Cory Parr

{{short description|American tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Cory Parr

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|country = {{USA}}

|residence = New York

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|11|2}}

|birth_place = Jericho, United States

|height = 6’0

|turnedpro = 2009

|plays = Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

|college = Wake Forest University

|singlesrecord = 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|singlestitles = 0 ITF

|highestsinglesranking = No. 779 (7 June 2010)

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|doublesrecord = 1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|doublestitles = 15 ITF

|highestdoublesranking = No. 272 (5 July 2010)

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|updated = 20 February 2017

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Cory Parr (born 2 November 1987) is a retired American tennis player.

Parr has a career high ATP singles ranking of 779 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 272 achieved on 5 July 2010. He won 15 professional futures doubles titles with multiple partners.

Parr made his ATP main draw debut at the 2011 Winston-Salem Open in the doubles draw, partnering with Treat Huey.

Parr was a three time All American at Wake Forest University. He (along with partner Steven Forman) won the program's first ever national championship with a win at the 2008 ITA National Indoor tournament.{{Cite web|title=Cory Parr - Men's Tennis|url=https://godeacs.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/cory-parr/2717|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Wake Forest University Athletics|language=en}} He reached as high as number 9 in the national singles rankings in 2009. In 2009, Parr also reached the number 1 spot in the college tennis national doubles rankings. He currently holds the most wins in program history in both singles and doubles. In 2017, Parr rejoined the program as a volunteer assistant coach shortly after the enrollment of his juniors pupil, Sean Patrick Hannity.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-17|title=Sean Hannity's private plane and the Wake Forest tennis team: A morality fable|url=https://www.salon.com/2021/02/17/sean-hannitys-private-plane-and-the-wake-forest-tennis-team-a-morality-fable/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Salon|language=en}} In 2020 Parr completed his master's in Business Administration at Wake Forest University. In 2023 Parr was inducted into the Wake Forest sports hall of fame.

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