David O'Hare (born 1 June 1990) is an Irish professional tennis player and coach. On 24 August 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 1438 and on 3 April 2017 reached his highest doubles ranking of 117. Despite being inactive in tour events, O’Hare still plays for the Irish Davis Cup team. He is the coach of the former No. 1 doubles player Joe Salisbury and has had considerable success, overseeing 2 US Open wins, 2 Masters titles and 2 Tour Final wins.

Early life O'Hare was born on June 1, 1990 to Joe and Alison O'Hare. He has two brothers, Simon and Mark, and one sister, Jenny. He competed for the Donnybrook LTC tennis club, a tennis club for boys ages 14–17.

O'Hare also competed in soccer, hurling, gaelic and basketball in high school. According to him, he was scouted by Manchester United for soccer when he was younger.

College career O'Hare played college tennis for the University of Memphis. In 2013, he made it all the way to the Round of 16 in the men's singles. The following year, he and Joe Salisbury became the first Tigers in school history to qualify for the NCAA doubles tournament.

In his time with Memphis, O'Hare earned three-time all-conference honoree in doubles. His 97 doubles wins alongside Salisbury are the most in school history. He graduated from Memphis in May 2014.

Professional career In 2014, he played in the ATP alongside Salisbury, but they lost to the Bryan brothers. He also represented Ireland in the Davis Cup alongside James Cluskey, but they lost to Belarus. The following year, they were relegated to Group Three of the Europe Zone in the Davis Cup after they were whitewashed 5–0 by South Africa.

In 2021, he played in the Davis Cup alongside Julian Bradley, Simon Carr, and Osgar O'Hoisin. In that tournament, they were promoted back to Group 2, with him and Carr securing a 2–1 victory over Georgia to do so.

O'Hare played again in 2023 as vice-captain alongside Carr, O'Hoisin, Michael Agwi, Conor Gannon, and team captain Conor Niland. There, they defeated El Salvador to get in the Group 1 playoffs. In the Group 1 playoffs, they were defeated by Austria.

Coaching career In 2021, O'Hare became the coach for Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in men's doubles. He guided them to become the world number 1 doubles pair and the 2022 US Open men's doubles title.

Career finals

Doubles: 29 (18–11) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)ITF Futures Tour (13–5)Titles by surfaceHard (17–9)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Peter Bothwell Edward Corrie Frederik Nielsen2–6, 5–7Loss0–2Great Britain F15, LondonFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Frederik Nielsen Joshua Ward-Hibbert7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]Win1–2Sweden F6, JönköpingFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Isak Arvidsson Markus Eriksson7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)Loss1–3France F23, Cap d'AgdeFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Sander Groen Alexandre Sidorenko4–6, 7–5, [8–10]Win2–3France F24, RodezFuturesHard (i) James Cluskey Maxime Authom Ruben Bemelmans7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]Loss2–4Great Britain F18, LoughboroughFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Scott Clayton Toby Martin4–6, 4–6Win3–4Great Britain F19, BathFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Richard Gabb Jonny O'Mara6–1, 6–2Win4–4Cyprus F3, LarnacaFuturesHard Sam Barry Marco Bortolotti Erik Crepaldi6–1, 6–2Loss4–5Togo F1, LoméFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Maxime Authom Juan Sebastián Gómez3–6, 3–6Win5–5Togo F2, LoméFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Komlavi Loglo Josselin Ouanna7–6(7–5), 6–4Win6–5Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Sam Barry Simon Carr Bjorn Thomson6–3, 2–6, [10–3]Win7–5Great Britain F8, RoehamptonFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Neil Pauffley David Rice6–2, 4–6, [10–5]Win8–5Sweden F4, FalunFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury James Marsalek Marcus Willis6–3, 7–5Win9–5Sweden F5, DanderydFuturesHard (i) Joe Salisbury Sam Barry David Rice7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]Win10–5Champaign, USChallengerHard Joe Salisbury Austin Krajicek Nicholas Monroe6–1, 6–4Win11–5USA F2, Long BeachFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Evan King Raymond Sarmiento6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss11–6Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Frederik Nielsen Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana3–6, 2–6Loss11–7Taipei City, TaiwanChallengerCarpet (i) Frederik Nielsen Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua6–7(6–8), 4–6Win12–7Spain F18, Palma del RíoFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen Nicolás Barrientos Jaume Pla Malfeito6–4, 6–2Loss12–8Winnetka, USChallengerHard Sekou Bangoura Stefan Kozlov John-Patrick Smith3–6, 3–6Loss12–9Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, FranceChallengerHard Joe Salisbury Ken Skupski Neal Skupski7–6(7–5), 4–6, [5–10]Win13–9Columbus, USChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Luke Bambridge Cameron Norrie6–3, 6–4Win14–9Dallas, USChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9]Loss14–10Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Joe Salisbury Andre Begemann Frederik Nielsen3–6, 4–6Win15–10Spain F18, Palma del RíoFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen Adrien Bossel Matteo Viola6–1, 7–6(7–1)Win16–10USA F23, WichitaFuturesHard Luke Bambridge Nathan Ponwith John Harrison Richmond6–0, 6–3Win17–10Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Luke Bambridge Yusuke Takahashi Renta Tokuda6–2, 6–2Loss17–11Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Luke Bambridge Dominik Köpfer Denis Kudla6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)Win18–11Fairfield, USChallengerHard Luke Bambridge Akram El Sallaly Bernardo Oliveira6–4, 6–2

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