Jamie Delgado

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Jamie Delgado

Jamie Delgado playing at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country  England
Residence London, England
Born (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977
Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro 1995
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $763,014
Singles
Career record 11–35 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 121 (20 August 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (1999, 2001, 2006)
US Open 1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record 26–64 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 57 (8 October 2012)
Current ranking No. 59 (29 October 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (2010)
Wimbledon 3R (2006, 2009)
US Open 3R (2011, 2012)
Last updated on: 29 October 2012.

Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977 in Birmingham, England) is an English professional male tennis player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup,[1] most recently in 2006. His best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions,[2][3] most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre Agassi on Centre Court. He reached the quarter-finals of the President's Cup tournament in Kazakhstan in 2000.[4] In total he has won three singles Challenger Tour titles but more recently as the years have come he is more predominantly a doubles specialist player where he has had better success winning fifteen challenger Tour titles and making the final of two ATP Tour events both in 2012.

Biography

Personal life

Jamie Delgado was born in Birmingham but moved to Spain and was brought up in Tenerife until the age of ten when he moved back to England. He had a promising junior career that included winning the 1989 under-12 British grass-court championships, he was the first Briton to win the 1991 under-14 Orange Bowl when he defeated Cavallaro. He also captured the 1994 Queen's Club junior tournament defeating N. Lapentti. He was a member of the David Lloyd Slater Squad, set up by financier Jim Slater and former pro David Lloyd. He turned professional in 1995 at the age of 18. He is also an avid Real Madrid fan.

Tennis career

2010

Delgado began the 2010 season by winning the Tretorn SERIE+ GEMAX Open in Belgrade. He partnered home Favourite Ilija Bozoljac as they defeated Dustin Brown and Martin Slanar in straight sets 6–3, 6–3. He next competed at the French Open for the first time and this was also his first Grand Slam outside of Wimbledon. He partnered Evgeny Korolev of Kazakhstan but they lost in the first round in straight sets to the French duo Thierry Ascione and Laurent Recouderc 3–6, 5–7. Then at Wimbledon he partnered Josh Goodall to the second round where they lost in straight sets to Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 3–6, 4–6, 4–6. He won is second and final Title of the season at the Guzzini Challenger partnering Croatia's Lovro Zovko. They defeated Charles-Antoine Brézac and Vincent Stouff in straight sets 7–6(8–6), 6–1.

2011

In January with now full-time partner Jonathan Marray, they won the Heilbronn Open Challenger defeating Frank Moser and David Škoch in straight sets 6–1, 6–4. They next won the BH Telecom Indoors Challenger in March, defeating Yves Allegro and Andreas Beck in straight sets 7–6(7–4), 6–2. Later that month, they won the Aegon GB Pro-Series Bath, defeating Yves Allegro and Andreas Beck in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. In May, they won their fourth title of the year at the BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, defeating French duo Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets 7–5, 6–3. Then at Wimbledon they made it into the second round, where they were defeated by Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in four sets 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8), 2–6. They next competed at the US Open, where both Delgado and Marray had their best run at a Grand Slam outside of Wimbledon. They were defeated by sixth seeds and eventual tournament runners-up Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in three sets 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6. This raised his doubles ranking to a career-high No. 74 in the world. They won their fifth and final Challenger title of the year on home soil at the Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough, where they defeated Irish duo Sam Barry and Daniel Glancy in straight sets 6–2, 6–2.

2012

In January Delgado competed at the Australian Open where he partnered Jonathan Marray. They lost in the first round to the sixth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets 6–4, 6–4. Finally in mid June 2012 after a long career as Tennis Player Delgado made it into a final at ATP Tour level at the Aegon International Partnering full-time Ken Skupski, but unfortunately they were defeated by fellow Brits and good friends Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins in straight sets 4–6, 3–6. Having picked up a good run of form he next competed at Wimbledon again partnering Ken Skupski. They lost in the second round to the second seeds and Defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in straight sets 6–7(2–7), 0–6, 2–6. In the first round they beat German duo Matthias Bachinger and Tobias Kamke in four sets 6–3, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4. A month after Wimbledon Skupski and Delgado got into their second final of the season at the Farmers Classic. They lost in three sets to Belgium duo Ruben Bemelmans and Xavier Malisse 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]. However this performance and recent good performances rose his doubles ranking to a career high No.66 in the world. At the 2012 US Open Delgado now with full-time partner Ken Skupsi made it to the third round before losing to Spanish sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc López in straight sets 2–6, 4–6. In the second round they defeated the defending champions Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in straight sets.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 20 June 2012 Aegon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins 		4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 29 July 2012 Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, United States Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Belgium Xavier Malisse 		6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]

Grand Slam Singles Timeline

Tournament1997199819992000200120022003200420052006W–L
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A A 0–1
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3–9
US Open A A A 1R A A A A A A 0–1
Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0-1 0–1 1–1 3–11

Grand Slam Doubles Timeline

Tournament1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 0–2
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 8–19
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 3R 3R 4–2
Win-Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0-1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–3 1–2 12–24

References

  1. ↑ "Delgado back for Davis Cup". BBC Sport. 2002-01-29. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  2. ↑ "Agassi brushes Delgado aside". BBC Sport. 2001-06-28. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  3. ↑ Orlovac, Mark (2006-06-29). "Delgado & Lee crash out at SW19". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  4. ↑ "Delgado undone by Safin skill". BBC Sport. 2000-09-15. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: United Kingdom Top ten British male doubles tennis players as of 27 January 2014
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