LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013 LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
JAMIE BURDEKIN 2013 CAREER: A former Marine, Jamie took up wheelchair tennis after a car accident in 2000. He was introduced to the sport at a Tennis Foundation Camp in 2003 and was selected to represent Great Britain for the first time at the 2004 World Team Cup. He is a three -time quad singles National Champion and won the 2009 World Team Cup quad event as part of the GB team. In 2008 he capped his Paralympic Games debut by partnering fellow Briton Peter Norfolk to win bronze in the quad doubles in Beijing. After a wrist operation at the end of 2009, he made his competitive comeback in July 2010 and returned to the world’s top 10 in April 2011. Jamie was the only player to take a set off eventual gold medallist Noam Gershony of Israel at the London 2012 Paralympic Games but lost out to him in the first round. Jamie started 2013 by winning titles in Preston and Sunderland and was runner-up in back-to-back ITF 1 Series quad doubles events in the USA. YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES KEY FACTS Born: 10.12.79 Plays: Right-handed, quad division Lives: Crosby, Merseyside Career Titles (singles): 9 Career Titles (doubles): 4 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 7 6 17 6 11 10 22 - 18 33 - - - - Coach: Rob Cross Highest Ranking: 5 (May 2009) Twitter: @JamieBurdekin1 LTA Player Guide 80
ANTONY COTTERILL 2013 CAREER: Antony broke his neck after he fell into a shallow swimming pool in September 2003 and first played wheelchair tennis in 2004, whilst still in rehabilitation. He made his quad singles debut on the international NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour at the 2005 Belgian Open. He won his first quad singles main draw title in Sunderland in March 2007. Antony has represented Great Britain four times in the last six years in the World Team Cup, the annual Davis Cup-style wheelchair tennis flagship team event, and was a member of Great Britain’s bronze medal-winning team in the 2011 event in South Africa. Antony added to his collection of ITF 2 Series singles titles in 2012 to end the year on the verge of the world’s top 10, while he also won a series of doubles title in 2012. Cotterill has started 2013 by retaining his doubles titles at the North West Challenge in Preston and the North East Tournament in Sunderland. Antony recently reached the semi-finals at the ITF 1 Atlanta Open. YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES KEY FACTS Born: 13.02.80 Plays: Right-handed, quad division Lives: Macclesfield, Cheshire Career Titles (singles): 8 Career Titles (doubles): 13 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 11 26 16 39 14 14 41 54 - - - - - Coach: Martyn Whait Highest Ranking: 10 (May 2009) LTA Player Guide 81
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ANTONY COTTERILL <strong>2013</strong><br />
CAREER:<br />
Antony broke his neck after he fell into a shallow swimming pool in September 2003 and first<br />
played wheelchair tennis in 2004, whilst still in rehabilitation. He made his quad singles debut<br />
on the international NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour at the 2005 Belgian Open. He won his first quad<br />
singles main draw title in Sunderland in March 2007.<br />
Antony has represented Great Britain four times in the last six years in the World Team Cup, the<br />
annual Davis Cup-style wheelchair tennis flagship team event, and was a member of Great Britain’s<br />
bronze medal-winning team in the 2011 event in South Africa.<br />
Antony added to his collection of ITF 2 Series singles titles in 2012 to end the year on the verge<br />
of the world’s top 10, while he also won a series of doubles title in 2012. Cotterill has started<br />
<strong>2013</strong> by retaining his doubles titles at the North West Challenge in Preston and the North East<br />
Tournament in Sunderland. Antony recently reached the semi-finals at the ITF 1 Atlanta Open.<br />
YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />
KEY FACTS<br />
Born: 13.02.80<br />
Plays: Right-handed, quad division<br />
Lives: Macclesfield, Cheshire<br />
Career Titles (singles): 8<br />
Career Titles (doubles): 13<br />
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
11 26 16 39 14 14 41 54 - - - - -<br />
Coach: Martyn Whait<br />
Highest Ranking: 10 (May 2009)<br />
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