Jamie Delgado
Delgado coaching Gilles Müller during a practice session at the 2015 Aegon Championships in London.
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
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| Residence | London, England |
| Born |
21 March 1977 Birmingham, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Turned pro | 1995 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $834,831 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 11–35 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 121 (20 August 2001) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2000) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1999, 2001, 2006) |
| US Open | 1R (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 31–79 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, in and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 57 (8 October 2012) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2012, 2013) |
| French Open | 1R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2006, 2009) |
| US Open | 3R (2011, 2012) |
| Coaching career (2014–) | |
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| Last updated on: 5 June 2016. | |
Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006.
Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimbledon tournaments, playing for the 23rd time in 2014 at the age of 37.
His best singles performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions, most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre Agassi on Centre Court.
He reached the quarter-finals of the President's Cup tournament in Kazakhstan in 2000. In total he has won three singles Challenger Tour titles but as the years passed, he became more predominantly a doubles specialist player where he has had better success winning fifteen challenger Tour titles and making the final of two ATP Tour events both in 2012. He has coached Gilles Müller and now coaches Andy Murray alongside Ivan Lendl.
Jamie Delgado was born in Birmingham but moved to Spain and was brought up in Tenerife until the age of ten when he moved back to England.
He had a promising junior career that included winning the 1989 under-12 British grass-court championships, he was the first Briton to win the 1991 under-14 Orange Bowl when he defeated Cavallaro. He also captured the 1994 Queen's Club junior tournament defeating Nicolás Lapentti. At Reed's School, he was a member of the David Lloyd Slater Squad, set up by financier Jim Slater and former pro David Lloyd. He turned professional in 1995 at the age of 18.
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