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Welcome to Jim Thomas's official website. Check regularly for frequent updates of Jim's results, schedule, photos, a messageboard for fans to chat, and some thoughts from Jim. Please let me know if you intend to use any of the material from this website. Thanks for visiting!

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May 19th. Jim is in Casablanca, playing with Dominik Hrbaty. They face Mayer/Schuettler in the first round. Jim's ranking has climbed 9 spots this week, to #60. A good jump, ahead of Wimbledon and the grass season.

May 18th. 4 and 4 victors, for Jim's 2nd challenger title of the year, and 13th career challenger. He is now off to Casblanca. Harel is going to Paris to prepare, as he will of course be playing singles also. They will however be playing Surbiton together.

May 17th. 62 46 10-5. 3rd on Center court from 11.30am today, against Matthias Bachinger & Daniel Brands, both of Germany.

May 15th. Another win, 7-6(6), 6-3 and now play Aranguren/Slanar in the semis. 2nd on Court 1 from 2pm.

May 14th. 75 57 12-10. Now play WCs Elias/Tavares in QFs.

May 12th. Jim & Harel #1 seeds in San Remo, Italy. Play Manuel Jorquera and Gabriel Trujillo-Soler. Last match on Court 5 tomorrow. Jim lost 26 64 67(4) to Fabio Colangelo in first round singles quallies.

May 6th. 6-2, 6-7(2), [7-10].

May 4th. Jim is in Ostrava, Prague for the challenger. He and Tomas Cibulec are seeded third, against Juan-Martin Aranguren & Julio Silva in the first round. Only 3 weeks left til RG.

May 3rd. 2-6, 2-6 as the Rafa-esque clay court run comes to an end.

May 2nd. 7-6(6), 6-3 win for a place in the semis. There they meet Karol/Pospisil, not before 4pm on court 2.

May 1st. Slanar/Rosol lead 4-0 in the tiebreak, it got to 5-1, but Jim and Harel won the next 4 points to even it. On serve til 9-8 it seemed, then on Slanar/Rosol's serve, they took the most important point in the match! 3-6 7-5 10-8. Good, tight match to come through. Adrian Cruciat (ROU)/Jan Minar (CZE) in the QFs.

Apr 30th. 4th match on Court 3 from 1pm: http://www.pragueopen.cz/2008/schedule.php 

Apr 27th. Levy & Thomas [ISR/USA, 4] vs. Haggard & Luczak [RSA/AUS] | 6-7 (4) 6-4 11-9. Get in!! Awesome week, to win a clay title albeit Challenger, I didn't see this coming. Hopefully that gives him confience for the rest of the clay season. Next up is the Prague challenger, Jim and Harel are #2 seeds and play Rosol/Slanar in the first round. Good to see Jim grinding it out in some challengers to try and pick up points and suchlike. Keep the wins coming buddy, good luck.

Apr 26th. Through to the final! 67(6) 63 10-7. Play Haggard/Luczak in the final, not before 2pm on Center court tomorrow. Great turnaround for Jim, good luck.

Apr 25th. 63 75 win. Greg Jones & Donald Young in semis.

Apr 24th. I guess they reseeded after some alternates got in? Jim and Harel played WCs Arnold Ker/Hood instead, and won 46 63 10-7. Koellerer/Okun in the quarters. Vamos Jim! 4th on Center from 11am today.

Apr 21st. Bermuda - Jim you said you would return, with your record! Jim got WC into singles quallies, somehow #8 seed, beat WC Gregory Chambaz 61 26 62. Lost to #3 seed Nikita Kryvonos, of the USA in qualifying round. In doubles, Jim and Harel are #3 seeds and play Nishikori/Roitman in the first round. In the rankings, Jim has fallen 9 places to #61, his lowest since August 22nd 2005.

Apr 15th. 5-7, 0-6.

Apr 14th. Jim played Vicente 2nd match on Court 5 from 10am today. After a good effort, he went down 3-6, 2-6 in 1h14. Jim & Harel Levy are #4 seeds, playing Gulbis/Schuettler in the first round. They will play first match on Center court not before 1.30pm today.

Apr 12th. 6-7(3), 6-3, [7-10]. Jimbo is in Houston, playing singles quallies. In a 16-draw, he plays #3 seed Fernando Vicente in the first round, who is currently ranked #173 in singles.

Apr 10th. Well done guys, they won 6-2, 7-5 and now play another WC pair in the quarters - Lester Cook & Kevin Kim. This will be
3rd on Stadium court from 11am today. Vamos!

Apr 9th. Jim and Chris play third match from 6pm on Stadium court today. Good luck guys!

Apr 7th. Jim is playing the Puerto Rico challenger this week. Heplayed singles quallies - had a bye in first round, and lost to #3 seed George Bastl 0 and 1 in the second round. He and Chris Haggard are #2 seeds and play the wildcard pairing of Alberto Francis & Tim Smyczek. They aren't on Tuesday's schedule, so expect to see them get out on Wednesday.

Mar 19th. Lost to Guccione/Haase 4 and 4 in first round.

Mar 13th. Jim has had a few days of rest in San Diego, now in Indian Wells to practice for a few days (not planning to get in). Then, Sunrise challenger with Ross Hutchins. After that, he is not yet sure. I have some photos from the charity event, will put up on the site soon.

Mar 5th. Guccione/Hewitt df Thomas/Butorac 64 76(5). Jim went with Amer Delic and Sam Querrey to visit the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas.

Current Tournament
Puerto Rico $50k Challenger
Humacao, Puerto Rico
April 7 - 13, 2008

Next Tournament
US Men's Clay Court Championships
Houston, Texas
April 14 - 20, 2008

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Tuesday, 1st June 2004