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

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 retired from the tour in 1994, having amassed a 286–223 singles playing record and over $1,800,000 in prize money.

2 tennis player, Andrea Jaeger, he won the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship.

Arias served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.