James McGee (tennis)

James McGee

Country	Ireland
Residence	Dublin, Ireland
Born	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 Dublin, Ireland
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$98,732
Singles
Career record	7–5
Career titles	0 ATP
Highest ranking	No. 212 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 223 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2014)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	4–3
Career titles	0 ATP
Highest ranking	No. 430 (17 May 2010)
Current ranking	No. 915 (3 February 2014)
Last updated on: 2 October 2013.

James McGee (born 10 June 1987) is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Belvedere College in Dublin, Co. Dublin. He currently is the highest ranked Irish tennis player^[1] and has been playing for the Ireland Davis Cup team since 2009.^[2]

Career

McGee has spent most of his career on the Futures and Challenger circuits. He is the highest ranked Irish player. As of 22 August 2013, he has played 19 Davis Cup matches for Ireland with a record of 11 wins & 8 losses (7–5 in singles & 4–3 in doubles).^[2]

Singles titles

Wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 July 2011	Ireland, F1	Carpet	Charles-Antoine Brezac	6–3, 6–3
2.	31 March 2012	Bahrain, F1	Hard	Jordi Samper-Montana	6–4, 6–4
3.	18 June 2012	Spain, F17	Hard	Mohamed Safwat	6–3, 7–5
4.	19 August 2013	Gabon, F1	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6-4, 7-6(4)

Runner-up (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 September 2008	Greece, F6	Carpet	Daniel Danilovic	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
2.	5 June 2011	Spain, F18	Hard	Arnau Brugués-Davi	5–7, 7–6(3), 6–7(0–7)
3.	2 July 2011	Morocco, F5	Clay	Mehdi Ziadi	4–6, 4–6
4.	21 January 2013	Israel, F2	Hard	Jiří Veselý	2–6, 4–6
5.	18 February 2013	United States, F5	Hard	Rik de Voest	6–7(6), 1–6

Doubles

Wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	8 February 2009	Austria, F3	Carpet	Jiri Krkoska	Kevin Deden Bastian Knittel	6–3, 6–7(6), [10–4]
2.	16 May 2009	Great Britain, F7	Clay	Colin O'Brien	Nick Cavaday Barry King	6–4, 6–4
3.	27 October 2009	Great Britain, F16	Hard	Barry King	Tim Bradshaw Alexander Slabinsky	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
4.	3 October 2010	Greece, F6	Carpet	Ioan-Alexandru Cojanu	Paris Gemouchidis Bogdan-Victor Leonte	6–4, 6–2
5.	26 March 2012	Bahrain, F1	Hard	Sam Barry	Jeremy Jahn Matthew Short	7–5, 4–6, 10–8

Runner-up (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 August 2009	Russia, F4	Clay	Romano Frantzen	Ivan Anikanov Artem Smirnov	3–6, 4–6
2.	27 February 2010	Bosnia & Herzegovina, F2	Carpet	Colin O'Brien	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	W/O
3.	18 April 2010	France, F6	Clay	Olivier Charroin	Charles-Antoine Brezac Vincent Stouff	4–6, 1–6
4.	22 July 2011	Ireland, F1	Carpet	James Cluskey	Albano Olivetti Neal Skupski	6–7(4), 3–6
5.	23 July 2012	Ireland, F1	Carpet	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia	Albano Olivetti Elie Rousset	3–6, 4–6

References

External links

• James McGee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• James McGee (tennis) at the International Tennis Federation
• Davis Cup profile

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