John James (tennis)

John James
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	7 March 1951 (age 73); Adelaide, Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	83–135
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 91 (26 December 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1972, 1975, 1976, 1977 (Dec), 1978, 1979)
French Open	2R (1979)
Wimbledon	2R (1979)
US Open	2R (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981)
Doubles
Career record	130–141
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 349 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1979)
French Open	2R (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	1R (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980)
US Open	2R (1977, 1979)

John James (born 7 March 1951) is a right-handed former professional tennis player from Australia.

James enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles.

Career finals

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1978	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Bernard Mitton	1–6, 6–3, 6–7

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	London, England	Carpet	John Feaver	David Lloyd John Lloyd	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–2	1977	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	John Feaver	Mark Cox Buster Mottram	5–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	1978	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Victor Amaya	Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	1979	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Keith Richardson	Steve Krulevitz Ilie Năstase	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–5	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Chris Kachel	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–6	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Kachel	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–7, 2–6
Win	1–6	1980	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Chris Kachel	Phil Davies Brad Guan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–7	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Steve Docherty	Paul Kronk Paul McNamee	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–7	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Colin Dibley	Craig Edwards Eddie Edwards	6–3, 6–4