Currently
Lead coach for the high performance pro group at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar
December 2021-to-date
- Coach of Yaroslav Demin (RUS, career high ATP #1278, ITF junior #1, Wimbledon boys finalist 2023, Roland Garros boys doubles winner 2023)
September 2021-to-date
- Coach of Coleman Chak Lam Wong (HKG, ATP Career High #555, ex-ITF junior #11, Australian Open boys doubles winner 2022, US Open boys doubles winner 2021, US Open boy singles semi-finalist 2022)
September 2020-to-date
- Coach of Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR, ATP Career High #235, ex-ITF junior #27, Wimbledon boys doubles finalist 2021)
- Coach of Daniel Rincon (ESP, ATP career high #269, ITF junior world #2, US Open boys champion 2021, Wimbledon boys doubles finalist 2021)
- Coach of Rafael Giotis (GER, ATP career high #1216)
August 2022-July 2023
- Coach of Daniel Adolfo Vallejo (PAR, ITF junior #1, ATP Career High #488, US Open boys semi-finalist)
September 2021-December 2022
- Coach of Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK, ITF junior #18, ATP Career High #739)
September 2020-June 2022
- Coach of Marc Ktiri (ESP)(career high ATP #1350, ex-ITF junior #57)
September 2020-August 2021
- Coach of Pedro Vives Marcos (ESP, career high ATP #578)
- Coach of Max Basing (GBR, former ITF junior #266, career high ATP #765)
- Coach of Michael Francis Eala (PHI, former ITF junior #107, career high ATP #1475)
- Coach of Aaron Cohen (ISR, former ITF junior #320, career high ATP #1401)
Coaching Career
September 2022-to-date
- Lead coach of high performance pro group
September 2020-August 2022
- Coach of high performance pro group
September 2019-August 2020
- Lead coach Under 18 at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar
October 1, 2018-August 2019
- Under 18 Coach at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar
ATP career high in singles: #2052
ATP career high in doubles: #1454
ITF juniors career high: #437
Career high National Swiss ranking: #28
Career high French ranking: -15
Best victories:
Hicham Khaddari (ATP #492), Michael Zhu (ATP #909), Tom Jomby (ATP #337), Mor Bulis (ATP #488), Alon Elia (ATP #807), Claude Benz (ATP #1061), Gilles De Sousa (ATP #554), Dmitri Perevoschikov (ATP #947), Joachim Bjerke (ATP #912), Kevin Griekspoor (ATP #655), Shalva Dzhanashiya (ATP #622), Aria Harajchi (ATP #917)
Sparring partner of:
Rafael Nadal, Fabio Fognini, Nicolas Almagro, Tommy Robredo, Guido Pella, Pablo Andujar, Dusan Lajovic, Damir Dzumhur, James Duckworth, Amir Weintraub, Kyle Edmund, Eric Prodon, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Sebastian Ofner, Gonçalo Oliveira, Bernabe Zapata, Garbine Muguruza, Johanna Konta, Maria Sakkari, Lara Arruabarena, Sílvia Soler, Cedrik Marcel Stebe
- Official sparring partner at the ATP Qatar Open 2018
Trained at:
Ad In tennis academy (2014-2017) under Albert Portas, German Puentes
Catalan tennis Federation (2009-2012) under Albert Costa
Sanchez-Casal Barcelona (2004-2007) under Joan Balcells
2020
GPTCA A-level International Coach
2019
GPTCA B-Level International Coach
2018
GPTCA C-Level International Coach
Spanish Professional Tennis Registry
Level 1: National Professional (150 hours coaching)
Level 2: European Professional (300 hours coaching)
Level 3: International professional (450 hours coaching)
Level 4: Professional Tennis Director (600 hours coaching)
2013
Foundation degree in Sport, Fitness and Health with coaching (The Open University)
2011
Certificate of Higher education in Sport, Fitness and Management (The Open University)
Graduated from University of Miami Online High School (Class of 2008)
2004-2007
Attended Schiller International High School Barcelona
James Allemby
Email: james_allemby@hotmail.com / jallemby@rafanadalacademy.com
Phone no.: +34 697643928
