Jamie Baker's profile and career highlights
Jamie
Baker's profile [further down this page are career highlights:
Born: 5th August 1986 in Glasgow
Residence: Nottingham
Represents: Great Britain
Height: 6ft 1
Weight: 75 kg
Plays: Right-handed [double-handed backhand]
Coaches: Martin Weston, Keith Reynolds
Favourite surface: Hard
Career prize money: $ 18,743
Year-to-date prize money: $6,787
Started playing tennis at: 5
Other hobbies: Golf
Style of play: Stocky and powerful, Baker roams the baseline with a vicious forehand and a determination to attack from the ground.
Views from other players and corespondents: Rusedski: "I've been pleasantly surprised with Jamie Baker the way he's been part of the team, practised very hard and is very professional."
Neil Harman [Times]: "If there is a more committed, determined player in the country than this 19-year-old from Glasgow, he has not come to my attention."
The LTA opinion: The teenager from Glasgow is another major force in the new wave of Scottish talent that is threatening to dominate British tennis.
Like his compatriot Andy Murray, Baker spent time honing his clay-court game in Barcelona, then based himself at Nottingham under the coaching guidance of Martin Weston and recently spent three weeks training at the new Scottish National Centre at Stirling.
But most of the teenager’s time is spent on the road as he dedicates his time to making the tennis grade. Formerly ranked the world’s sixth best junior after winning the Grade 1 event in Venezuela and also reached semi-finals at the prestigious Astrid Bowl in Charleroi, Belgium and Triangle D’or in Beaulieu, France.
Career highlights
2006:
May:
April:
February:
January:
2005: [singles]:
November:
October:
September:
July: Runner-up in USA F19, Reached semis in USA F18
June: Reached quarters of Turkey F2, Reached semis of Turkey F1.
May: Reached quarters of week 2 and week 3 of Venezuala hard-court satellite.
April: Won Mexico F4.
Born: 5th August 1986 in Glasgow
Residence: Nottingham
Represents: Great Britain
Height: 6ft 1
Weight: 75 kg
Plays: Right-handed [double-handed backhand]
Coaches: Martin Weston, Keith Reynolds
Favourite surface: Hard
Career prize money: $ 18,743
Year-to-date prize money: $6,787
Started playing tennis at: 5
Other hobbies: Golf
Style of play: Stocky and powerful, Baker roams the baseline with a vicious forehand and a determination to attack from the ground.
Views from other players and corespondents: Rusedski: "I've been pleasantly surprised with Jamie Baker the way he's been part of the team, practised very hard and is very professional."
Neil Harman [Times]: "If there is a more committed, determined player in the country than this 19-year-old from Glasgow, he has not come to my attention."
The LTA opinion: The teenager from Glasgow is another major force in the new wave of Scottish talent that is threatening to dominate British tennis.
Like his compatriot Andy Murray, Baker spent time honing his clay-court game in Barcelona, then based himself at Nottingham under the coaching guidance of Martin Weston and recently spent three weeks training at the new Scottish National Centre at Stirling.
But most of the teenager’s time is spent on the road as he dedicates his time to making the tennis grade. Formerly ranked the world’s sixth best junior after winning the Grade 1 event in Venezuela and also reached semi-finals at the prestigious Astrid Bowl in Charleroi, Belgium and Triangle D’or in Beaulieu, France.
Career highlights
2006:
May:
- Won singles title of Greece F3 in Kalamata. This is Jamie's 3rd 10K futures title !!!
- Reached singles quarters and doubles semis [partnering Britain's Jonny Marray] of Greece F2 [Syros] and doubles
April:
- Reached quarters of GB F6 [15K] [Bath]
- Runner-up of New Zealand F2 [15K] [Hamilton]
February:
- Reached quarters of Burnie 25K Challenger
- Runner-up of Australia F2 [15K] [Wollongong].
- Reached quarters of New Zealand F1 [15K][Blenheim]
January:
- Reached quarters of GB F2 [15K] [Barnstaple] a career best victory in rd1 over France's Jean Michel-Pequery
- Reached semi-final of GB F1 [15K] [Exmouth]
2005: [singles]:
November:
- Member of the West of Scotland side who got promoted in the Winter County Cp.
- Runner-up in week 1 of the GB indoor satellite held in Nottingham.
October:
- Semi-finalist at GB F15
- Winner of GB F14 achieving a career-best victory in the semis against Mark Hilton ranked 217.
September:
- Runner-up in GB F13, quarter-finals of GB F11 and GB F10. Breaks top 450 for the 1st time.
July: Runner-up in USA F19, Reached semis in USA F18
June: Reached quarters of Turkey F2, Reached semis of Turkey F1.
May: Reached quarters of week 2 and week 3 of Venezuala hard-court satellite.
April: Won Mexico F4.
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