Career History
From Junior to Senior, and from singles to doubles…
Junior Career
I was the British No.1 when representing Great Britain at U13, U14, U16 and U17 Junior International level both home and abroad, which was a great experience. I also reached a Tennis Europe ranking of No.7 at U14 level, and achieved an ITF Junior singles ranking of No.100 in January 2002.
Junior highlights
March 1999: WINNER U14 Masters Series
August 2000: FINALIST National U15 Championships
October 2001: WINNER National Championships doubles with James Smith
November 2001: WINNER Finland ITF
August 2002: SEMI-FINALIST boys singles U18 National Championships
September 2002: SEMI-FINALIST US Open Boys doubles
Senior Career
Autumn 2002: Reached third round of the ATP Futures event in Jersey (my third main-draw futures appearance of the year) and gained the first ATP points of my career.
September 2003: After spending seven months rehabilitating from injury, reached the quarter-finals of ATP Futures events in both Wrexham and Cumberland, as well as winning a Hastings Direct event in Frinton.
2004: following three years playing in ATP Futures and Challengers in both the UK and abroad, I broke into the top 500 of the ATP singles ranks.
2007: after a number of injuries and health problems, I was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis – a dehydration condition that causes a dangerous loss fluids. After this, I decided to concentrate on doubles.
But in 2009 I entered the Joburg ATP Tour 500 singles draw while I was there to play doubles – and qualified, gaining 12 ATP points – so I’m back in the singles rankings!
