James Shortall

{{Short description|New Zealand tennis player}}

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| name = James Shortall

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Feilding, New Zealand

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| careerprizemoney = $17,765

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 684 (8 Apr 2002)

| doublesrecord = 2–2

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 313 (14 Oct 2002)

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James Shortall (born 25 December 1979) is a New Zealand former professional tennis player.

Born and raised in Feilding, Shortall played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Mississippi. In 2000 he and teammate Vikrant Chadha made the doubles semi-finals of the NCAA championships.{{cite news |title='Make your mark at home' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4772465/Make-your-mark-at-home |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=15 March 2011 |language=en}}

Shortall represented the New Zealand Davis Cup team between 2000 and 2003. He was a two-time doubles quarter-finalist at the Heineken Open and won four ITF Futures titles in doubles.{{cite news |title=Tennis: Shortall beats off teenage rival to clinch residential title |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/tennis-shortall-beats-off-teenage-rival-to-clinch-residential-title/U3K2RPRMHERXMRXMELFZK63EE4/ |work=NZ Herald |date=21 December 2003 |language=en-NZ}}