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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name= Arvind Parmar
|image=
|country= {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Great Britain Davis Cup team|Great Britain]]
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|03|22}}
|birth_place= [[Hitchin]], England
|residence= [[London]], England
|height= 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
|turnedpro= 1997
|retired= December 2006
|plays= Right-handed
|coach = [[David Sammel]]
|careerprizemoney= [[US$|$]]519,643
|singlesrecord= 15–30
|singlestitles= 0
|highestsinglesranking= No. 137 (26 June 2000)
|AustralianOpenresult= 1R ([[2000 Australian Open – Men's Singles|2000]])
|FrenchOpenresult= Q1 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
|Wimbledonresult= 2R ([[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1999]], [[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2000]], [[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2001]])
|USOpenresult= Q3 (2003)
|doublesrecord= 6–17
|doublestitles= 0
|highestdoublesranking= No. 218 (21 July 2003)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([[1998 Wimbledon Championships#Men's Doubles|1998]])
| USOpenDoublesresult =
|updated= 12 July 2013
}}

'''Arvind Parmar''' (born 1978 in [[Hitchin]], [[Hertfordshire]]) is a former British professional [[tennis]] player. He retired in December 2006 and is nicknamed the "Hitchin Hurricane". After retiring he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lta.org.uk/Players/Player-profiles/Boys/ElMenshawyAhmed/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412200612/http://www.lta.org.uk/Players/Player-profiles/Boys/ElMenshawyAhmed/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2009 |title=LTA junior profile: Arvind Parmar |publisher=www.lta.org.uk |date=8 September 2009 }}</ref> He currently coaches another British junior, James Marsalek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lta.org.uk/Players/Player-profiles/Boys/MarsalekJames/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412161903/http://www.lta.org.uk/Players/Player-profiles/Boys/MarsalekJames/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2009 |title=LTA junior profile: James Marsalek |publisher=www.lta.org.uk |date=8 September 2009 }}</ref>

==Tour career==

===1996===
Parmar competed in his first ATP tour event in [[Brighton International|Bournemouth]] in September 1996, in doubles. Partnering Paul Robinson, they lost in the first round in 3 sets. Parmar finished 1996 ranked World No. 720 in singles and No. 1081 in doubles.

===1997===
Parmar played his first tour singles matches in July, 1997, playing in two [[challenger tennis events|challenger events]] in Britain, [[Bristol Challenger Trophy|Bristol]] and [[The LTA Manchester Challenger|Manchester]]. Both played on grass, he lost rather handily in the first round of each event. Parmar also lost in the first round in both events in doubles. He won his first tour event in September as he and partner [[Jamie Delgado]] reached the second round in doubles at the [[Scottish Tennis Championships]]. He finished 1997 ranked World No. 464 in singles and No. 608 in doubles.

===1998===
Parmar played 12 [[Futures tennis events|Futures events]] in 1998 in singles, going 14 wins, 12 losses. His best result in these tournaments was a semi-finals result at Great Britain F7, played in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]. He went 1 and 4 in challengers, reaching the second round of the [[Ahmedabad]] Challenger in December. In doubles play, Parmar reached 3 Futures semi-finals as well as the second round of [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], in his first grand slam appearance, partnering [[Luke Milligan]]. Parmar's peak ranking for 1998 was World No. 394 in singles, received in October, and No. 370 in doubles in August.

===1999–2002===

Parmar qualified for Wimbledon in [[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1999]] beating the no. 25 ranked player in the world, [[Albert Costa]] (ESP) W 0–6, 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–3 before losing to compatriot [[Greg Rusedski]]. During this three-year period under the guidance of his coach [[David Sammel]] he made the second round of Wimbledon three years in a row and qualified for the [[2000 Australian Open - Men's Singles|2000 Australian Open]]. He was selected for the UK [[Davis Cup]] team regularly from 2000–2006.

===2006===

====Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam====
Parmar lost in the second qualifying round in Rotterdam only to be given a lucky loser spot. He went on to beat top 100 player [[Paradorn Srichaphan]] in the 1st round, 7–6(3), 5–7, 7–6(7). In the second round he beat [[Dominik Meffert]] who was the player who beat Parmar in the Qualifying round, 6–3, 6–3. Parmar's good run ended in his quarter-final match against [[Christophe Rochus]], losing in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3.

====Davis Cup Euro-Asia Group One, vs Serbia and Montenegro====
As [[Andy Murray]] was injured and could not play in the 1st day's play, Parmar took his place in the 1st rubber of the tie against Serbia and Montenegro against [[Novak Djokovic]] and Parmar lost in straight sets 6–3, 6–2, 7–5.

Parmar also played in the last rubber as Serbia and Montenegro won the tie as [[Novak Djokovic]] beat [[Greg Rusedski]] in the previous rubber so making the final rubber a [[dead-rubber]] as it gave [[Serbia and Montenegro Davis Cup team|Serbia & Montenegro]] an unassailable 3–1 lead. So therefore [[Andy Murray]] did not play. Parmar did well, although the Davis Cup tie was already decided, winning in straight sets over [[Ilija Bozoljac]] 7–5, 6–4.

==Tour finals==
===Singles (2–5)===

{|class=wikitable
!Legend
|-bgcolor=f3e6d7
|Grand Slam (0)
|-bgcolor=e9e9e9
|ATP Masters Series (0)
|-bgcolor=
|ATP Tour (0)
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|Challengers (2–5)
|}
{|class=wikitable
!width=80|Outcome
!No.
!Date
!width=160|Tournament
!Surface
!width=160|Opponent
!width=160|Score
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|1.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2000-03-05}}
|[[Singapore]], Singapore
|Hard
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]]
|3–6, 3–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2000-03-12}}
|[[Kyoto]], Japan
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Kevin Ullyett]]
|7–6, 4–6, 4–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|3.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2002-02-24}}
|[[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], United Kingdom
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Denis Golovanov]]
|4–6, 1–3 (ret)
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|4.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2002-11-03}}
|[[Nottingham]], United Kingdom
|Clay
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gilles Elseneer]]
|5–7, 2–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|5.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2003-02-23}}
|[[Wolfsburg]], Germany
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Axel Pretzsch]]
|7–6, 6–7, 4–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
|6.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2003-08-03}}
|[[Denver]], USA
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Salzenstein]]
|6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor=moccasin
| bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
|7.
|{{dts|format=dmy|2004-02-29}}
|[[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
|Hard
|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Yen-Hsun Lu]]
|6–3, 6–7, 6–3

|}
<ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/arvind-parmar/p398/overview</ref>

==Post-playing career==
Parmar has been a coach for some top junior British players. In addition, he worked as a television analyst for [[Eurosport 2]] for the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|2011 U.S. Open]] (if not other telecasts).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}

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