James Greenhalgh

James Greenhalgh

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Born	(1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 49) Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$104,001
Singles
Career record	3–13
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 327 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1995)
US Open	Q1 (1995)
Doubles
Career record	18-31
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1993	French Open	Clay	Steven Downs	Neville Godwin Gareth Williams	6–1, 6–1
Win	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Steven Downs	Neville Godwin Gareth Williams	6–7, 7–6, 7–5

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1999	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	International Series	Hard	Grant Silcock	Andre Agassi David Wheaton	walkover

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1998	Japan F1, Ishiwa	Futures	Clay	Andrew Painter	Todd Meringoff Andrew Rueb	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 1998	Germany F7, Augsburg	Futures	Clay	Sascha Bandermann	Martijn Belgraver Martin Verkerk	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win	2–1	Aug 1998	Sopot, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Nenad Zimonjic	Alexander Shvets Milen Velev	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	Aug 1998	Warsaw, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Nenad Zimonjic	Ali Hamadeh Johan Landsberg	walkover
Loss	3–2	Jul 1999	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Paul Rosner	Eyal Ran Tom Vanhoudt	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Apr 2000	USA F9, Mt. Pleasant	Futures	Hard	Grant Doyle	Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek	6–7(3–7), 5–7

References

External links

• James Greenhalgh at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• James Greenhalgh at the International Tennis Federation