Jamie Holmes (tennis)

Jamie Holmes

Full name	Jamie Holmes
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1973-05-04) 4 May 1973 (age 52) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$800,021
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 289 (28 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1998)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1996)
US Open	Q2 (1995)
Doubles
Career record	6–17
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 116 (10 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1998)
US Open	Q2 (1997, 1998)
Last updated on: 31 May 2022.

Jamie Holmes (born 4 May 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Holmes, who is originally from Sydney, attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. ^[1] During his junior career, Holmes formed a doubles partnership with Paul Kilderry which took them to the boys' doubles semi-finals at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, the final of the 1991 Australian Open, followed by quarter-finals at the 1991 French Open and 1991 Wimbledon Championships. ^[2]

On the professional circuit, Holmes competed in the men's doubles main draw of every Australian Open from 1995 to 1998. He also played doubles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships with Andrew Painter and made the second round. ^[3]

At ATP Tour level he featured in the doubles events of 11 tournaments, all across 1997 and 1998. He also won a total of three Challenger titles, one in Bronx, New York and the others in Perth.

Presently, Holmes is a real estate agent in Palm Beach, Queensland. ^[4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Grant Doyle Joshua Eagle	6–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1995	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ross Matheson	Steven Downs James Greenhalgh	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	2–0	Dec 1996	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Painter	Grant Doyle Andrew Kratzmann	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Sep 1997	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Chris Haggard	Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Dec 1997	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Lleyton Hewitt Luke Smith	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 1998	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Painter	Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	3–3	May 1998	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andrew Painter	Pablo Albano Sander Groen	3–6, 4–6

References

1. "Elwood for Aust team". The Canberra Times . 29 April 1990. p. 15. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
2. "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Holmes, James (AUS)". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 26 February 2016.
3. "Wimbledon". The Index-Journal. 30 June 1998. p. 18. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
4. "Jamie Holmes Real Estate Agent Palm Beach Qld". Ray White. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

External links

• Jamie Holmes at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jamie Holmes at the International Tennis Federation