Jamea Jackson

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**Jamea Jackson**
Jamea Jackson at the 2007 Acura Classic.
Country	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 21)
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	51 kg (113 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$301,886
Singles
Career record:	98-64
Career titles:	0 WTA, 2 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 54 (June 19, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2006)
French Open	2r (2006)
Wimbledon	2r (2005, '06)
US Open	2r (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	6-21
Career titles:	0 WTA, 0 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 374 (November 14, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: August 15, 2006.

Jamea Jackson (born September 7, 1986), is a female American tennis player. She reached a singles ranking of 76 in the world at the end of 2005.

Jackson was born in Atlanta, Georgia and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

She has won two ITF Women's Circuit singles titles. Jackson is the first tennis player ever to use the instant replay system in a tour level match, challenging a call in her first round win at the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami, against compatriot Ashley Harkleroad. She led the Fed Cup to a victory over Germany on April 23, 2006. She won both her matches to notch the win for the U.S. Jackson reached her first WTA Tour final on June 17, 2006 when she beat Maria Sharapova in Birmingham on grass. However, she couldn't defeat Vera Zvonareva in the final match of the DFS Classic.