Jimmy Arias


















































































































Jimmy Arias
Country (sports)
 United States
Residence Buffalo, New York
Born
(1964-08-16) August 16, 1964 (age 54)
Grand Island, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro 1980
Retired 1994
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
$1,834,140
Official website jimmyarias.com
Singles
Career record 283–222 (Grand Prix, WCT, ATP and Grand Slam, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 5
Highest ranking No. 5 (9 April 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1991)
French Open QF (1984)
Wimbledon 4R (1984)
US Open SF (1983)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals 1R (1983)
WCT Finals SF (1984)
Olympic Games SF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record 71–108 (Grand Prix, WCT, ATP and Grand Slam, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 61 (11 May 1987)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open
W (1981)

James Arias (born August 16, 1964) is a former tennis touring professional player from the United States.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 Broadcast work




  • 2 Grand Slam finals


    • 2.1 Mixed doubles (1 title)




  • 3 Career finals


    • 3.1 Singles (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Biography


Arias was born in Grand Island, near Buffalo, New York.
A baseliner, Arias turned pro at age 16 in 1980. His peak year was 1983, when as a 19-year-old he finished the year ranked World No. 6, having reached the U.S. Open semi-finals by defeating Jonathan Canter, Tom Gullikson, Gianni Ocleppo, Joakim Nyström and Yannick Noah, before losing to Ivan Lendl. He also won the Italian Open and three other tour grand prix events.
He reached his career high ranking of World No. 5 in April 1984. He retired from the tour in 1994, having amassed a 286–223 singles playing record and over $1,800,000 in prize money.


With former World No. 2 tennis player, Andrea Jaeger, he won the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship.


Arias currently[when?] serves as an assistant men's tennis coach at the University of South Florida in Tampa.



Broadcast work


Arias serves as a commentator for ESPN International and Tennis Channel. Arias served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] In Canada, he has worked as an analyst for Rogers Sportsnet and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the broadcasts of the Rogers Cup.[2]



Grand Slam finals



Mixed doubles (1 title)





















Result
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win 1981 French Open Clay
United States Andrea Jaeger

Netherlands Betty Stöve
United States Fred McNair
7–6, 6–4


Career finals



Singles (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)









Titles by Surface
Hard (0)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)



























































































































































Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss 1. Jul 1982
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Clay
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Aug 1982
Indianapolis, U.S.
Clay
Spain José Higueras
5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 1. Oct 1982
Tokyo, Japan
Clay
France Dominique Bedel
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2. May 1983
Florence, Italy
Clay
Italy Francesco Cancellotti
6–4, 6–3
Win 3. May 1983
Rome, Italy
Clay
Spain José Higueras
6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–4
Win 4. Aug 1983
Indianapolis, U.S.
Clay
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 3. Jul 1983 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Clay
Argentina José Luis Clerc
3–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Jul 1983 Washington D.C., U.S. Clay
Argentina José Luis Clerc
3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win 5. Sep 1983
Palermo, Italy
Clay
Argentina José Luis Clerc
6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Loss 5. May 1985
Las Vegas, U.S.
Hard
United States Johan Kriek
6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 6. May 1985
Florence, Italy
Clay
Spain Sergio Casal
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 7. Oct 1985
Tokyo Outdoor, Japan
Hard
United States Scott Davis
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 8. Apr 1987 Monte Carlo Open, Monaco Clay
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–4, 5–7, 1–5, 3–6
Loss 9. May 1988
Charleston, U.S.
Clay
United States Andre Agassi
2–6, 2–6
Loss 10. Jan 1990
Adelaide, Australia
Hard
Austria Thomas Muster
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 11. May 1991 Charlotte, U.S. Clay
Peru Jaime Yzaga
3–6, 5–7


References





  1. ^ Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup – A blog on sports media, news and networks – baltimoresun.com Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ "Sportsnet serves multiplatform Rogers Cup coverage to tennis fans". Cartt.ca. Retrieved 12 August 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links




  • Jimmy Arias at the Association of Tennis Professionals Edit this at Wikidata


  • Jimmy Arias at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata


  • Jimmy Arias at the Davis Cup Edit this at Wikidata

  • Induction into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame page









Awards
Preceded by
Peter McNamara

ATP Most Improved Player
1983
Succeeded by
not awarded, 1984
Boris Becker, 1985









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