Simon Youl

Youl was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1981 to 1984.

Juniors

As a junior player, Youl formed a successful doubles partnership with his fellow Australian player Mark Kratzmann. In 1983, the pair won the Boys' Doubles titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. In singles, he reached three slam finals, attaining a ranking as high as No. 5 in the junior world rankings in 1983.

Pro tour

As a professional player, Youl won two top-level singles titles (at Schenectady in 1989, and Singapore in 1992), and two tour doubles titles (Casablanca in 1990, and Bucharest in 1994). His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1988 (lost to Stefan Edberg) and the Australian Open in 1990 (lost to Ivan Lendl).

Youl's career-high rankings were world No. 80 in singles and world No. 63 in doubles (both in 1992).

Retirement

He retired from the professional tour in 1994 (playing one Challenger event the following year). Since retiring as a player, he has worked as a tennis coach in Hobart, Tasmania.

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Scott Davis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Apr 1992	Singapore, Singapore	World Series	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Darren Cahill   Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1990	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis   Mark Koevermans	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Sep 1994	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	José Antonio Conde   Jordi Arrese	6–4, 6–4

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1990	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Jamie Morgan	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1991	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Václav Roubíček	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Feb 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Clay	Claudio Pistolesi	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Apr 1992	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–2	Jul 1993	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Bart Wuyts	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jul 1994	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Brent Larkham	6–1, 7–6

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1989	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Brett Custer	Martin Sinner   Michael Stich	walkover
Win	1–1	Apr 1991	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Layendecker	Nduka Odizor   Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1991	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Bret Richardson	Michael Brown   Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Nov 1991	Christchurch, New Zealand	Challenger	Carpet	Neil Borwick	Jamie Morgan   Sandon Stolle	7–5, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 1993	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Neil Borwick	Patrick Rafter   Jason Stoltenberg	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 1994	Wellington, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Martin Blackman   Kenny Thorne	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 1994	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Wayne Arthurs	Rich Benson   Adam Malik	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Apr 1994	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Pablo Albano   Nicolás Pereira	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	3–6	Jul 1994	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Neil Broad	Joshua Eagle   Tom Kempers	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Aug 1994	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	Hendrik Jan Davids   Stephen Noteboom	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	4–7	Sep 1994	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Emanuel Couto   João Cunha-Silva	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	4–8	Sep 1994	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Cristian Brandi   Federico Mordegan	3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1982	Australian Open	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1983	Australian Open	Hard	Stefan Edberg	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1983	US Open	Hard	Stefan Edberg	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Win	1983	French Open	Clay	Mark Kratzmann	Carin Anderholm   Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–4
Win	1983	Wimbledon	Grass	Mark Kratzmann	Mihnea Nastase   Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–4
Win	1983	US Open	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Patrick McEnroe   Brad Pearce	6–1, 7–6

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles