James Shortall
Birth date25 December 1979 (age 46)
Birth placeFeilding, New Zealand
Careerprizemoney$17,765
HighestsinglesrankingNo. 684 (8 Apr 2002)
Doublesrecord2–2
HighestdoublesrankingNo. 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.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Aug 1998Lithuania F1, VilniusCarpetViktor BruthansCraig Campbell
Mirko Pehar
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.Sep 2000USA F22A, East HamptonClayVikrant ChadhaDaniel Montes de Oca
Juan-Carlos Parker
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
3.Oct 2001USA F23, JacksonHardJon WallmarkMatías Boeker
Bo Hodge
7–6(6), 4–6, 6–4
4.Sep 2002USA F24B, Costa MesaHardOskar JohanssonPrakash Amritraj
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" (in en-NZ). NZ Herald. 21 December 2003.