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James Ward

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James Ward, a right-hander from the United Kingdom, played on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 89.

67ATP Tour matches since 2007

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET

Titles0since 2007 Grand Slam titles0since 2007 Career highNo. 89Jul 13, 2015 Agatha's recordNone yetno graded calls on him yet

About James Ward

James Ward, a right-hander from the United Kingdom, played on the ATP Tour. Born on February 9, 1987, in London, England, he turned pro in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 89 on July 13, 2015. Ward retired in 2021.

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Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026

Match history67

Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.

2021: 0-1

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 22	Viking International Eastbourne	Round 1	Vasek Pospisil	L	4-6, 4-6	Grass

2019: 0-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 2	Wimbledon	Round 1	Nikoloz Basilashvili	L	6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8	Grass
Jun 25	Nature Valley International	Round 1	Thomas Fabbiano	L	6-2, 3-6, 1-6	Grass
Jun 17	Fever-Tree Championships	Round 1	Gilles Simon	L	6-3, 3-6, 6-7(2)	Grass

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 4	Wimbledon	Round 1	Marcos Baghdatis	L	4-6, 4-6, 3-6	Grass
Jun 20	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Julien Benneteau	L	2-6, 2-6	Grass

2016: 0-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 27	Wimbledon	Round 1	Novak Djokovic	L	0-6, 6-7(3), 4-6	Grass
Jun 20	ATP AEGON Nottingham Open	Round 1	Malek Jaziri	L	1-6, 6-3, 4-6	Grass
Jun 14	Cinch Championships	Round 1	Gilles Muller	L	4-6, 4-6	Grass

2015: 3-11

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Sep 1	US Open	Round 1	Thomaz Bellucci	L	1-6, 5-7, 3-6	Hard
Aug 23	Winston-Salem Open	Round 1	Hyeon Chung	L	7-6(7), 4-6, 3-6	Hard
Jul 22	ATP Claro Open Colombia	Round 1	Michael Berrer	L	4-6, 7-6(7), 5-7	Hard
Jul 4	Wimbledon	Round 3	Vasek Pospisil	L	4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-8	Grass
Jul 2	Wimbledon	Round 2	Jiri Vesely	W	6-2, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3	Grass
Jun 30	Wimbledon	Round 1	Luca Vanni	W	6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-3	Grass
Jun 22	ATP AEGON Nottingham Open	Round 1	Tim Smyczek	L	6-1, 6-7(3), 1-6	Grass
Jun 15	Cinch Championships	Round 1	Milos Raonic	L	7-5, 3-6, 2-6	Grass
May 2	Madrid Open		Roberto Carballes Baena	L	2-6, 4-6	Clay
Apr 21	Barcelona Open	Round 1	Marsel Ilhan	L	6-7(2), 6-3, 1-6	Clay
Feb 24	Dubai Duty Free	Round 1	Feliciano Lopez	L	4-6, 4-6	Hard
Feb 5	ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Round 2	Andreas Seppi	L	5-7, 7-6(4), 3-6	Hard

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Feb 4	ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Round 1	Antonio Veic	W	6-2, 6-4	Hard
Jan 20	Australian Open	Round 1	Fernando Verdasco	L	6-2, 0-6, 6-7(6), 3-6	Hard

2014: 5-11

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 19	ATP Valencia Open 500		Albert Ramos-Vinolas	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard
Oct 6	ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters	Round 1	Kevin Anderson	L	6-3, 3-6, 2-6	Hard
Sep 23	ATP Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur	Round 1	Philipp Petzschner	L	4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5)	Hard
Aug 13	ATP Western & Southern Open	Round 2	Julien Benneteau	L	2-6, 2-6	Hard
Aug 12	ATP Western & Southern Open	Round 1	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	W	6-2, 3-6, 6-1	Hard
Jul 17	ATP Claro Open Colombia	Round 2	Jimmy Wang	L	3-6, 1-6	Hard
Jul 16	ATP Claro Open Colombia	Round 1	Matthew Ebden	W	6-4, 3-0 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Jun 23	Wimbledon	Round 1	Mikhail Youzhny	L	2-6, 2-6, 1-6	Grass
Jun 17	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Donald Young	L	3-6, 2-6	Grass
Jun 10	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 2	Grigor Dimitrov	L	5-7, 3-6	Grass
Jun 9	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Blaz Rola	W	7-5, 6-4	Grass
May 26	French Open	Round 1	Tommy Robredo	L	6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 4-6	Clay

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Mar 9	ATP BNP Paribas Open	Round 2	Feliciano Lopez	L	6-3, 2-6, 4-6	Hard
Feb 26	ATP Dubai Duty Free	Round 2	Mikhail Youzhny	L	1-6, 6-7(3)	Hard
Feb 25	ATP Dubai Duty Free	Round 1	Teymuraz Gabashvili	W	2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6)	Hard
Jan 31	Davis Cup World Group Round 1: Belgium v Kazakhstan		Sam Querrey	W	1-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

2013: 0-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 24	Wimbledon	Round 1	Yen-Hsun Lu	L	7-6(4), 4-6, 6-7(11), 6-7(4)	Grass
Jun 18	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Bernard Tomic	L	3-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 10	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Ivan Dodig	L	7-6(8), 6-7(3), 6-7(2)	Grass

