James Lemke (tennis)

For the American physicist and entrepreneur, see James U. Lemke.

James Lemke (born 25 January 1988) is a former Australian professional tennis player. He competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 224 on 6 June 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 293, on 10 October 2011.

James Lemke

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 Melbourne, Australia
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$97,047
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 224 (6 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open	Q1 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	Q1 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 293 (10 October 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2011)
Last updated on: 9 August 2021.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (6–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (6–7)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–5) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2009	USA F27, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Conor Niland	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Nov 2009	USA F28, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Conor Niland	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2009	Australia F11, Bendigo	Futures	Hard	Matthew Ebden	1–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2010	Germany F6, Wolfsburg	Futures	Clay	Roman Jebavy	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Jul 2010	France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Romain Jouan	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2010	USA F28, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Philip Bester	6–0, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2010	USA F29, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Adam Kellner	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	3–5	Feb 2011	Australia F1, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Isaac Frost	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–5	Apr 2011	Australia F3, Ipswich	Futures	Clay	Erik Chvojka	6–2, 6–0
Win	5–5	Apr 2011	Australia F4, Bundaberg	Futures	Clay	Erik Chvojka	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–6	May 2011	Italy F9, Napoli	Futures	Clay	Antal Van Der Duim	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–6	Sep 2011	Australia F6, Cairns	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Mitchell	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	6–7	Feb 2013	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Sam Groth	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (6–3)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2009	Germany F17, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Richard Waite	Radu Albot Jiri Skoloudik	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2010	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Sam Groth Matthew Ebden	7–6(10–8), 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win	1–2	Aug 2010	Austria F4, St. Poelten	Futures	Clay	Colin Ebelthite	Pascal Brunner Lado Chikhladze	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Oct 2010	USA F28, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Dennis Bloemke	Philip Bester Kamil Pajkowski	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–4	Mar 2011	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Andre Begemann	Dominik Meffert Simon Stadler	5–7, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	2–4	Apr 2011	Australia F3, Ipswich	Futures	Clay	Dane Propoggia	Soong-Jae Cho Jisung Nam	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Win	3–4	Sep 2011	Australia F5, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	Peng Gao Wan Gao	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–4	Sep 2011	Australia F6, Cairns	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	Jae-Sung An Elbert Sie	walkover
Loss	4–5	Feb 2012	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Dane Propoggia	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–5	Apr 2012	Australia F4, Bundaberg	Futures	Clay	Dane Propoggia	Adam Feeney Adam Hubble	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–5	Apr 2014	Australia F5, Glen Iris	Futures	Clay	Dane Propoggia	Daniel Ferretti Aaron Leeder-Chard	6–1, 6–3

External links

• James Lemke at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• James Lemke at the International Tennis Federation
• James Lemke at Tennis Australia