As a baby James was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Inspired by his dad’s efforts as a marathon runner and keen gym goer, James attended a wheelchair sports camp in 2002 and after trying several sports he settled on wheelchair tennis.
James Played in his first tournament, an ITF-sanctioned world ranking event, in 2011 and in 2012 he played in a number of Tennis Foundation Development Series across the UK in an attempt to gain more experience.
After competing at the British Open in 2012 James went on to be classified into the sport’s quad division in February 2013 and has continued to make good progress. He won his first quad doubles title at an ITF-sanctioned event at the North West Challenge. He has also played his first three overseas tournaments in 2014 and reached the quad doubles final and won the consolation singles at the Open de L’Ile de Re in France in September. James joined the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme in November this year ahead of being a singles quarter-finalist and doubles semi-finalist at the Nottingham Indoor. He ended the season by winning his first National Championships title when partnering Andy Lapthorne to win the quad doubles.
Up-to-date as of December 2014.
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