James Arias (born August 16, 1964) is a retired tennis touring professional player from the United States.

Arias was born in Grand Island, New York on August 16, 1964.^[2]

A baseliner, Arias turned pro at age 16 in 1980. His peak year was 1983, when as a 19-year-old he finished the year ranked World No. 6, having reached the U.S. Open semi-finals by defeating Jonathan Canter, Tom Gullikson, Gianni Ocleppo, Joakim Nyström and Yannick Noah, and then lost to Ivan Lendl. He also won the Italian Open and three other tour grand prix events.

He reached his career high ranking of World No. 5 in April 1984. He retired from the tour in 1994, having amassed a 286–223 singles playing record and over $1,800,000 in prize money.

With former World No. 2 tennis player, Andrea Jaeger, he won the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship.

Arias serves as a commentator for ESPN International and Tennis Channel. Arias served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3] In Canada, he has worked as an analyst for Rogers Sportsnet and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the broadcasts of the Rogers Cup.^[4]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1981	French Open	Clay	Andrea Jaeger	Betty Stöve Fred McNair	7–6, 6–4

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1982	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	José Higueras	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1982	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Dominique Bedel	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	May 1983	Florence, Italy	Clay	Francesco Cancellotti	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	May 1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	José Higueras	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–4
Win	4–2	Aug 1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jul 1983	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 1983	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win	5–4	Sep 1983	Palermo, Italy	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	5–5	May 1985	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	May 1985	Florence, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–7	Oct 1985	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Scott Davis	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	5–8	Apr 1987	Monte Carlo Open, Monaco	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	May 1988	Charleston, U.S.	Clay	Andre Agassi	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–10	Jan 1990	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Thomas Muster	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	5–11	May 1991	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Jaime Yzaga	3–6, 5–7

• Jimmy Arias at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jimmy Arias at the International Tennis Federation
• Jimmy Arias at the Davis Cup
• Induction into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame page