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James Greenhalgh
Country (sports) New Zealand New Zealand
Born (1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 49)
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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)

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. 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. 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.

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.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1999 Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Series Hard Australia Grant Silcock United States Andre Agassi
United States David Wheaton
walkover

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1998 Japan F1, Ishiwa Futures Clay Australia Andrew Painter United States Todd Meringoff
United States Andrew Rueb
4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Germany F7, Augsburg Futures Clay Germany Sascha Bandermann Netherlands Martijn Belgraver
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjic Belarus Alexander Shvets
Bulgaria Milen Velev
6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Aug 1998 Warsaw, Poland Challenger Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjic Lebanon Ali Hamadeh
Sweden Johan Landsberg
walkover
Loss 3–2 Jul 1999 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay South Africa Paul Rosner Israel Eyal Ran
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Apr 2000 USA F9, Mt. Pleasant Futures Hard Australia Grant Doyle United States Gavin Sontag
Canada Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7), 5–7
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