David Carter (tennis)

David Carter (born 21 April 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six doubles titles with compatriot Paul Kronk. He reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 78 in February 1982 and achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 126 in January 1983.

Career finals

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1981	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Jaime Fillol	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 0–6, 5–7

Doubles (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1978	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Rod Frawley	Louk Sanders Rolf Thung	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1980	Sarasota , U.S.	Clay	Rick Fagel	Andrés Gómez Ricardo Ycaza	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	May 1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Chris Lewis	Anand Amritraj Fritz Buehning	6–7, 2–6
Loss	0–4	May 1980	Munich , West Germany	Clay	Chris Lewis	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	6–7, 1–6
Win	1–4	Jan 1981	Guarujá, Brasil	Hard	Paul Kronk	Jairo Velasco, Sr.	6–1, 7–6
Win	2–4	Feb 1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Paul Kronk	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–4	Feb 1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	Paul Kronk	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Mar 1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	Paul Kronk	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	4–5	May 1981	Munich , West Germany	Clay	Paul Kronk	Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Jul 1981	Gstaad , Switzerland	Clay	Paul Kronk	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–6	Jul 1981	Kitzbühel , Austria	Clay	Paul Kronk	Marko Ostoja Louk Sanders	7–6, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Nov 1981	Quito , Ecuador	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–7	Mar 1982	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Paul Kronk	Matt Doyle Dave Siegler	6–3, 7–6

External links

• David Carter at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Carter at the International Tennis Federation