Jamie Morgan (tennis)

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Jamie Morgan
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1971-06-08) 8 June 1971 (age 53)
Sydney, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $640,354
Singles
Career record61–81
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 52 (25 August 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1993)
French Open 1R (1993, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon 2R (1993)
US Open 4R (1993)
Doubles
Career record18–38
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 122 (21 August 1995)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 1R (1994)
Last updated on: 26 February 2024.

Jamie Morgan (born 8 June 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Morgan never won an ATP level singles title, but finished runner-up three times. He reached the fourth round of the 1993 U.S. Open, his best performance at a Grand Slam event. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in 1993.

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He played two singles matches for the Australian Davis Cup team in their 1994 World Group first round tie against Russia.

Jamie attended Sydney Boys High School, [1] graduating in 1986 before winning a tennis scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in 1986.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)

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 (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 1992 Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Ferreira 2–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss0–2 Oct 1992 Taipei, TaiwanWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb 3–6, 3–6
Loss0–3 May 1994 Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Mattar 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 1990 Hobart, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Youl 6–7, 6–7
Win1–1Dec 1990 Guam, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Adams 6–2, 7–6
Loss1–2Mar 1991 San Luis Potosi, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg Pablo Arraya 1–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss1–3Dec 1991 Guam, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Richard Matuszewski 4–6, ret.
Loss1–4Jul 1992 Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur 6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss1–5Aug 1995 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Shuzo Matsuoka 6–2, 6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 1989 Hobart, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Rasheed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carl Turich
7–6, 7–6
Loss1–1Sep 1990 Canberra, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Custer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Doohan
3–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Jun 1991 Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Górriz
Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah
2–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Nov 1991 Christchurch, New ZealandChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Youl
5–7, 6–7
Win2–3May 1992 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter
6–4, 7–6
Loss2–4Aug 1995 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fernon Wibier
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Woodruff
5–7, 2–6
Loss2–5Aug 1995 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Peterson
6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 83–827%
French Open AAAAA 1R 1R 1R A0 / 30–30%
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 2R 1R 1R A0 / 31–325%
US Open AAAAA 4R AAA0 / 13–175%
Win–loss0–00–10–10–10–16–41–30–30–10 / 157–1532%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami AAAAAA 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Canada AAA 1R A 1R A 2R A0 / 31–325%
Cincinnati AAAAA 3R AAA0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–02–21–11–10–00 / 54–544%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1989 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
4–6, 2–6

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