Jimmy Arias

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox tennis biography James Arias (born August 16, 1964) is a retired tennis touring professional player from the United States.

Biography

Arias was born in Grand Island, New York on August 16, 1964.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His father, Antonio Arias, was born in Spain and emigrated to Cuba during after the Spanish Civil War, and played football for the Cuba national team. Arias' father was an engineer who analyzed his forehand, and revolutionized it by creating the full-whip forehand - it kept racket speed up by preventing Jimmy from slowing down as he hit the ball.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A baseliner, Arias turned pro at age 16 in 1980. His peak year was 1983, when as a 19-year-old he finished the year ranked World No. 6, having reached the U.S. Open semi-finals by defeating Jonathan Canter, Tom Gullikson, Gianni Ocleppo, Joakim Nyström and Yannick Noah, and then lost to Ivan Lendl. He also won the Italian Open and three other tour grand prix events.

He reached his career high ranking of World No. 5 in April 1984. He retired from the tour in 1994, having amassed a 286–223 singles playing record and over $1,800,000 in prize money.

With former World No. 2 tennis player, Andrea Jaeger, he won the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship.

Broadcast work

Arias serves as a commentator for ESPN International and Tennis Channel. Arias served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref>Ray Frager (July 16, 2008) Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup. Baltimore Sun. Template:Webarchive</ref> In Canada, he has worked as an analyst for Rogers Sportsnet and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the broadcasts of the Rogers Cup.<ref name=Cartt>Template:Cite web</ref>

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1981	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrea Jaeger	Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	7–6, 6–4

Career finals

Singles (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Titles by surface
Hard (0)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1982	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1982	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dominique Bedel	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	May 1983	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francesco Cancellotti	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	May 1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–4
Win	4–2	Aug 1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jul 1983	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 1983	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc	3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win	5–4	Sep 1983	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	5–5	May 1985	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	May 1985	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–7	Oct 1985	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	5–8	Apr 1987	Monte Carlo Open, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander	6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	May 1988	Charleston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–10	Jan 1990	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	5–11	May 1991	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Yzaga	3–6, 5–7

External links

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• Induction into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame page