James Blake

James Blake Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • James's highest rank was number 4 in November of 2006. []
  • James's fastest serve was 130 mph. []
  • James was ranked number 6 in the 2007 U.S Open. []
  • James appeared in People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue in 2006. []
  • James is dating Heather Mitts, an American soccer player. []
  • James is good friends with John Mayer, an American singer who he attended high school with. []
  • James is currently 183 pounds. []
  • James was named Rookie of the Year for the World Team Tennis season in 2000. []
  • James dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to pursue a career in professional tennis. []
  • James attended Fairfield Warde High School. []
  • James has three older half-brothers named Jason, Christopher, and Howard. He also has a half-sister named Michelle. []
  • James is the son of Thomas Blake Sr. and Betty Blake. []
  • James lives in Tampa Bay, Florida. []
  • James published a book called "Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life" in 2007. []
  • James grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. []
  • His brother, Thomas Jr. is also a professional tennis player. []
  • In James's career, he has won $5,070,760. []
  • James Blake is right handed. []
  • James is 6'1" tall. []
  • When he is not playing tennis, James likes to golf, play basketball and baseball. []
  • The New York Mets are James favorite baseball team. []
  • At the 2006 U.S. Open, James was eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Roger Federer. []
  • At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, James was the top seep and was eliminated by Russian player Marat Safin in the 3rd Round. []
  • At the 2006 RCA Championships, James was the first seed. He then defeated Andy Roddick to win this tournament. []
  • At the 2006 Championships at Wimbledon, James was seeded 8th, but lost in the third round to Max Mirnyi of Belrus. []
  • James has modeled for IMG Models since 2002. []
  • Arthur Ashe, a retired tennis player, is James' role model and hero. []
  • To date, James has won 5 career doubles titles and 10 career singles titles. []
  • At the 2006 French Open, James was the 8th seed. []
  • James suffered from severe scoliosis as a teenager. He had to wear a back brace for 18 hours of the day because of it.
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  • James is currently the #9 ranked male tennis player in the world. On July 24, 2006 James attained his highest carrer ranking when he was the 5th ranked male tennis player in the world. []
  • At the 2006 Pacific Life Open, James played in his first ATP Masters Series final, where he lost to Roger Federer. []
  • At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, James played on the U.S. team. []
  • So far, James has won three titles in the 2006 tennis season (Sydney, the Tennis Channel Open, and the RCA Championship). []
  • On March 5, 2006 at the Tennis Channel Open final, James defeated Australian Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. []
  • James has played on the U.S. Davis Cup team since 2001. []
  • His sponsors are Nike and Dunlop tennis racquets. []
  • At the 2005 U.S. Open, James eliminated 2nd seed Rafael Nadal before being eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Andre Agassi. []
  • James was eliminated in the 3rd round at the 2006 Australian Open. []
  • James started playing tennis when he was 5 years old. []
  • When James attended Harvard, he was an All-American tennis player. []
  • James is a professional tennis player. []

Quotes

  • James: (on missing the Masters Series) For me it's something that doesn't quite fit into the schedule. It's going to be real tough to go from Houston all the way over to Monte Carlo, then come back just for a week or two to train for Rome. For the Americans, that tournament has never been exactly the easiest one in the schedule. I'm not going to be able to make it to that one. []
  • James: (after losing to Thomas Johansson in the semifinals of the Davis Cup) Yeah, I'm disappointed in the way I played today. I didn't return well. I didn't serve well. I wish I could have done better. Any amount of crying or wingeing about it now isn't going to get me back out on the court now. The only thing I can do is go home, go back to Connecticut and practice, hit a bunch more serves, hit a bunch more returns, and then take this frustration out on whoever I play first round next week at the Pilot Pen. []
  • James: (talking about the U.S Open) Hopefully not yet. Hopefully I'll do well at the Pilot Pen like last year and go in with that kind of confidence. []
  • James: (talking about his backhand at the RCA Championships) Yeah, I definitely didn't feel like I was returning well. He put his serves in the right spots, mixed it up well. But still just feel like I could have returned better. []
  • James: I don't have any specific advice for any other players how to beat Nadal. People have been saying how big I was hitting the ball, but when you think about it, you really have to go for your shots. []
  • James: (About playing Nadal on hard courts) I've been lucky enough to play him all three times on hard courts, which is definitely my favor more so than if I were to play him at the French Open. []
  • James: I'm never going to win a match against him playing really conservative. (Regarding his playing style against Rafael Nadal) []

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