2012: 1-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 28	Wimbledon	Round 2	Mardy Fish	L	3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3), 3-6	Grass
Jun 26	Wimbledon	Round 1	Pablo Andujar	W	4-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3	Grass
Jun 18	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Marinko Matosevic	L	6-4, 1-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 12	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Kevin Anderson	L	6-4, 3-6, 4-6	Grass
Jan 15	Australian Open	Round 1	Blaz Kavcic	L	4-6, 3-6, 4-6	Hard

2011: 4-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 21	Wimbledon	Round 1	Michael Llodra	L	3-6, 6-7(4), 3-6	Grass
Jun 15	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Janko Tipsarevic	L	3-6, 6-4, 2-6	Grass
Jun 11	ATP AEGON Championships	Semifinal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	L	3-6, 6-7(7)	Grass
Jun 10	ATP AEGON Championships	Quarterfinal	Adrian Mannarino	W	6-2, 6-7(14), 6-4	Grass
Jun 10	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 3	Sam Querrey	W	3-6, 6-3, 6-4	Grass
Jun 7	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 2	Stan Wawrinka	W	7-6(3), 6-3	Grass
Jun 6	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Daniel Cox	W	6-3, 6-1	Grass
Jan 9	ATP Medibank International	Round 1	Florian Mayer	L	5-7, 0-6	Hard

2010: 2-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 19	ATP Atlanta	Round 1	Mardy Fish	L	1-6, 2-6	Hard
Jun 17	ATP AEGON International	Quarterfinal	Alexandr Dolgopolov	L	3-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 16	ATP AEGON International	Round 2	Rainer Schuettler	W	6-3, 7-6(5)	Grass
Jun 15	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Feliciano Lopez	W	6-3, 5-4 ret. (ret.)	Grass
Jun 7	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Robby Ginepri	L	3-6, 5-7	Grass
Jan 5	ATP Aircel Chennai Open	Round 1	Marcel Granollers	L	7-5, 2-6, 2-6	Hard

2009: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 22	Wimbledon	Round 1	Fernando Verdasco	L	1-6, 3-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 17	ATP AEGON International	Round 2	Frank Dancevic	L	6-7(6), 4-6	Grass
Jun 15	ATP AEGON International	Round 1	Victor Crivoi	W	6-1, 6-3	Grass
Jun 8	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Marcos Baghdatis	L	2-6, 3-6	Grass

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 17	ATP The Slazenger Open	Round 1	Alex Bogdanovic	L	3-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 9	ATP Tour Artois Championship	Round 1	Marat Safin	L	6-4, 1-6, 4-6	Grass

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Apr 10	ATP Tour Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana	Round 1	Augustin Gensse	L	7-6(2), 4-6, 3-6	Clay

How he is doing nowThrough Jun 22

Last 100-10LLLLLLLLLLNewest first. Ten losses in a row.

Jun 22vs Vasek PospisilJun 22 - Viking International Eastbourne, Round 1L4-6, 4-6
Jul 2vs Nikoloz BasilashviliJul 2 - Wimbledon, Round 1L6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-8
Jun 25vs Thomas FabbianoJun 25 - Nature Valley International, Round 1L6-2, 3-6, 1-6
Jun 17vs Gilles SimonJun 17 - Fever-Tree Championships, Round 1L6-3, 3-6, 6-7(2)
Jul 4vs Marcos BaghdatisJul 4 - Wimbledon, Round 1L4-6, 4-6, 3-6
Jun 20vs Julien BenneteauJun 20 - ATP AEGON Championships, Round 1L2-6, 2-6

39years old

Turns 40 on February 9

Born February 9, 1987London, England

AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18

6 ft 3 in1.90 m

Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

Turned pro2006

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CareerPro since 2006

20years2006 to 2021

2007First ATP matchLost to Augustin Gensse, ATP Tour Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
2015Career high No. 89Jul 13, 2015
Jun 22, 2021Latest matchLost to Vasek Pospisil, Viking International Eastbourne

Grand Slam titles

AO0Round 1 (2015)0-2 in our records

RG0Round 1 (2014)0-1 in our records

WIM0Round 3 (2015)3-9 in our records

USO0Round 1 (2015)0-1 in our records

First ATP match

Apr 10, 2007: lost to Augustin Gensse 7-6, 4-6, 3-6ATP Tour Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, on clay

Latest match

Jun 22, 2021: lost to Vasek Pospisil 4-6, 4-6Viking International Eastbourne, Round 1, on grass court

Most often against

The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.

Feliciano Lopez3 meetings, finals 0-0

1-2Ward trails

Last: Feb 24, 2015, Dubai Duty Free Round 1, lost

Fernando Verdasco2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ward trails

Last: Jan 20, 2015, Australian Open Round 1, lost

Julien Benneteau2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ward trails

Last: Jun 20, 2017, ATP AEGON Championships Round 1, lost

Kevin Anderson2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ward trails

Last: Oct 6, 2014, ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters Round 1, lost

Marcos Baghdatis2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ward trails

Last: Jul 4, 2017, Wimbledon Round 1, lost

Mardy Fish2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ward trails

Last: Jun 28, 2012, Wimbledon Round 2, lost

Sources and updates

Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.