James Shortall

James Shortall
Country (sports) New Zealand
Born (1979-12-25) 25 December 1979 (age 44)
Feilding, New Zealand
Prize money$17,765
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 684 (8 Apr 2002)
Doubles
Career record2–2
Highest rankingNo. 313 (14 Oct 2002)

James Shortall (born 25 December 1979) is a New Zealand former professional tennis player.

Born and raised in Feilding, Shortall played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Mississippi. In 2000 he and teammate Vikrant Chadha made the doubles semi-finals of the NCAA championships.[1]

Shortall represented the New Zealand Davis Cup team between 2000 and 2003. He was a two-time doubles quarter-finalist at the Heineken Open and won four ITF Futures titles in doubles.[2]

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (4)

No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Aug 1998 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Carpet Slovakia Viktor Bruthans South Africa Craig Campbell
United States Mirko Pehar
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2. Sep 2000 USA F22A, East Hampton Clay India Vikrant Chadha Uruguay Daniel Montes de Oca
Peru Juan-Carlos Parker
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
3. Oct 2001 USA F23, Jackson Hard Sweden Jon Wallmark Argentina Matías Boeker
United States Bo Hodge
7–6(6), 4–6, 6–4
4. Sep 2002 USA F24B, Costa Mesa Hard Sweden Oskar Johansson India Prakash Amritraj
United States Rajeev Ram
7–6(0), 6–3

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Make your mark at home'". Stuff.co.nz. 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Tennis: Shortall beats off teenage rival to clinch residential title". NZ Herald. 21 December 2003.