James Ward (tennis player)

James Ward
James Ward 2019 in Paris
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	February 9, 1987
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	78 kg
1st professional season:	2006
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Morgan Phillips
Prize money:	$ 1,295,044
singles
Career record:	25:57
Highest ranking:	89 (July 13, 2015)
Current placement:	223
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	2:12
Highest ranking:	233 (August 29, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: September 17th, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

James Ward (born February 9, 1987 in London ) is a British tennis player .

life and career

2006–2007: beginnings

His father Jim is a taxi driver and his mother is Tina. He has a sister named Lauren.

Ward began playing tennis at the age of eleven. In 2006 he turned professional. In the next year he was able to reach the semifinals in two future tournaments and took part in qualifying for Wimbledon .

2008: ATP debut

In June 2008 he was able to qualify for an ATP tournament for the first time in London's Queen's Club , but lost in the first round against Marat Safin despite winning the first set. Immediately afterwards, he was able to qualify again for an ATP tournament in Nottingham . But this time too, the first lap was over. In the rest of the year he was able to win two future tournaments and also book smaller successes on the Challenger Tour.

2009: First Challenger title and Grand Slam debut

In May 2009 he was able to win the Challenger tournament in Sarasota from qualification . As in 2008, he was able to qualify again for the Turner in London and was eliminated again in the first round. At the following tournament in Eastbourne he finally won his first victory on the ATP World Tour against Victor Crivoi , whom he beat in two sets . In Wimbledon, thanks to a wildcard, he played in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, but lost in three straight sets against Fernando Verdasco in the first round.

2010–2011: Establishment on the Challenger Tour and first ATP semifinals

2010 was a poor year for Ward. His best results on the Challenger Tour were a quarter-final in Vancouver and a semi-final in Loughborough . With his partner Jamie Baker he was able to win the doubles competition at the Challenger tournament in Savannah .

At the beginning of 2011 he was again qualified for an ATP tournament in Sydney , but was eliminated in two sets against Florian Mayer . In the qualifications for the Grand Slams in Melbourne and Paris , he was eliminated in the first round. At the preparatory tournament for Wimbledon in London's Queen's Club , he celebrated his greatest success so far on the ATP tour, when he made it to the semi-finals and on the way beat Stanislas Wawrinka and Sam Querrey , among others . In August of that year he was able to win his second Challenger title in Vancouver . In doubles, he was able to reach two Challenger Finals in 2011.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (6)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 11, 2009	Sarasota	sand	Carsten Ball	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 6: 3
2.	August 7, 2011	Vancouver	Hard court	Robby Ginepri	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	July 28, 2013	Lexington	Hard court	James Duckworth	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
4th	October 25, 2015	Bangalore	Hard court	Adrián Menéndez	6: 2, 7: 5

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 9, 2008	New Delhi	Hard court	Joshua Goodall	Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondō	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	May 3, 2010	Savannah	sand	Jamie Baker	Bobby Reynolds Fritz Wolmarans	6: 3, 6: 4

Web links

Commons : James Ward  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• ATP profile of James Ward (English)
• ITF-profile James Ward (English)
• Davis Cup stats by James Ward (English)