ATP • World No. 950 • 23 pts • 
New Zealand
James Watt
Age 26born Hamilton
Last match 19 Sept · lost to Sho Shimabukuro
New Zealand World No. 950 James Watt is 8–10 in 2026.
James Watt’s last match was on 19 Sept at ATP Davis Cup - World Group I, a loss to Sho Shimabukuro.
As of 8 October 2026, 19:46 UTC.
Next match
Opponent, time and what people predict.
No match scheduled right now. Last played 19 Sept at ATP Davis Cup - World Group I: lost to Sho Shimabukuro 6–3 3–6 4–6.
World ranking
No. 950
Down 8 places since 28 Sept
2026 season
8–10
Last 5 matches
W L W L L
Career titles
0
8–10
2026 record
18 matches through 19 Sept.
- Hard
- 4–3
- Clay
- 0–2
- Grass
- 3–3
3
Match winning streak
At Noumea, 3 Jan to 6 Jan.
- Deciding sets
- 1–3
- Tiebreaks
- 8–3
Tournament Run
James Watt is not in a draw this week - the bracket appears once a tournament starts.
News & Insights
What is happening around James Watt - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.
No fresh headlines about James Watt from our sources yet.
Serve & return, 2026
How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the ATP top 100.
14 matches with statistics
On serve about tour average at holding serve
- Aces per match
- 11.0 tour median 6.1 · more than most
- Double faults per match
- 1.9 tour median 2.6 · fewer than most
- 1st serve points won
- 72% tour median 73%
- 2nd serve points won
- 56% tour median 52%
- Service games held
- 82% tour median 82%
- Break points saved
- 66% tour median 63%
On return 12 points worse than the ATP median at converting break points
- Return games won
- 10% tour median 22%
- Break points converted
- 28% tour median 40%
Career
0 singles titles · best year-end No. 706 (2025). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.
Results
Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Tournament | Score | People predicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2026 | L | Sho Shimabukuro | ATP Davis Cup - World Group I | 6–3 3–6 4–6 | |
| 18 Aug 2026 | L |  Ugo Blanchet | Quebec City (Canada) · Qualifying final | 7–6(3) 2–6 5–7 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | W |  Tristan Boyer | Quebec City (Canada) · Qualifying semi-finals | 7–6(10) 6–2 | |
| 14 Jun 2026 | L |  Alastair Gray | Nottingham · Qualifying final | 1–6 1–6 | |
| 13 Jun 2026 | W |  Timofey Skatov | Nottingham · Qualifying semi-finals | 7–6(5) 6–7(2) 7–6(8) | |
| 7 Jun 2026 | L | Daniel Evans | Ilkley · Qualifying semi-finals | 4–6 2–6 | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | L |  Harry Wendelken | Birmingham · Round of 32 | 4–6 7–6(5) 6–7(3) | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | W |  August Holmgren | Birmingham · Qualifying final | 6–2 7–5 |
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| 31 May 2026 | W | Antoine Ghibaudo | Birmingham · Qualifying semi-finals | 7–6(2) 6–4 | |
| 11 May 2026 | L | Andres Martin | Oeiras 6 · Qualifying semi-finals | 4–6 4–6 | |
| 3 May 2026 | L | Franco Agamenone | Francavilla · Qualifying semi-finals | 3–6 3–6 | |
| 8 Feb 2026 | W |  Andrej Nedic | ATP Davis Cup - World Group I | 6–3 7–6(4) | |
| 7 Feb 2026 | L | Mirza Basic | ATP Davis Cup - World Group I | 2–6 6–7(5) | |
| 12 Jan 2026 | L |  Jenson Brooksby | Auckland · Round of 32 | 4–6 3–6 | |
| 7 Jan 2026 | L |  Bernard Tomic | Noumea · Round of 16 | 4–6 6–3 1–4 ret. | |
| 6 Jan 2026 | W | Leo Vithoontien | Noumea · Round of 32 | 7–6(5) 6–1 | |
| 4 Jan 2026 | W | Shunsuke Nakagawa | Noumea · Qualifying final | 6–3 6–4 | |
| 3 Jan 2026 | W |  Daisuke Sumizawa | Noumea · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–3 6–4 |