 Steve Darcis Fred Hemmes Jr.
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2007 | Norway F2, Gausdal | Futures | Hard |  Heinrich Heyl
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 Jacob Melskens Rasmus Nørby
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2007 | United States F23, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Brad Pomeroy
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 Philip Bester Glenn Weiner
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3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2007 | Mexico F6, Monterrey | Futures | Clay |  Adam Thompson
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 Peter Gojowczyk Marc Sieber
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6–2, 6–1 |
References
edit- ^ "pacifictennis". issuu.com. Pacific Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Íslandsmeistarar". tennissamband.is (in Icelandic). Tennissamband Íslands. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "ATP – Islande, terre de foot : et le tennis alors ?". tennisactu.net.
External links
edit- Arnar Sigurðsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Arnar Sigurðsson at the International Tennis Federation
- Arnar Sigurðsson at the Davis Cup
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