Jamie Burdekin
Jamie Burdekin 
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 United Kingdom
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| Birthday: | December 10, 1979 | |||||||||||
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| Career record: | 203: 118 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 4 (April 28, 2014) | |||||||||||
| Current placement: | 10 | |||||||||||
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| Career record: | 128: 86 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 2 (September 5, 2016) | |||||||||||
| Current placement: | 2 | |||||||||||
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Last update of the infobox: September 5th, 2016 |
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | ||||||||||||
Jamie Burdekin (born December 10, 1979 in Liverpool ) is a British wheelchair tennis player .
Career
Jamie Burdekin starts in the quadriplegic class .
He participated in three Paralympic Games . In 2008 in Beijing he was eliminated in the first round against Shraga Weinberg . In doubles with Peter Norfolk he lost in the semifinals against Weinberg and Boaz Kramer , before they won in three sets in the subsequent game for third place against Bas van Erp and Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall and thus secured the bronze medal. In 2012 in London he only took part in the individual competition. In the first round he lost to Noam Gershony . At the 2016 Games he was eliminated again in the first round of the singles competition, while he won bronze with Andrew Lapthorne in doubles.
At the Wheelchair Tennis Masters he reached the final in the doubles competition for the first time in 2014. With Andrew Lapthorne he lost this in three sets against David Wagner and Nick Taylor . He was also in the final in 2015.
In the world rankings, he achieved his best placings in singles with fourth place on April 28, 2014 and in doubles with second place on September 5, 2016.
He tested positive for cocaine at the 2004 British Open and was banned for two years. Burdekin stated that someone manipulated his drink in a nightspot.
Web links
- ITF profile Jamie Burdekin (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burdekin handed drugs ban britishtennis.com April 12, 2005 ( Memento November 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Paul Newman: Gasquet gets off lightly in a game of kiss and tell independent.co.uk July 19, 2009
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| SURNAME | Burdekin, Jamie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British wheelchair tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool , UK |