DUCKWORTH James

Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SYDNEY, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Men's Singles	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
2nd on Court 3	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Singles Second Round AUS DUCKWORTH JDUCKWORTH James 5 1 ROC KHACHANOV KKHACHANOV Karen 7 6	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 9	Men's Singles First Round SVK KLEIN LKLEIN Lukas 7 3 6⁴ AUS DUCKWORTH JDUCKWORTH James 5 6 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	R64	R16	R64	-	R32	-	-	-
2020	R128	QF	R128	R64	-	-	R128	-
2019	R128	R64	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-	-	R128	-	R128	-	R128	-
2017	R128	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	R128	R64	-	-	-	-	R64	-
2015	R64	R64	R128	R64	R64	-	R128	-
2014	R128	R64	R128	-	R128	-	-	-
2013	R64	R64	R128	-	R128	-	R128	-
2012	R64	R64	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	-	R64	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Ducks, Duckman (Instagram profile, 01 Jul 2021; atptour.com, 12 Jul 2021)

Supporting Australian rugby league team the Newcastle Knights, watching American football. (Twitter profile, 15 Jul 2021)

Languages spoken:

Right (atptour.com, 12 Jul 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His grandmother Beryl Collier [nee Penrose] played tennis and won the women's singles title at the 1955 Australian Championships. She passed away in June 2021. (atptour.com, 12 Jul 2021; tennis.com.au, 24 Jun 2021)

In March 2020 he underwent surgery on his right shoulder. (tennis.com, 02 Jul 2021)

In January 2018 he had two operations to remove bone spurs in his right foot and right elbow. (tennis.com, 02 Jul 2021)

He missed the majority of the 2017 season due to three operations, two on his right foot and one on his right shoulder. He played one match that year, losing in the first round of the Australian Open. (tennis.com, 02 Jul 2021)

He underwent right elbow surgery in 2012 and 2014. (tennis.com, 02 Jul 2021)

He began playing tennis at age seven. (atptour.com, 12 Jul 2021)

He was encouraged to take up the sport as his whole family played. (tennis.com.au, 11 Jul 2021)

Reaching the third round of the men's singles at Wimbledon in 2021, being selected for his first Australian Davis Cup team in 2020, and reaching the second round at the 2012 Australian Open [his Grand Slam debut]. (tennis.com.au, 11 Jul 2021, 02 Jul 2021; tennis.com.au, 30 Jan 2021)

Australian tennis players Lleyton Hewitt and Pat Rafter, British tennis player Andy Murray, US American football player Antonio Brown. (atptour.com, 12 Jul 2021; tennis.com.au, 11 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
WIMBLEDON 2021
In 2021 at Wimbledon he reached the third round of the men's singles at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He said the breakthrough was made more special as he has spent a number of years struggling with injuries, undergoing several operations. "Moments like this make all those difficult times worth it [to] experience this. When you're young, you just sort of expect it's just going to keep happening, but when you go through a couple of years sitting on the sidelines, you realise how special it is to be playing events like these [Grand Slams]. I don't think there's anything I can tell my younger self that would stop me from getting injured, but probably just, enjoy trying, enjoy the moments at the Slams a little bit more." (atptour.com, 06 Jul 2021; tennis.com, 02 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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