James Auckland

James Auckland
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	London, England
Born	1 April 1980 (age 44); Norwich, England
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$260,610
Singles
Career record	2–1 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 282 (6 February 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2003, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	20–37 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 57 (9 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	1R (2006, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
	Last updated on: 27 June 2021.

James Auckland (born 1 April 1980) is a British former professional tennis player.

His highest ATP singles ranking was 282nd, which he reached on 6 February 2006. While his career high in doubles was at 57 set at 9 April 2007.

Auckland was given a wildcard into the main draw of the men's singles at 2002 Wimbledon, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. His place was taken by lucky loser, Denis Golovanov.

Auckland played for the Kansas City Explorers of World TeamTennis during the 2008 season and for the Boston Lobsters in 2009.

In April 2013, James joined tennis coaching and management company Premier Tennis as Director of Tennis,^[1] where he designs and oversees a variety of coaching programmes and takes responsibility for coach development and training.

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(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.

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–1	0 /13	6–13	32%

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)

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

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2007	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Stephen Huss	Hugo Armando Xavier Malisse	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [5–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2001	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	M-S Drame	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2004	Nigeria F2, Benin City	Futures	Hard	Diego Álvarez	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Aug 2004	Great Britain F4, Hampstead	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Tourte	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 1–6
Loss	1–3	May 2005	Korea F1, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Robert Smeets	5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Mar 2006	Great Britain F3, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Martin Lee	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 29 (8–21)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–13)
ITF Futures (4–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–14)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2000	Great Britain F8, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Barry Fulcher	Ben Haran Neil Watts	5⁵–4, 4–2, 4⁵–5, 4–1
Loss	1–1	Oct 2000	Great Britain F11, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Barry Fulcher	James Nelson Lee Childs	4⁴–5, 3–5, 4–2, 2–4
Loss	1–2	Aug 2001	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Barry Fulcher	J-M Bourgault W-P Meyer	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 2002	China F1, Kunming	Futures	Hard	Simon Dickson	Danai Udomchoke Jimmy Wang	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	May 2003	Jamaica F3, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Andrew Anderson W-P Meyer	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	May 2003	Jamaica F4, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Nenad Toroman	Andrew Anderson W-P Meyer	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Aug 2003	Brazil F5, Fortaleza	Futures	Hard	Paul Capdeville	Alexandre Bonatto Felipe Lemos	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(0–7)
Loss	2–6	Feb 2004	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Rameez Junaid	Marco Chiudinelli Uros Vico	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–6	May 2004	Great Britain F1, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Thomas Blake	Oliver Freelove David Sherwood	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–7	Aug 2004	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Ladislav Švarc	Teymuraz Gabashvili Dmitry Vlasov	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	3–8	May 2005	Korea F2, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Chung Hee-Seok Im Kyu-Tae	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–9	Jul 2005	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Daniel Kiernan	Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–10	Aug 2005	Pamplona, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Aisam Qureshi Lovro Zovko	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–10	Sep 2005	France F13, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	K Ivanov-Smolenskii	Cyril Spanelis Marc Steger	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	5–10	Nov 2005	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jamie Delgado	Michael Kohlmann Lars Burgsmüller	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–11	Nov 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Carpet	Jasper Smit	Filip Polášek Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	5–12	Apr 2006	Great Britain F5, Bath	Futures	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	Tobias Clemens Rameez Junaid	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–13	Aug 2006	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Jonathan Marray Ross Hutchins	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [13–15]
Loss	5–14	May 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Jamie Delgado	Tomas Behrend André Ghem	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–15	Jun 2007	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Stephen Huss	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	6–15	Aug 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Dick Norman Kristof Vliegen	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [10–7]
Loss	6–16	May 2008	Marrakech, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Jamie Delgado	Fred Gil Florin Mergea	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–16	Oct 2008	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Dick Norman	Yves Allegro Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–17	Oct 2008	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard	Todd Perry	Brendan Evans Chris Haggard	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7–18	Nov 2008	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Márcio Torres	Yves Allegro Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	7–19	Mar 2009	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Konstantin Kravchuk Dawid Olejniczak	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	8–19	Apr 2009	Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Travis Rettenmaier	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	7–5, 6–7^(6–8), [10–4]
Loss	8–20	Apr 2009	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	Dominik Hrbatý David Škoch	2–6, 4–6
Loss	8–21	May 2009	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Josh Goodall	Alexander Peya Philipp Petzschner	2–6, 6–3, [4–10]