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{{Short description|American tennis player (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Bo Hodge
| image =
| fullname = James Boukedes Hodge
| country_represented = {{Flagu|United States}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|13}}
| birth_place = [[Athens, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 6 ft 4 in
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = $31,130
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 497 (August 12, 2002)
| USOpenresult = Q1 ([[2002 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2002]])
| doublesrecord = 0–2
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 439 (November 26, 2001)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2003 US Open – Men's doubles|2003]])
}}
'''James Boukedes "Bo" Hodge''' (born December 13, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player.
Hodge, a native of [[Athens, Georgia]], won a high school state title at Athens Academy and later studied at Boca Prep in Florida, where he had [[Andy Roddick]] and [[Mardy Fish]] as teammates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bricker |first1=Charles |title=BOCA 5: BOYS, BATTLERS, BUDDIES |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-04-06-0404060158-story.html |work=[[Sun Sentinel]] |date=April 6, 2004}}</ref>
A four-time All-American for the [[University of Georgia]], Hodge was a member of the 2001 NCAA championship winning team and was an NCAA doubles finalist with [[John Isner]] in 2004. He was ranked as high as two in the national collegiate rankings. His father Mark had played tight end for the University of Georgia's football team during the 1970s.<ref name="SI">{{cite news |title=Attention Deficit |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2017/12/04/attention-deficit |work=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=December 4, 2017 |language=en-us}}</ref>
On the professional tour, Hodge attained a best singles world ranking of 497 and won one [[ITF Futures]] title. He competed in the doubles main draw of the [[2003 US Open (tennis)|2003 US Open]] as a wildcard pairing with Mardy Fish, who he later coached on tour.<ref name="SI"/>
Hodge served as associate head coach for the University of Georgia men's team from 2015 to 2017, until being suspended while he was under police investigation for possessing [[Adderall]] without a prescription.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spain |first1=Kevin |last2=Perez |first2=A.J. |title=Felony charge filed against Georgia assistant tennis coach |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2017/07/11/felony-charge-filed-against-georgia-assistant-tennis-coach/468761001/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> It was revealed that he had been borrowing pills off Georgia players and also once bought some off the son of head coach [[Manuel Diaz (tennis)|Manny Diaz]].<ref name="SI"/> He received three years of probation on the possession charge and lost his coaching job.<ref name="SI"/>
==ITF Futures titles==
===Singles: (1)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!No.
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|1.
|{{dts|Jun 2002}}
|Jamaica F7, [[Montego Bay]]
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Colombo]]
|6–4, 6–3
|}
===Doubles: (4)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!No.
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|1.
|{{dts|Jul 2001}}
|USA F17A, [[Quogue]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Sell]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Austin <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Colombo]]
|6–4, 6–4
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|2.
|{{dts|Jul 2001}}
|USA F17B, [[Pittsburgh]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Colombo]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Adriano Biasella]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Lipsky]]
|6–1, 6–7<sup>(6)</sup>, 6–4
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|3.
|{{dts|Sep 2001}}
|Mexico F6, [[Guadalajara]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Matías Boeker]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Vikrant Chadha <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Nunez]]
|6–2, 6–3
|-style="background:#cffcff;"
|4.
|{{dts|Sep 2001}}
|Mexico F7, [[Puerto Vallarta]]
|Hard
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Matías Boeker]]
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Luis Fernando Manrique]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Kiantki Thomas
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(3)</sup>
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{ATP|h538}}
* {{ITF profile|bo-hodge/800208579/usa}}
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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male tennis players]]
[[Category:Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players]]
[[Category:Tennis players from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Athens, Georgia]]
[[Category:Tennis coaches from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:American sportspeople convicted of crimes]]