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David Carter (tennis)

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	David Carter
image	Tennis Melkhuisje, halve finales Carter in actie tegen Bazazzutti, Bestanddeelnr 929-8373.jpg
caption	David Carter playing at the 1978 Dutch Open.
country
birth_date
birth_place	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
height
plays	Right-handed
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 78 (15 February 1982)
AustralianOpenresult	2R (1976, 1979)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1978, 1979)
Wimbledonresult	3R (1982)
USOpenresult	3R (1981)
doublestitles	6
highestdoublesranking	No. 126 (3 January 1983)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	QF (1981)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	QF (1982)
WimbledonDoublesresult	1R (1973, 1979, 1981, 1982)
USOpenDoublesresult	3R (1981)

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	CHI Jaime Fillol	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	USA Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 0–6, 5–7

Doubles (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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

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