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

John James
Country (sports)Australia Australia
Born (1951-03-07) 7 March 1951 (age 73)
Adelaide, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record83–135
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 91 (26 December 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1972, 1975, 1976, 1977 (Dec), 1978, 1979)
French Open2R (1979)
Wimbledon2R (1979)
US Open2R (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981)
Doubles
Career record130–141
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 349 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1979)
French Open2R (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon1R (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980)
US Open2R (1977, 1979)

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

Career finals

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Singles (1 runner-up)

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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

Doubles (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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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
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