Jamea Jackson

Jamea Jackson (/dʒəˈmiːə/ jə-MEE-ə;^[1][2] born September 7, 1986) is an American former Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player and current United States Tennis Association (USTA) coach. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2006.

Jackson was born in

Tennis career

She won two

ITF Women's Circuit

singles titles. The first was a $10,000 hard-court event in 2003 in Dallas, Texas. The second was a $50,000 hard-court event in 2004 in Tucson, Arizona.

She began her tennis career on the ITF Junior Circuit where, in 2003, was ranked in the top 20 in the world in both singles and doubles. She turned professional that same year and competed the next few years on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2004, began playing more

Alyona Bondarenko

losing 2–6, 6–3, 6–2. She officially retired from pro tennis on August 24, 2009 due to her recurring hip injury, as well as her coaching position at Oklahoma State University.

WTA career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 18, 2006	Birmingham , United Kingdom	Grass	Vera Zvonareva	7–6(14–12), 7–6(7–5)

ITF finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 June 2003	Dallas , United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	May 16, 2004	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Marissa Irvin	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	2.	21 November 2004	Tucson, United States	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	7–6(7–5), 7–5

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W–L
Australian Open	A	Q2	2R	A	A	1–1
French Open	A	Q1	2R	1R	A	1–2
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	A	2–3
US Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1–5
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	4–4	0–3	0–1	5–11

Personal

Jamea started playing tennis at age 8. Her father, Ernest, played in the NFL as cornerback for the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Detroit Lions. Her mother, Ruby, wrote Flying High: Diary of a Flight Attendant [2], based on her flight attendant career that lasted over 30 years. She has an older brother, Jarryd Jackson. Jamea was hired as assistant coach at Oklahoma State University with her real emphasis on mentoring the players, as well as recruiting. In 2014, Jamea graduated from Oklahoma State with a B.A. in University Studies and a minor in Psychology.

References

External links

• Jamea Jackson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jamea Jackson at the International Tennis Federation
• Jamea Jackson at the Billie Jean King Cup