Jamie Hampton

Jamie Hampton

Hampton at the 2013 French Open
Full name	Jamie Lee Hampton
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Auburn, Alabama, United States
Born	(1990-01-08) January 8, 1990 Frankfurt, West Germany
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	September 2009
Retired	May 2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,017,477
Singles
Career record	184–113
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (July 29, 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	4R (2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	3R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	47–40
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 74 (May 21, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2010)
Last updated on: March 11, 2014.

Jamie Lee Hampton (born January 8, 1990) is a former American professional tennis player. On July 29, 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world no. 24.

Early life

Hampton was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, because her father, a career US Army officer, was stationed in Germany at the time. Her mother is from South Korea. Soon after, the family moved to the United States. She lived in Enterprise, Alabama, until she was 13; then, she moved to Auburn, Alabama and trained with tennis coach Geoff Waring in Montgomery, Alabama. Before graduating from Auburn High School in 2008, Hampton twice won the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title. Hampton turned pro in 2009, playing her first US Open in 2010.

Professional career

2012

After qualifying for the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Hampton fell in the first round to Monica Niculescu. As a qualifier, she advanced to the second round of the Australian Open with a win over Mandy Minella. She was then beaten by eventual finalist, Maria Sharapova. Next, Hampton played in Memphis International where she beat defending champion Magdaléna Rybáriková in the first round but then fell to Vera Dushevina.

She then received a wild card into the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California where she made it into the fourth round before having to retire due to cramping against Agnieszka Radwańska, having defeated former champion Jelena Janković in the second round en route. Hampton had to go through qualifying to play in the Sony Ericsson Open, and then lost in the first round to Polona Hercog, whom she had beaten earlier at the BNP Paribas Open. Her next tournament was the Family Circle Cup. She beat compatriot Sloane Stephens but then lost to U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur in the second round.

While struggling with back injuries during the clay court season, Hampton lost in qualifying at Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Internationaux de Strasbourg. Hampton was forced to retire in the first round of the French Open against Arantxa Rus due to an injury. After withdrawing from the Aegon Classic, Hampton upset 27 seed Daniela Hantuchová in the first round of Wimbledon. In the second round, she lost to Heather Watson.

Next up for Hampton was the U.S. Open, where she lost in the first round to Marion Bartoli. Her next tournament was the Korea Open where she went through qualifying. She then advanced to the second round but was beaten by Ekaterina Makarova. The next week Hampton played in the Toray Pan Pacific Open. After advancing to the third round with wins over Caroline Garcia and Kaia Kanepi, she fell short to Agnieszka Radwańska.

Her last tournament of the year was the HP Open in Osaka, Japan. She defeated Ayumi Morita and Tamarine Tanasugarn to get to the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed Samantha Stosur. With her best year on tour to date, Hampton ended the year ranked 71 in singles.

2013

Hampton started off 2013 by playing in the ASB Classic. In the first round, she defeated defending champion and fourth seed, Zheng Jie. In the next round, Hampton beat Marina Erakovic to get a place in the quarterfinals. She defeated Kiki Bertens in the quarterfinals. Hampton lost a tight two-set semifinal with two tiebreaks to 2012 Wimbledon runner-up and world no. 4 Agnieszka Radwańska.

Her next tournament was the Australian Open. In the first round, she upset 31st seed Urszula Radwańska. Hampton then crushed qualifier Luksika Kumkhum, 6–2, 6–1. In the third round, she faced defending champion Victoria Azarenka. The match lasted over two hours before Azarenka prevailed in three sets. Hampton suffered a lower-back injury late in the second set.

At the Brussels Open, Hampton defeated Roberta Vinci to reach the semifinals, but lost in straight sets to Kaia Kanepi.

At the French Open, Hampton defeated 25th seed Lucie Šafářová in the first round in a tough three-set match and flew by Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the second round. She defeated seventh seed Petra Kvitová in the third round in straight sets. Then she lost to Jelena Janković in the fourth round.

After qualifying for the 2013 Aegon International in Eastbourne, Hampton upset top seed and world no. 4 Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets in the first round, and then went on to beat Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals to reach her first WTA final. She lost in the final to Elena Vesnina in straight sets.

She lost to Sloane Stephens in the first round of Wimbledon.

Hampton reached the semifinals of the 2013 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, where she was seeded fourth. With this result, she reached a career-high ranking of no. 24.

At the US Open, where Hampton was seeded at a Major for the first time, she reached the third round, but was again defeated by Sloane Stephens.

2014

Hampton had a strong start to her 2014 season, advancing to the semifinals of the ASB Classic, when she was forced to withdraw due to a hip injury against Venus Williams.

She subsequently withdrew from the Australian Open, and then underwent six surgeries over the next 18 months. She has not returned to the tour since.

2020: Retirement

In May 2020, six years after playing her last match on tour, Hampton announced on Twitter that she was retiring for the tour due to nagging injuries.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	June 22, 2013	Aegon International, United Kingdom	Grass	Elena Vesnina	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	September 18, 2011	Bell Challenge, Canada	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals 12 (5–7)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in final	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 June 2006	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Alexa Glatch	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	23 June 2008	Wichita, United States	Hard	Lauren Embree	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	18 October 2009	Cleveland, United States	Hard	Kyle Mcphillips	6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	4.	24 January 2010	Lutz, United States	Clay	Mandy Minella	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	7 March 2010	Hammond, United States	Hard	Zhang Shuai	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	11 April 2010	Jackson, United States	Clay	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	5–7, 3–6
Winner	7.	18 April 2010	Osprey, United States	Clay	Florencia Molinero	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	27 June 2010	Boston, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	6–2, 6–1
Winner	9.	11 July 2010	Grapevine, United States	Hard	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	13 September 2010	Redding, United States	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	7 November 2010	Grapevine, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–7(1), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	7 August 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Aleksandra Wozniak	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 September 2009	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico	Hard	Whitney Jones	Natalia Guitler Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	6–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	18 October 2009	Cleveland, United States	Clay	Grace Min	Taraka Bertrand Elizabeth Lumpkin	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 November 2009	Rock Hill, United States	Clay	Lauren Albanese	Sharon Fichman Anna Tatishvili	6–7(5), 6–4, [3–10]
Winner	4.	3 April 2010	Pelham, United States	Clay	Mallory Cecil	Chan Chin-wei Nicole Kriz	6-4, 6-3
Winner	5.	13 February 2011	Midland, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Irina Falconi Alison Riske	w/o
Runner-up	6.	7 August 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Kristýna Plíšková Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 2-6, [2-10]
Runner-up	7.	9 October 2011	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Ajla Tomljanović	Maria Abramović Eva Hrdinová	6-2, 2-6, [4-10]
Winner	8.	1 November 2011	Grapevine, United States	Hard	Zhang Shuai	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–4, 6–0
Winner	9.	13 November 2011	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Ajla Tomljanović	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through 2015 US Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
French Open	A	LQ	1R	4R	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 1	1–2
US Open	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	2–4	7–4			0 / 11	9–11

Doubles performance timeline

Current through 2015 US Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open											0 / 0	0–0
French Open											0 /0	0–0
Wimbledon											0 / 0	0–0
US Open	1R	1R	1R		2R	1R					0 / 5	1–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0-0	0 / 5	1–5

External links

• Jamie Hampton at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jamie Hampton at the International Tennis Federation