James McGee (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 Ireland
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| Residence | Castleknock, Ireland |
| Born |
10 June 1987 Castleknock, Ireland |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $326,654 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 9–10 |
| Career titles | 0 1 Challenger, 4 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 146 (22 June 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 210 (6 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2016, 2017) |
| French Open | Q3 (2014) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2013, 2014, 2015) |
| US Open | R1 (2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–3 |
| Career titles | 0 0 Challenger, 5 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 430 (17 May 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 922 (19 September 2016) |
| Last updated on: 19 September 2016. | |
James McGee (born 10 June 1987) is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Castleknock, Ireland. He attended Belvedere College in Dublin, Co. Dublin. He currently is the highest ranked Irish tennis player and has been playing for the Ireland Davis Cup team since 2009.
He is sponsored by HEAD, Fila and Aer Lingus.
McGee was born to Kieran and Marie McGee. He started playing tennis at the age of seven at Castleknock. He won his school's tennis championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and was also awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the Year in Ireland in 2003. He was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin and then obtained a major in Psychology from North Carolina State University in 2008.
McGee has spent most of his career on the Futures and Challenger circuits. As of 9 June 2014, he has played in 10 Davis Cup ties for Ireland with a record of 13 wins and 8 losses (9–5 in singles & 4–3 in doubles).
McGee had finished 2013 in good form and continued this into 2014, reaching the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, equalling his best performance at a challenger. He then competed in Australian Open qualifying but lost in his first match to eventual qualifier Jimmy Wang. McGee later recorded an impressive win over top 100 player Alex Bogomolov, Jr. at the Challenger of Dallas and then narrowly missed out on making his first ATP World Tour main draw the following week, losing in the final round of qualifying at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships to David Goffin. In March, McGee played in qualifying for the BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, but was again defeated by Goffin. He then helped Ireland to a 3-2 victory over Egypt in the Davis Cup, winning both his singles rubbers in straight sets.
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