London 2012

Jamie Burdekin

Jamie Burdekin

In 2003 Jamie was introduced to Wheelchair Tennis at a Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis camp in Nottingham. In 2004 he made his debut for Great Britain at the World Team Cup in New Zealand.

  • Events:
    Wheelchair Tennis, Quad
  • Home Town:
    Liverpool
  • Lives:
    Liverpool
  • Trains:
    South Ribble Tennis Centre, Preston
  • Date Of Birth:
    10th December 1979
  • Games Attended:
    London 12, Beijing 08

Jamie won his first major international Quad Singles title at the Queensland Open in Australia in 2008 and later that year he was competing for Great Britain in his third World Team Cup when he found out he had been selected to make his Paralympic Games debut in Beijing, where he went on to partner Peter Norfolk to the Quad Doubles bronze medal.

He was also a member of Great Britain’s World Team Cup team that won the Quad title in 2009 before winning bronze in the same event in 2011 and silver in 2012. Jamie achieved his career high Quad Singles ranking of No. 5 in May 2009 and has firmly established himself inside the world’s top 10 since then.

Jamie made his second Games appearance in front of a home crowd at London 2012, where he came up against the world no. 2 Noam Gershony from Israel. Gershony, who went on to take gold in the Quad Singles, defeated Jamie after three sets, with a final score of 6-3, 3-6, 3-6.

Jamie trains at South Ribble Tennis Centre near Preston. Off the court, he is a keen Everton FC supporter and is devoted to his son Charlie and fiancée Kelly.

A former Royal Marine, Jamie was injured in a car accident in Liverpool in 2000 when he was 21.

Major Results

  • 2012 London Paralympic Games
  • Quad Singles: Last 16
     
  • 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
  • Quad Singles: Last 16
    Quad Doubles (with Peter Norfolk GBR): Bronze
  • 2012 Japan Open, Iizuka, Japan
  • Quad Singles: Quarter-Final
    Quad Doubles (with Peter Norfolk GBR): Winner
  • 2012 Korea Open, Seoul, Korea
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
    Quad Doubles (with Anders Hard SWE): Winner
  • 2012 Pensacola Open, Pensacola, USA
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
    Quad Doubles (with Peter Norfolk GBR): Runner-Up
  • 2012 Cajun Classic, Baton Rouge, USA
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
    Quad Doubles (with Andy Lapthorne GBR): Runner-Up
  • 2012 Sydney International, Sydney, Australia
  • Quad Doubles (with Andy Lapthorne GBR): Runner-Up
  • 2012 Melbourne Open, Melbourne, Australia
  • Quad Singles: Winner
  • 2011 Nottingham Indoor, Nottingham, UK
  • Quad Singles: Winner
  • 2011 Sardinia Open, Alghero, Italy
  • Quad Singles: Runner-Up
    Quad Doubles (with Andy Lapthorne GBR): Winner
  • 2011 British Open, Nottingham, UK
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
    Quad Doubles (with John Parfitt GBR): Semi-Final
  • 2011 Swiss Open, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Quad Single: Semi-Final
    Quad Doubles (with John Parfitt GBR): Runner-Up
  • 2011 Polish Open, Plock, Poland
  • Quad Singles: Winner
    Quad Doubles (with Dorrie Timmermans NED): Runner-Up
  • 2011 Florida Open, Boca Raton, USA
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
  • 2011 Cajun Classic, Baton Rouge, USA
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
  • 2011 Sydney International, Sydney, Australia
  • Quad Singles: Semi-Final
  • 2011 Melbourne Open, Melbourne, Australia
  • Quad Singles: Runner-Up
  • 2010 Tennis Canada International, Montreal, Canada
  • Quad Singles: Winner
  • 2009 US Open Super Series, St. Louis, USA
  • Quad Doubles (with Johan Andersson SWE): Runner-Up
  • 2009 British Open, Nottingham, UK
  • Quad Doubles (with Peter Norfolk GBR): Runner-Up
  • 2009 Sardinia Open, Alghero, Italy
  • Quad Doubles (with Johan Andersson SWE): Winner
  • 2009 Swiss Open, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Quad Singles: Runner-Up
    Quad Doubles (with Andy Lapthorne): Runner-Up
  • 2009 Czech Open,  Prostejov, Czech Republic
  • Quad Singles: Winner
  • 2009 Pensacola Open, Pensacola, USA
  • Quad Singles: Runner-Up
    Quad Doubles (with Sarah Hunter CAN): Runner-Up

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