James Greenhalgh (born 19 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.

James Greenhalgh
Country (sports)New Zealand New Zealand
Born (1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 49)
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$104,001
Singles
Career record3–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 327 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1996, 1997)
WimbledonQ3 (1995)
US OpenQ1 (1995)
Doubles
Career record18-31
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 89 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open1R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US OpenQ2 (1995, 1999)
Last updated on: 13 May 2022.

Career

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Greenhalgh, a doubles specialist, was born in England, but at the age of four moved to New Zealand. In his junior career he partnered countryman Steven Downs and the pair were boys' doubles champion at the 1993 French Open and 1993 Wimbledon Championships.[1] They defeated South Africans Neville Godwin and Gareth Williams in both finals.

In 1999, Greenhalgh, with partner Grant Silcock, won the Hong Kong Open. They defeated the experienced pairing of Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the semi-final and won the final in a walkover, after one of their opponents, Andre Agassi, withdrew with a shoulder injury.[2] It would be his only title win on the ATP Tour and meant that he broke into the double's top 100 rankings for the first time. As a singles player, his highest ever ranking was 327, attained in 1995.

Greenhalgh also made two Grand Slam appearances with Silcock, at the French Open and Wimbledon in 1999, failing to progress past the first round in either. His only other Grand Slam match came in the 2000 Australian Open, where he teamed up with German Michael Kohlmann.[3]

He regularly represented the New Zealand Davis Cup team during his career, participating in a total of 15 ties. In singles he had only a 2–9 record, but won 11 of his 13 doubles rubbers, which is a national record. His six doubles wins with Brett Steven makes them the most successful ever pairing for New Zealand in the Davis Cup.[4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1993 French Open Clay   Steven Downs   Neville Godwin
  Gareth Williams
6–1, 6–1
Win 1993 Wimbledon Grass   Steven Downs   Neville Godwin
  Gareth Williams
6–7, 7–6, 7–5

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1999 Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Series Hard   Grant Silcock   Andre Agassi
  David Wheaton
walkover


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1998 Japan F1, Ishiwa Futures Clay   Andrew Painter   Todd Meringoff
  Andrew Rueb
4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Germany F7, Augsburg Futures Clay   Sascha Bandermann   Martijn Belgraver
  Martin Verkerk
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay   Nenad Zimonjic   Alexander Shvets
  Milen Velev
6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Aug 1998 Warsaw, Poland Challenger Clay   Nenad Zimonjic   Ali Hamadeh
  Johan Landsberg
walkover
Loss 3–2 Jul 1999 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Paul Rosner   Eyal Ran
  Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Apr 2000 USA F9, Mt. Pleasant Futures Hard   Grant Doyle   Gavin Sontag
  Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7), 5–7

References

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  1. ^ ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ^ New Straits Times, "Agassi wins first title in Asia", 13 April 1999
  3. ^ "ITF Tennis Profile". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ Davis Cup Profile
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