Jamie Baker (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
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|---|---|
| Residence | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Born |
5 August 1986 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | 29 June 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $401,380 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 7–20 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 186 (25 June 2012) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2008, 2013) |
| French Open | Q2 (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
| US Open | Q3 (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 306 (1 November 2010) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 1R (2008) |
Jamie Baker (born 5 August 1986) is a retired British professional male tennis player, who was British No. 2 in 2008.
Baker won the first match of Leon Smith's tenure as Davis Cup captain, in the tie against Turkey, helping Great Britain to a first Davis Cup win in three years.
Baker is a part-time television pundit for Eurosport and the BBC.
Jamie started playing tennis at the age of four. He had a fairly successful junior career, peaking as high as 6 in the junior ITF rankings. He moved to Loughborough to train at the LTA’s Centre of Excellence. He reached the quarter-finals of junior Wimbledon in 2004, and in the same year won the 18 and under national championships. He won a grade 1 junior event in Venezuela, before turning professional at the age of 18.
In 2005 Jamie began playing on the futures and challengers tours. His most successful challenger result was a quarter-final at the Burnie Challenger in February 2006. He made his ATP Tour debut by virtue of wild cards at the 2006 Artois Championship and played at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.
Baker made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in September 2006 in the crucial relegation play-off against the Ukraine. Great Britain won the tie 3–2, although Jamie lost his match, the fifth rubber, 6–3 7–6 against Sergei Bubka.
Baker continued in Challenger tournaments, reaching the final in Waikoloa and making semi finals at places like Lexington and Knowville. He also achieved his first ATP Tour victory, against Alexander Peya, at the 2007 Artois Championships.
He made a second Davis Cup appearance in the World Group Play-off against Croatia on No. 1 Court, Wimbledon in September. With Great Britain leading 4-0, Baker played the dead rubber, losing 6–4 6–4 against Marin Čilić. Britain won the tie 4–1 and qualified for the 2008 World Group. He finished the season ranked as Britain's number 3 player.
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