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Arnar Sigurðsson

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Arnar Sigurðsson
Country (sports) Iceland
Born (1981-11-24) 24 November 1981 (age 43)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Prize money$10,372
Singles
Career record39–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 703 (7 May 2007)
Doubles
Career record25–19 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 518 (8 October 2007)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2005 La Massana Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 La Massana Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Monte Carlo Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Nicosia Doubles

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]

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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Doubles 5 (3–2)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2006 Mexico F19, Monterrey Futures Hard United Kingdom Simon Childs Switzerland Alexander Sadecky
Croatia Franko Škugor
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Apr 2007 Turkey F2, Manavgat Futures Clay United States Brett Ross Belgium Steve Darcis
Netherlands Fred Hemmes Jr.
2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 2007 Norway F2, Gausdal Futures Hard South Africa Heinrich Heyl Denmark Jacob Melskens
Denmark Rasmus Nørby
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2007 United States F23, Costa Mesa Futures Hard United States Brad Pomeroy Canada Philip Bester
United States Glenn Weiner
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 3–2 Sep 2007 Mexico F6, Monterrey Futures Clay New Zealand Adam Thompson Germany Peter Gojowczyk
Germany Marc Sieber
6–2, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "pacifictennis". issuu.com. Pacific Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Íslandsmeistarar". tennissamband.is (in Icelandic). Tennissamband Íslands. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ "ATP – Islande, terre de foot : et le tennis alors ?". tennisactu.net.
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