James Cluskey (born 18 August 1986) is a retired Irish professional tennis player, mainly playing doubles.

He was born in Dublin, Ireland[1] and attended Belvedere College along with fellow Irish tennis player James McGee.

2012 again saw a slow start to the year for Cluskey, but he managed to turn his fortunes around and take another doubles title in a futures event in Cividino.

Cluskey and Martin went on to have further success that year, winning futures events in Palma del Río and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, as well as making the quarter-finals of the Guzzini Challenger and the semi-finals of the President's Cup.

As costs began to mount up he was beginning to consider quitting tennis[8] until he spectacularly turned his from round by teaming up with old partner Fabrice Martin to win the PTT Cup.

His good form continued into the next couple of months as he won two more futures events and reached the final of the American Express – TED Open.

[9] He teamed up with David O'Hare and they nearly pulled off a shock result against Aliaksandr Bury and former world number one doubles player Max Mirnyi, losing in five sets after having had match points in the fourth.

[11] Clsukey continued to play with a variety of partners and his form began to improve in late May, having struggled earlier in the year, where he reached the semifinals of Karshi Challenger.

In July, partnering Mikhail Kukushkin, he made the cut for his first ever ATP World Tour event – the Swedish Open.

After back-to-back first-round exits in Segovia and Prague, Cluskey recovered to reach the semi-finals of the Maserati Challenger with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela.