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James Auckland
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 44)
Norwich, England
Turned pro1999
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$260,610
Singles
Career record2–1 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 282 (6 February 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2006)
WimbledonQ1 (2003, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record20–37 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 57 (9 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open1R (2006, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
Last updated on: 27 June 2021.

James Auckland (born 1 April 1980) is a British former professional tennis player.

His highest ATP singles ranking was 282nd, which he reached on 6 February 2006. While his career high in doubles was at 57 set at 9 April 2007.

Auckland was given a wildcard into the main draw of the men's singles at 2002 Wimbledon, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. His place was taken by lucky loser, Denis Golovanov.

Auckland played for the Kansas City Explorers of World TeamTennis during the 2008 season and for the Boston Lobsters in 2009.

In April 2013, James joined tennis coaching and management company Premier Tennis as Director of Tennis,[1] where he designs and oversees a variety of coaching programmes and takes responsibility for coach development and training.

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A 2R 1R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
US Open A A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–4 0–2 0–1 0 /13 6–13 32%

ATP Career Finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2007 Delray Beach, United States International Series Hard Australia Stephen Huss United States Hugo Armando
Belgium Xavier Malisse
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2001 Nigeria F1, Lagos Futures Hard France M-S Drame 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2004 Nigeria F2, Benin City Futures Hard Italy Diego Álvarez 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Aug 2004 Great Britain F4, Hampstead Futures Hard France Nicolas Tourte 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6
Loss 1–3 May 2005 Korea F1, Seogwipo Futures Hard Australia Robert Smeets 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2006 Great Britain F3, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Martin Lee 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 29 (8–21)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–13)
ITF Futures (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–14)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2000 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Barry Fulcher United Kingdom Ben Haran
United Kingdom Neil Watts
55–4, 4–2, 45–5, 4–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 2000 Great Britain F11, Leeds Futures Hard United Kingdom Barry Fulcher United Kingdom James Nelson
United Kingdom Lee Childs
44–5, 3–5, 4–2, 2–4
Loss 1–2 Aug 2001 Nigeria F2, Lagos Futures Hard United Kingdom Barry Fulcher Mauritius J-M Bourgault
South Africa W-P Meyer
4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2002 China F1, Kunming Futures Hard United Kingdom Simon Dickson Thailand Danai Udomchoke
Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 May 2003 Jamaica F3, Montego Bay Futures Hard South Africa Johan Du Randt South Africa Andrew Anderson
South Africa W-P Meyer
4–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 May 2003 Jamaica F4, Montego Bay Futures Hard South Africa Nenad Toroman South Africa Andrew Anderson
South Africa W-P Meyer
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 2–5 Aug 2003 Brazil F5, Fortaleza Futures Hard Chile Paul Capdeville Brazil Alexandre Bonatto
Brazil Felipe Lemos
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(0–7)
Loss 2–6 Feb 2004 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard Australia Rameez Junaid Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Italy Uros Vico
4–6, 1–6
Win 3–6 May 2004 Great Britain F1, Bournemouth Futures Clay United States Thomas Blake United Kingdom Oliver Freelove
United Kingdom David Sherwood
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–7 Aug 2004 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Slovakia Ladislav Švarc Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 3–8 May 2005 Korea F2, Seogwipo Futures Hard United Kingdom Ross Hutchins South Korea Chung Hee-Seok
South Korea Im Kyu-Tae
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3–9 Jul 2005 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Mark Hilton
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–10 Aug 2005 Pamplona, Spain Challenger Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
Croatia Lovro Zovko
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–10 Sep 2005 France F13, Mulhouse Futures Hard Russia K Ivanov-Smolenskii France Cyril Spanelis
France Marc Steger
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 5–10 Nov 2005 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Germany Michael Kohlmann
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–11 Nov 2005 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Carpet Netherlands Jasper Smit Slovakia Filip Polášek
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 5–12 Apr 2006 Great Britain F5, Bath Futures Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield Germany Tobias Clemens
Australia Rameez Junaid
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–13 Aug 2006 Graz, Austria Challenger Hard United Kingdom Jamie Delgado United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [13–15]
Loss 5–14 May 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Germany Tomas Behrend
Brazil André Ghem
2–6, 1–6
Loss 5–15 Jun 2007 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia Stephen Huss United States Alex Kuznetsov
Germany Mischa Zverev
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 6–15 Aug 2007 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ross Hutchins Belgium Dick Norman
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss 6–16 May 2008 Marrakech, Morocco Challenger Clay United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Portugal Fred Gil
Romania Florin Mergea
2–6, 3–6
Win 7–16 Oct 2008 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet Belgium Dick Norman Switzerland Yves Allegro
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–17 Oct 2008 Kolding, Denmark Challenger Hard Australia Todd Perry United States Brendan Evans
South Africa Chris Haggard
3–6, 5–7
Loss 7–18 Nov 2008 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Brazil Márcio Torres Switzerland Yves Allegro
Romania Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 7–19 Mar 2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Hard Netherlands Rogier Wassen Russia Konstantin Kravchuk
Poland Dawid Olejniczak
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 8–19 Apr 2009 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay United States Travis Rettenmaier Czech Republic Dušan Karol
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–4]
Loss 8–20 Apr 2009 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Australia Peter Luczak Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Czech Republic David Škoch
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8–21 May 2009 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard United Kingdom Josh Goodall Austria Alexander Peya
Germany Philipp Petzschner
2–6, 6–3, [4–10]

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