Jamie Delgado
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Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup,[1] most recently in 2006.
Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Residence | London, England |
Born | (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977 (age 47) Birmingham, England |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $834,831 |
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 | 31–79 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, in and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 57 (8 October 2012) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2012, 2013) |
French Open | 1R (2010) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2006, 2009) |
US Open | 3R (2011, 2012) |
Coaching career (2014–) | |
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Last updated on: 29 December 2021. |
Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimbledon tournaments, playing for the 23rd time in 2014 at the age of 37.[2]
His best singles performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round, on three occasions (1999, 2001 and 2006).
He reached the quarter-finals of the President's Cup tournament in Kazakhstan in 2000.[3] In total he has won three singles Challenger Tour titles but as the years passed, he became 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. He has coached Gilles Müller, Andy Murray, Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov.[4]