James Greenhalgh

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James Greenhalgh
Country (sports) Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Born (1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 48)
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$104,001
Singles
Career record3–13
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 327 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon Q3 (1995)
US Open Q1 (1995)
Doubles
Career record18-31
Career titles1
2 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 89 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2000)
French Open 1R (1999)
Wimbledon 1R (1999)
US Open Q2 (1995, 1999)
Last updated on: 13 May 2022.

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

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Career

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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 1993 French Open Clay Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Downs Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin
Flag of South Africa.svg Gareth Williams
6–1, 6–1
Win 1993 Wimbledon Grass Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Downs Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin
Flag of South Africa.svg Gareth Williams
6–7, 7–6, 7–5

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Apr 1999 Hong Kong, Hong KongInternational SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Silcock Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi
Flag of the United States.svg David Wheaton
walkover


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 1998Japan F1, Ishiwa FuturesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter Flag of the United States.svg Todd Meringoff
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Rueb
4–6, 2–6
Win1–1May 1998Germany F7, Augsburg FuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Bandermann Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martijn Belgraver
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win2–1Aug 1998 Sopot, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nenad Zimonjic Flag of Belarus.svg Alexander Shvets
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Milen Velev
6–1, 6–3
Win3–1Aug 1998 Warsaw, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nenad Zimonjic Flag of Lebanon.svg Ali Hamadeh
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Landsberg
walkover
Loss3–2Jul 1999 Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Flag of South Africa.svg Paul Rosner Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 4–6
Loss3–3Apr 2000USA F9, Mt. Pleasant FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Doyle Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Sontag
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7), 5–7

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References

  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