# James Auckland

James Auckland (born 1 April 1980) is a British former professional tennis player.
His highest ATP singles ranking was 282nd, which he reached on 6 February 2006. While his career high in doubles was at 57 set at 9 April 2007.
Auckland was given a wildcard into the main draw of the men's singles at 2002 Wimbledon, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. His place was taken by lucky loser, Denis Golovanov.
Auckland played for the Kansas City Explorers of World TeamTennis during the 2008 season and for the Boston Lobsters in 2009.
In April 2013, James joined tennis coaching and management company Premier Tennis as Director of Tennis, where he designs and oversees a variety of coaching programmes and takes responsibility for coach development and training.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 /13 | 6–13 | 32% |

## ATP Career Finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend (doubles)
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2007 | Delray Beach, United States | International Series | Hard | Stephen Huss | Hugo Armando Xavier Malisse | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [5–10] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 5 (1–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–0)
* ITF Futures (1–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2001 | Nigeria F1, Lagos | Futures | Hard | M-S Drame | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2004 | Nigeria F2, Benin City | Futures | Hard | Diego Álvarez | 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2004 | Great Britain F4, Hampstead | Futures | Hard | Nicolas Tourte | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2005 | Korea F1, Seogwipo | Futures | Hard | Robert Smeets | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Mar 2006 | Great Britain F3, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Martin Lee | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 29 (8–21)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (4–13)
* ITF Futures (4–8)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–14)
* Clay (2–3)
* Grass (0–2)
* Carpet (2–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2000 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Barry Fulcher | Ben Haran Neil Watts | 5$^5$–4, 4–2, 4$^5$–5, 4–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2000 | Great Britain F11, Leeds | Futures | Hard | Barry Fulcher | James Nelson Lee Childs | 4$^4$–5, 3–5, 4–2, 2–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2001 | Nigeria F2, Lagos | Futures | Hard | Barry Fulcher | J-M Bourgault W-P Meyer | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2002 | China F1, Kunming | Futures | Hard | Simon Dickson | Danai Udomchoke Jimmy Wang | 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2003 | Jamaica F3, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Johan Du Randt | Andrew Anderson W-P Meyer | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | May 2003 | Jamaica F4, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Nenad Toroman | Andrew Anderson W-P Meyer | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Aug 2003 | Brazil F5, Fortaleza | Futures | Hard | Paul Capdeville | Alexandre Bonatto Felipe Lemos | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(0–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2–6 | Feb 2004 | Bahrain F1, Manama | Futures | Hard | Rameez Junaid | Marco Chiudinelli Uros Vico | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–6 | May 2004 | Great Britain F1, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Thomas Blake | Oliver Freelove David Sherwood | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2004 | Togliatti, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Ladislav Švarc | Teymuraz Gabashvili Dmitry Vlasov | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | May 2005 | Korea F2, Seogwipo | Futures | Hard | Ross Hutchins | Chung Hee-Seok Im Kyu-Tae | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–9 | Jul 2005 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–10 | Aug 2005 | Pamplona, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Aisam Qureshi Lovro Zovko | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–10 | Sep 2005 | France F13, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | K Ivanov-Smolenskii | Cyril Spanelis Marc Steger | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–10 | Nov 2005 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Jamie Delgado | Michael Kohlmann Lars Burgsmüller | 2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–11 | Nov 2005 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Carpet | Jasper Smit | Filip Polášek Sergiy Stakhovsky | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5–12 | Apr 2006 | Great Britain F5, Bath | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Tobias Clemens Rameez Junaid | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–13 | Aug 2006 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Hard | Jamie Delgado | Jonathan Marray Ross Hutchins | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, [13–15] |
| Loss | 5–14 | May 2007 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Jamie Delgado | Tomas Behrend André Ghem | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5–15 | Jun 2007 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Stephen Huss | Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev | 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 6–15 | Aug 2007 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Ross Hutchins | Dick Norman Kristof Vliegen | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 6–16 | May 2008 | Marrakech, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Jamie Delgado | Fred Gil Florin Mergea | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–16 | Oct 2008 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Carpet | Dick Norman | Yves Allegro Horia Tecău | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–17 | Oct 2008 | Kolding, Denmark | Challenger | Hard | Todd Perry | Brendan Evans Chris Haggard | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7–18 | Nov 2008 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Márcio Torres | Yves Allegro Horia Tecău | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 7–19 | Mar 2009 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Rogier Wassen | Konstantin Kravchuk Dawid Olejniczak | 2–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Win | 8–19 | Apr 2009 | Monza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Travis Rettenmaier | Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil | 7–5, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [10–4] |
| Loss | 8–20 | Apr 2009 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Peter Luczak | Dominik Hrbatý David Škoch | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–21 | May 2009 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Josh Goodall | Alexander Peya Philipp Petzschner | 2–6, 6–3, [4–10] |