26 Facts About James Cluskey

James Cluskey was born on 18 August 1986 and is a retired Irish professional tennis player, mainly playing doubles.

James Cluskey was born in Dublin, Ireland and attended Belvedere College along with fellow Irish tennis player James McGee.

James Cluskey reached the final of the men's doubles and won the mixed doubles at the national championships.

James Cluskey then took the decision in 2005 to move to the United States, where he played college tennis for Louisiana State University.

James Cluskey had a successful four years there where he achieved a national doubles ranking of 3 with partner Ken Skupski.

James Cluskey played his first futures event in Limerick in June 2006.

James Cluskey reached the quarter-finals of the doubles with university teammate Ken Skupski and qualified for the main draw of the singles, reaching the second round.

James Cluskey's form earned him a call up to the Irish Davis Cup team for their match against Slovenia where he narrowly lost a tense five set match in the doubles rubber.

James Cluskey continued playing futures during the summer months when he was not attending university.

James Cluskey won his first ever Challenger level match in 2008 at the Shelbourne Irish Open, partnering Colin O'Brien.

In 2010 James Cluskey started to make his first breakthroughs at futures level.

James Cluskey won his first doubles tournament in Eilat partnering Michael Venus, who he had played with at university.

James Cluskey then went on to win a further three futures events that year, in Edinburgh, Dublin and Jurmala, partnering compatriot Colin O'Brien.

James Cluskey's ranking enabled him to enter a couple of Challenger tournaments at the start of 2011.

James Cluskey went from strength to strength in 2011 and won a further two futures titles, along with reaching six finals.

James Cluskey partnered Jean Andersen in three of these finals although they only won one of them.

James Cluskey had some success with other partners, reaching the semi-finals of the Turk Telecom Izmir Cup with Matwe Middelkoop.

James Cluskey started 2013 in the same excellent form he had finished 2012 in.

James Cluskey then followed up this success only two weeks later, this time winning the Guimaraes Open with Maximillian Neuchrist.

James Cluskey's form saw him recalled to the Irish Davis Cup team for the first time since 2011.

James Cluskey teamed up with David O'Hare and they nearly pulled off a shock result against Aliaksandr Bury and former world number one doubles player Max Mirnyi, losing in five sets after having had match points in the fourth.

James Cluskey then went on to reach the final of a futures event in Nottingham with Liam Broady.

James Cluskey then reached the semifinals of the Prague Open.

James Cluskey then reached the final of the Guzzini Challenger with Lithuanian Laurynas Grigelis but they were defeated in the final set match tie-break.

James Cluskey failed to continue this form in the following week as he lost in the quarter-finals of the Tampere Open with partner Darren Walsh.

James Cluskey has represented the Irish Davis Cup team on eight separate occasions since his first appearance in 2006.