Jarmere Jenkins
$145,669 | |
Singles | |
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Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 190 (January 5, 2015) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2015) |
French Open | Q1 (2014, 2015) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2015) |
US Open | Q3 (2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 202 (January 12, 2015) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2013) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2013) |
Jarmere Jenkins is a retired American professional tennis player who became the hitting partner for Serena Williams. He was the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Player of the Year and male ACC Athlete of the Year after earning the national championships in indoor singles, outdoor doubles and team competition while also finishing runner up in outdoor singles. He was the first Atlantic Coast Conference athlete to win ACC athlete of the year solely for tennis accomplishments. In his first full year as a pro, he cracked the top 200 in the 2014 year end rankings at 193, but the costs of travel became prohibitive for him and he retired in 2017.
Background
He is from College Park, Georgia, where he attended Alpha Omega Academy.[1] As a junior tennis player, he was the 2008 Orange Bowl doubles champion and singles finalist.[1] He has competed in the Junior US Open, Junior French Open and Junior Wimbledon. He was finalist in the 2006 Junior US Open boys doubles.[1] His highest junior ranking was 18 on January 1, 2008.[2]
College career
As a freshman, he was All-ACC and the VaSID State Freshman of the Year.[1] As a sophomore, he was All-ACC and VaSID All-State.[1] As a junior, he was an ITA Singles and Doubles All-American and ACC Player of the Year. He ended the year ranked 6th nationally in both singles and doubles although he had ranked as high as 3rd and 5th during the year.[1] He qualified for four consecutive NCAA Singles Championships (2010–13).[3]
He was the 2013 ITA National Player of the Year, 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament MVP for the National Champion University of Virginia men's tennis team, 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion, 2013 NCAA Singles runner-up, 2012 ITA Indoor Intercollegiate singles Champion and the 2013 Anthony J. McKevlin male ACC Athlete of the Year.[4] Although John Lucas II won for both tennis and basketball, Jenkins is the first and only person to win ACC Male Athlete of the Year solely for tennis.[4]
Professional career
He won his first professional tournament on June 30, 2013 at the $10,000 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Pro Circuit Linda Bogdan Memorial Futures Tournament.[5] College Park, Georgia-native Jenkins, was invited to Norcross, Georgia to participate in the December 20–22 eight-man USTA wild card playoff for a spot in the main draw of the 2014 Australian Open. The field also included defending wild card playoff champion Rhyne Williams, Denis Kudla, Steve Johnson, Tennys Sandgren, Austin Krajicek, Bjorn Fratangelo, and Chase Buchanan.[6] Jenkins lost to Kudla in two sets.[7]
Jenkins visited Australia for six weeks in February 2014 and met with some success,
In the 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, Jenkins defeated Rajeev Ram[21] and Marco Cecchinato[22] before losing to Tim Pütz.[23] Jenkins missed 10 months of competition due to an achilles tendon injury,[24] and did not reach the finals of any tournaments between January 9, 2015 and June 27, 2016.
In the summer of 2017 Jenkins decided to retire from competitive tennis because the cost of travel became prohibitive. By August 2017, Jenkins was working as an investment sales consultant in Philadelphia. In September 2017, his brother Jermaine (who was the hitting partner for Venus Williams during the 2017 ATP World Tour) recommended Jarmere to Serena who was looking for a hitting partner following her 2017 pregnancy.[24][25] Jarmere began hitting with Serena when she returned to the court following the birth of Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, during the 2017 US Open.[26]
Personal
The son of Jackie and Brenda Jenkins, Jarmere has eight siblings.[1] Two of his brothers have played major college tennis (Jackie, Jr. at Northwestern, Jermaine at Clemson).[1]
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
Singles (8–7)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Series (0–1) |
ITF Futures Series (8–6) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | July 4, 2010 | USA F16 Futures, Rochester, New York | Clay | Daniel Yoo | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | June 23, 2013 | Amelia Island, Florida
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Clay | Dennis Novikov | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Turned Pro | ||||||
Winner | 3. | June 30, 2013 | USA F17 Futures, Rochester, New York | Clay | Michael Shabaz | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | September 29, 2013 | USA F25 Futures, Laguna Niguel, California | Hardcourt | Marcos Giron | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | February 23, 2014 | Australia F1, Happy Valley, Australia | Hardcourt | Luke Saville | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | June 22, 2014 | USA F15 Futures, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida | Clay | Jared Donaldson | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | September 21, 2014 | USA F25 Futures, Costa Mesa, California | Hardcourt | Dennis Novikov | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | October 11, 2014 | Australia F7 Futures, Cairns, Australia | Hardcourt | Omar Jasika | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | October 18, 2014 | Australia F8 Futures, Toowoomba, Australia | Hardcourt | Luke Saville | 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 10. | November 3, 2014 | Latrobe City Traralgon Challenger 1, Traralgon, Australia | Hardcourt | Bradley Klahn | 6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Winner | 11. | November 23, 2014 | Australia F10 Futures, Wollongong, Australia | Hardcourt | Jose Rubin Statham
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 12. | September 19, 2016 | Australia F5 Futures, Alice Springs, Australia | Hardcourt | Marc Polmans | 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 13. | September 26, 2016 | Australia F6 Futures, Brisbane, Australia | Hardcourt | Marc Polmans | 6–1, 7–5 |
Winner | 14. | October 3, 2016 | Australia F7 Futures, Toowoomba, Australia | Hardcourt | Blake Mott | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2) |
Winner | 15. | November 7, 2016 | Australia F9 Futures, Wollongong, Australia | Hardcourt | Maverick Banes | 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles (10–6)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Series (1–5) |
