Claire Curran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Claire Curran

British tennis player

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1978

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Claire Curran (born 10 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She represented both Great Britain and Ireland in the Fed Cup during her career.
Curran is the youngest ever Irish Fed Cup player (15 years 65 days) and before attending UC Berkeley was largely focussed on singles, with the highest singles win percentage of any Irish Fed Cup player.At UC Berkeley, Curran was an Academic All-American (Majoring in Political Science) and won the NCAA Championship. Serious injury resulted in her decision to focus on doubles post university.
Curran reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No.
89, and won a total of 12 ITF titles over the course of her career and was a finalist in one WTA Tour event and was the key doubles players in the Great British Fed Cup teams of the mid 2000s.
Her overall Fed Cup record has the highest win percentage of any British or Irish player who has played in over 25 matches. Curran retired from professional sport in 2007 following six years of professional play.
Following her retirement, she was recruited by the LTA and alongside Nigel Sears coached former British No.
1, Anne Keothavong, and subsequently Laura Robson and the doubles team of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith.