Jimmy Arias is an American tennis player who was born in Grand Island, New York and became the youngest person ever to achieve a world ranking at the age of 15.  Meanwhile at 16, in 1980, he turned professional and became the youngest player to win a main draw singles match at the US Open. Jimmy subsequently rose to world’s Top 20 within two years. And then, his peak was in 1983, when as a 19-year-old he finished the year ranked world No. 6, having reached the US ...Read More

Jimmy Arias is an American tennis player who was born in Grand Island, New York and became the youngest person ever to achieve a world ranking at the age of 15.  Meanwhile at 16, in 1980, he turned professional and became the youngest player to win a main draw singles match at the US Open. Jimmy subsequently rose to world’s Top 20 within two years. And then, his peak was in 1983, when as a 19-year-old he finished the year ranked world No. 6, having reached the US Open semifinals by defeating Jonathan Canter, Tom Gullikson, Gianni Ocleppo, Joakim Nystrom and Yannick Noah and then lost to Ivan Lendl. He also won the Italian Open and three other grand prix events. In 1982, Jimmy captured his first ATP title in Tokyo and reached the singles final at both the Washington D.C. and Indianapolis events. He also won the French Open mixed doubles title with former world No.2 Andrea Jaeger in 1981.

During his best year of professional career in 1983, he captured four ATP titles and reached the semi-finals of US Open. And he also earned a position in the year-end Masters event. Meanwhile he was also a recipient of the 1983 ATP most Improved Award.

In 1985, Jimmy achieved a career high world ranking of 5 and reached the quarterfinals of French open, losing to John McEnroe. Later that year, he played his first grass court event making the Round of 16 at Wimbledon. And then he went on to clinch the Bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where tennis was a demonstration sport.

Jimmy managed to achieve upset victories over some big shots and legends of the game like- Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Mats Wilander, Pat Cash, Goran Ivanisevic,Yannick Noah, Andres Gomez and Aaron Krickstein. He was a member of the American Davis Cup teams from 1983-87.

Since his retirement from professional ranks, he has been involved in the game as both coach and commentator for ESPN, The Tennis Channel, Rogers Sportsnet and the Canadian Network.

Grand Slam Singles results: 

Australian Open: 3R (1991)

French Open: QF (1985)

Wimbledon : R of 16 (1985)

US Open: SF (1983)

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