British tennis player
James Trotman Full name James Trotman Country (sports) Great Britain Born (1979-02-16 ) 16 February 1979 (age 45) Ipswich , EnglandPlays Right-handed Prize money $ 4,563Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Career record 0–1 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 810 (3 May 1999) Wimbledon 1R (1997 ) Last updated on: 16 October 2021.
James Trotman (born 16 February 1979) is a British tennis player, who retired early from tennis due to ongoing injuries, and a coach.
Career
Trotman was born in Ipswich in 1979 and originally played tennis at his local club, Sproughton Tennis Club .
As a junior player he was world-class and won 1995 Wimbledon Championships boys doubles with Martin Lee and 1997 Australian Open boys doubles with David Sherwood . He and Lee did also make one main draw appearance in the Senior Wimbledon doubles championship, in 1997. They lost in the first round to Henrik Holm and Nils Holm , 4–6, 6–3, 3–6.
Persistent injuries prevented him from making an impact at senior professional level. His career-high ATP doubles ranking was World No. 810. (He never earned any singles ranking points.)
Coaching
After he retired as a player Trotman moved into coaching. Among the people he has worked with are Anne Keothavong , Kyle Edmund and Naomi Cavaday . Kyle Edmund won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in Binghamton, US, the Hong Kong ATP Challenger and qualifiers to gain entrance into 2 Grand Slams under Trotman.[1]
He is currently coaching Jack Draper .[2]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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