Jan-Michael Charles Gambill (born June 3, 1977 in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

, United States) is an American tennis

Tennis

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 player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001. Best known for his unusual double-handed forehand, he is coached by his father Chuck Gambill, who also coaches Jan-Michael's younger brother Torrey.

Gambill began playing tennis at the age of five, looking up to multiple Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 singles titlists Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors

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 and John McEnroe

John McEnroe

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. He has defeated, among others, former World No. 1 players Roger Federer

Roger Federer

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, Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...

, Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...

, Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

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, and Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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.

Gambill is sponsored by Prince

Prince Sports

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 for both his racquets and apparel. He currently resides in Hawaii

Hawaii

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.

Gambill is currently playing for the Boston Lobsters

Boston Lobsters

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 in the World Team Tennis

World Team Tennis

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 league. He was featured as a "dream blind date" on the April 12, 2009 and April 19, 2009 episodes of the VH-1 reality show "Tough Love

Tough Love (TV series)

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", in which matchmaker Steve Ward set him up with Natasha. However, their relationship did not take off and at the end of the April 19 episode, Gambill stated he did not wish to date Natasha any further.

Gambill in September, 2009 reached the semi-finals of the U.S.A. F23 (l. to No.2 seed Michael McClune

Michael McClune

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), in his first tour tennis action of the year.

Gambill is currently a member of the tennis staff at the Coto de Caza Golf & Tennis club in Southern California.

Grand Slam and ATP Tour singles titles

Legend

Grand Slam tournaments (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	March 8, 1999	Scottsdale Tennis Channel Open The Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 2–6, 6–3... , United States	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...	7–6(2), 4–6, 6–4
2.	March 5, 2001	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....	7–5, 6–4
3.	March 10, 2003	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...	6–0, 7–6(5)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 French Open.

Tournament	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	-	-	-	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-
French Open	-	-	-	-	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	-
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	-	-	-	-	3R	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	2R	-
US Open	-	-	-	1R	2R	2R	4R	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R

External links

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