James Ward (tennis)

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**James Ward**

Country	England United Kingdom
Residence
Date of birth	February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09) (age 21)
Place of birth
Height
Weight
Turned pro
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money
Singles
Career record:	0 - 2
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 475 (May 19, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Doubles
Career record:	0 - 0
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 490 (June 9, 2008)
Infobox last updated on: June 9, 2008.

For other uses, see James Ward (disambiguation).

James Ward (born February 9, 1987 in England) is a British tennis player. He has competed in one ATP tour event so far in his career. He is currently ranked #496 in the ATP singles rankings and a career-high #490 in doubles. He has career earnings of under £15,000.

[edit] Career

James has been competing in "Futures" ranking events around the world to gain ranking points, in which he has a 58-53 win-loss record. He made his first tour appearance in Valencia in 2007 as a wild-card but lost in the first round.

James qualified for only his second ATP tour event, the 2008 Stella Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London. In the first round on June 9 he met former US Open and Australian Open champion , Russian player Marat Safin and he gave him an almighty scare. Ward took the first set after breaking Safin in the third game of the match and managed to hold his serve for the rest of the set to take it 6-4. However Safin upped his game in the second set, gained an early break and won the set comfortably 6-1. Ward was also broken early in the deciding set and, despite putting up strong resistance, succombed to a 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 loss.^[1] The Queen's Club crowd got behind the British player and they will hope that he can repeat this performance in the future.^[2]