James Auckland

James Auckland
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	April 1, 1980
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2009
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Neville Godwin
Prize money:	$ 260,610
singles
Career record:	2: 1
Highest ranking:	282 (February 6, 2006)
Double
Career record:	20:37
Highest ranking:	57 (April 9, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

James Auckland (born April 1, 1980 in Norwich , England ) is a retired British tennis player .

Career

Auckland, who is right-handed, started his professional career in 1999. Before the Wimbledon Championships in 2002 , he received a wild card for the main draw of the men's individual tournament. However, he was forced to give up due to an injury.

Between 2003 and 2009 he took part in a total of 13 Grand Slam tournaments in doubles. During this period, he made seven appearances at the Wimbledon Championships and two appearances each at the Australian Open , the US Open and the French Open . His greatest success was reaching the third round at the Wimbledon Championships in 2006 . He received during his career prize money totaling 260,610 US dollars . His best placings in the ATP -run tennis world rankings were a 282. Place in the singles, which he reached on 6 February 2006, and a 57th position in the doubles, where he was set on 9 April, 2007.

Since April 2013 he has been working for Premier Tennis , a coaching and management company, as Director of Tennis .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (4)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 6, 2005	Aachen	Carpet (i)	Jamie Delgado	Lars Burgsmüller Michael Kohlmann	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
2.	August 12, 2007	Istanbul	Hard court	Ross Hutchins	Dick Norman Kristof Viegen	5: 7, 7: 6 5 , [10: 7]
3.	October 12, 2008	Rennes	Carpet (i)	Dick Norman	Yves Allegro Horia Tecau	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	April 12, 2009	Monza	sand	Travis Rettenmaier	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	7: 5. 6: 7 6 , [10: 4]

Web links

• ATP profile of James Auckland (English)
• ITF-profile James Auckland (English)