Jamea Jackson

Jamea Jackson at the 2007 Acura Classic.
Country	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 23)
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	51 kg (113 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$435,681
Singles
Career record	120–86
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF titles
Highest ranking	No. 45 (November 13, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, '06)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	7–23
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF titles
Highest ranking	No. 266 (October 30, 2006)
Last updated on: August 25, 2008.

Jamea Jackson (born September 7, 1986), is a female American former tennis player. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2006.

Jackson was born in Atlanta, Georgia and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Contents 1 Tennis career 2 WTA Tour singles finals 3 Personal 4 External links

[edit] Tennis career

She has won two ITF Women's Circuit singles titles. The first was in 2003 in Dallas, Texas, and the second was in 2004 in Tucson, Arizona.

Jackson is the first tennis player ever to use the instant replay system in a tour level match, challenging a call in her first round win at the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami, against compatriot Ashley Harkleroad. She led the United States Fed Cup team to a victory over Germany on April 23, 2006. She won both her matches to notch the win for the U.S. Jackson reached her first WTA Tour final on June 17, 2006 when she beat Maria Sharapova in Birmingham on grass. However, she was defeated by Vera Zvonareva in the final match of the DFS Classic. On the 28th of August she retired from pro tennis due to injury.

[edit] WTA Tour singles finals

• 2006: Birmingham (lost to Vera Zvonareva 6–7(12) 6–7(5))

[edit] Personal

Jamea's father, Ernest, played in the NFL as cornerback for the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Detroit Lions.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Jamea Jackson profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Jamea Jackson at the International Tennis Federation
• Jamea Jackson at the Fed Cup