ITF Futures Series (9–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | March 1, 2009 | USA F5 Futures, Harlingen, Texas | Hardcourt | Javier Herrera-Eguiluz | 1–6, 6–2, [10–8] | |
Winner | 2. | August 8, 2010 | USA F21 Futures, Decatur, Illinois | Hardcourt | Todd Paul | Michael Grant Daniel Nguyen |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | January 15, 2012 | USA F1 Futures, Plantation, Florida | Clay | Drew Courtney | Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock |
7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | November 4, 2012 | Charlottesville Pro Circuit Challenger, Charlottesville, Virginia | Hardcourt | Jack Sock | John Peers John-Patrick Smith |
5–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | June 23, 2013 | Amelia Island, Florida
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Clay | Mac Stylslinger | Marcelo Arévalo Roberto Maytín |
6–4, 6–2 |
Turned Pro | |||||||
Runner-up | 6. | October 6, 2013 | Sacramento Pro Circuit Challenger, Sacramento, California | Hardcourt | Donald Young | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith |
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [12–14] |
Runner-up | 7. | November 3, 2013 | Charlottesville Pro Circuit Challenger, Charlottesville, Virginia | Hardcourt | Donald Young | Steve Johnson Tim Smyczek |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | February 9, 2014 | Adelaide, Australia
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Hardcourt | Marcus Daniell | Jose Rubin Statham
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6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | October 5, 2014 | Australia F6 Futures, Alice Springs, Australia | Hardcourt | Mitchell Krueger | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | October 19, 2014 | Australia F8 Futures, Toowoomba, Australia | Hardcourt | Mitchell Krueger | Jake Eames Christopher O'Connell |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 11. | November 3, 2014 | Latrobe City Traralgon Challenger 1, Traralgon, Australia | Hardcourt | Mitchell Krueger | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia |
1–6, 6–1, [3–10] |
Runner-up | 12. | January 9, 2015 | BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, France | Hardcourt | Bradley Klahn | Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren |
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [5–10] |
Winner | 13. | June 27, 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh , Egypt
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Hardcourt | Anderson Reed | Alessandro Bega Francesco Vilardo |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 14. | July 4, 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh , Egypt
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Hardcourt | Anderson Reed | Mohamed Aziz Dougaz Javier Pulgar-García |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 15. | July 18, 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh , Egypt
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Hardcourt | Anderson Reed | Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock |
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
Winner | 16. | November 14, 2016 | Australia F10 Futures, Blacktown, Australia | Hardcourt | Steven de Waard | Sriram Balaji Sanam Singh |
6–4, 6–2 |
Notes
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- ^ "Three UVa. men's tennis players selected for NCAA championships". Augusta Free Press. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ WVIR. July 30, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- CBS Interactive. June 30, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Gudris, Erik (December 19, 2013). "AO Playoffs Offer American Players Chance at Grand Slam Wildcard". Tennis Now. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ "@usta_pr status update". Twitter. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
- ^ McCullough, Glen (October 15, 2014). "Men's top seeds on track at Toowoomba International". The Toowoomba Chronicle. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ McCullough, Glen (October 17, 2014). "Aussies through to Toowoomba International finals". The Toowoomba Chronicle. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ Gainey, Tom (September 20, 2014). "Jarmere Jenkins Tried To Jump Over The Net But Failed! [Video]". Tennis-X. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ "Tennis: Jenkins wins Costa Mesa Pro Classic: Former University of Virginia star player claims singles title; UCLA duo toppled in doubles championship". Daily Pilot. September 21, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ Coppini, Federico (October 13, 2014). "Jenkins denies Jasika in Cairns". Tennis World. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ a b McCullough, Glen (October 17, 2014). "Jenkins powers to Toowoomba International success". The Reporter. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ATP World Tour. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ Packman, David (November 3, 2014). "All-American final in Traralgon". Tennis. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ Packman, David (November 4, 2014). "Klahn takes Traralgon title". Tennis. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ Packman, David (November 7, 2014). "Saville gains revenge in Traralgon". Tennis. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ Packman, David (November 22, 2014). "Unseeded Kiwi to face top seed in Wollongong final". Tennis. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ Packman, David (November 24, 2014). "Top seeded Jenkins wins in Wollongong: Jarmere Jenkins has claimed the second 2014 Tennis Wollongong Centenary International title with a straight sets defeat of unseeded New Zealander Jose Rubin Statham on Sunday". Tennis. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Jarmere Jenkins: Rankings History". ATP. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open Qualifying Results". Houston Chronicle. Associated Press. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "Australian Open Qualifying Results". Houston Chronicle. Associated Press. January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ "Friday's multi-sport college and local roundup: Norfolk State adds three football linemen; Apprentice men and women win at home". Daily Press. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ a b Reid, Whitelaw (December 11, 2017). "Former Cavalier Tennis Star Extends His Career As Part of 'Team Serena'". UVA Today. University of Virginia. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Ilic, Jovica (December 3, 2017). "Serena Williams hires former Virginia Cavaliers standout as hitting partner". Tennis World. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ O'Halloran, Kate (December 6, 2017). "Serena Williams 'very likely' to return for Australian Open, says Tiley". The Guardian. Retrieved December 27, 2017.