James Trotman

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James Trotman
Full nameJames Trotman
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Born (1979-02-16) 16 February 1979 (age 44)
Ipswich, England
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $4,563
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 810 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1997)
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

James Trotman (born 16 February 1979) is a British tennis player who retired early from tennis due to ongoing injuries.

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Trotman was born in Ipswich in 1979 and originally played tennis at his local club, Sproughton Tennis Club.

As a junior player he was world-class and won 1995 Wimbledon Championships boys doubles with Martin Lee and 1997 Australian Open boys doubles with David Sherwood. He and Lee did also make one main draw appearance in the Senior Wimbledon doubles championship, in 1997. They lost in the first round to Henrik Holm and Nils Holm, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6.

Persistent injuries prevented him from making an impact at senior professional level. His career-high ATP doubles ranking was World No. 810. (He never earned any singles ranking points.)

After he retired as a player Trotman moved into coaching. Among the people he has worked with are Anne Keothavong, Kyle Edmund and Naomi Cavaday. Kyle Edmund won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in Binghamton, US, the Hong Kong ATP Challenger and qualifiers to gain entrance into 2 Grand Slams under Trotman. [1]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 1995 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Hernandez
Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
7–6, 6–4
Loss 1996 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jocelyn Robichaud
Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
2–6, 4–6
Win 1997 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sherwood Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Van Der Westhuizen
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Whitehouse
7–6, 6–3

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Martin Lee and James Trotman were the defending champions, but Trotman did not compete. Lee played with David Sherwood but lost in the semifinals to Damien Roberts and Wesley Whitehouse.

References

  1. "Kyle Edmund | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".