There are many male tennis players in Ireland, too many to mention in full. Some famous current ones are Conor Niland and Louk Sorensen. Louk's father, Sean Sorensen and Matt Doyle are famous ones from the recent past. There are mny, many others.
Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award was created in 1993.
Rafael Nadal.
Andy Murray
Tennis Ireland was created in 1908.
Novak Djokovic is the number one male player in the world. 49-1 this year!
Lleyton Hewitt
You can find out this, along with what's happening in the world of table tennis at the following web site: ittf.org
Novak Djokovic is the top male tennis player on the ATP rankings.
Yannick Noah
Pat Cash.
Andy mURRAY,NOW..
You can play tennis at any age. Children play tennis in Ireland, as do adults. If they are good enough, they could try turning professional when they feel they could compete at a high level. They would be at least in their mid teens before they would do that.