LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
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IAN PAYNE <strong>2013</strong><br />
KEY FACTS<br />
Born: 07 March 1997<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
quad division<br />
Lives: East Farleigh, Kent<br />
Career Titles (singles): 0<br />
CAREER:<br />
Born with cerebral palsy, Ian began playing wheelchair tennis at the age of four. He competed in<br />
his first national tournament in Cardiff in 2007 and in 2008 he finished third in the junior boys’<br />
singles at the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships, while also winning the junior doubles.<br />
A year later Ian won the junior boys’ singles at the 2009 National Championships. He won the<br />
men’s B Division doubles at the 2010 British Open in Nottingham and at the 2011 National<br />
Championships in Gloucester.<br />
Whilst achieving what is still his career best junior world ranking of 29 in January 2009, Ian was<br />
selected to attend the ITF Junior Camp in Belgium in 2011. The same year he made his debut in<br />
the quad division.<br />
Amongst his most notable results since the start of 2012, Ian was a semi-finalist in the quad<br />
singles and a finalist in the quad doubles at the North West Challenge. He went on to reach the<br />
quad singles quarter-finals at the Belgian Open last July.<br />
Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />
Coach: Craig McEwan<br />
Highest Ranking: 40 (January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />
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