James Shortall Explained

James Shortall
Birth Date:25 December 1979
Birth Place:Feilding, New Zealand
Careerprizemoney:$17,765
Highestsinglesranking:No. 684 (8 Apr 2002)
Doublesrecord:2–2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 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.Lithuania F1, VilniusCarpet Viktor Bruthans Craig Campbell
Mirko Pehar
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.USA F22A, East HamptonClay Vikrant Chadha Daniel Montes de Oca
Juan-Carlos Parker
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
3.USA F23, JacksonHard Jon Wallmark Matías Boeker
Bo Hodge
7–6(6), 4–6, 6–4
4.USA F24B, Costa MesaHard Oskar Johansson Prakash Amritraj
Rajeev Ram
7–6(0), 6–3

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Make your mark at home' . . 15 March 2011 . en.
  2. News: Tennis: Shortall beats off teenage rival to clinch residential title . . 21 December 2003 . en-NZ.