Jamie Baker (tennis)
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| Country |  United Kingdom Scotland |
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| Residence | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |
| Date of birth | August 5, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Weight | ||
| Turned pro | 2004 | |
| Plays | Right-handed | |
| Career prize money | $151,058 (USD) | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 2 - 9 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | 211 (November 26, 2007) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | R1 (2008) | |
| French Open | - | |
| Wimbledon | R1 (2006, 2007) | |
| US Open | - | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 0 - 1 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | 411 (February 11, 2008) | |
Jamie Baker (born August 5, 1986 in Glasgow) is an Scottish professional male tennis player. He is currently the 2nd top-ranked British singles player behind Andy Murray. In November 2007 he was invited to practice with Pete Sampras at his home. He trains at Nottingham Tennis Centre and in Florida.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Junior
Jamie started playing tennis at the age of four. He had a fairly successful junior career, peaking as high as 6 in the junior ITF rankings. He reached the quarter-finals of junior Wimbledon in 2004, and in the same year won the 18 and under national championships. He won a grade 1 junior event in Venezuela, before turning professional at the age of 18.
[edit] 2005-07
In 2005 Jamie began playing on the futures and challengers tours. His most successful challenger result was a quarter-final at the Burnie Challenger in February 2006. He made his ATP Tour debut by virtue of wild cards at the 2006 Artois Championship and played at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, before making his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in September 2006 in the crucial relegation play-off against the Ukraine. Great Britain won the tie 3–2, although Jamie lost his match, the fifth rubber, 6–3 7–6 against Sergei Bubka.
In 2007 Baker continued in Challenger tournaments, reaching the final in Waikoloa and making semi finals at places like Lexington and Knowville. He also achieved his first ATP Tour victory, against Alexander Peya, at the 2007 Artois Championships. He made a second Davis Cup appearance in the World Group Play-off against Croatia on No. 1 Court, Wimbledon in September 2007. This time he lost his rubber 6–4 6–4 against Marin Cilic. Britain won the tie 4–1 and qualified for the 2008 World Group. He finished the season ranked as Britain's number 3 player.
[edit] 2008
Jamie Baker made a positive start to 2008 by qualifying for the Australian Open doing it in confident style. He disposed of 9th seed (Q) Yuri Shukin 6–2 6–0 and then battling past Alexander Peya 6–4 7–6 (4) to reach the final round where he defeated Daniel Kollerer 6–4 6–4. Though he was defeated in the first round by Ivo Karlovic, his result of 6–4 6–4 6–7 6–4 was described as highly creditable[1] Baker later played in his first 'live' Davis Cup rubber in the World Group match against Argentina. Though he lost the opener to David Nalbandian (#9), he gained his first Davis Cup win by beating Agustin Calleri (#41) in the final tie of the match. Following the Davis Cup, Jamie won 2 consecutive titles in $15,000 Futures Tournaments in Brownsville, TX and Harlingen, TX.
Baker contracted Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) in April 2008, and had to spend three days in intensive care. Fellow Scot Jamie Murray noted that he was lucky to be alive. Baker is likely to miss Wimbledon as a result. BBC SPORT | Tennis | ]</ref> [2]
[edit] Singles Grand Slam performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 French Open.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| US Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | N/A |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | N/A | 0 / 3 |
Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
[edit] Trivia
- His favourite band is Coldplay
- He takes interest in Golf
[edit] External links
- ATP Tour profile for Jamie Baker (tennis)
- ITF profile for Jamie Baker (tennis)
- Davis Cup profile for Jamie Baker (tennis)
- Baker Recent Match Results
- Baker World Ranking History
- Official site of Jamie Baker
- LTA Profile
