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Australian tennis player (born 1999)

Adam Walton
Walton at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 25)
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTennessee
Prize money$756,912
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 92 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 187 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Last updated on: 25 November 2024.
Canberra- 1 January 2023 - Australia's Adam Walton (WC)- in a round one qualifying match at the Canberra International ATP 100 Challenger tournament.

Adam Walton (born 17 April 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Walton has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 86 achieved on 5 August 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 4 March 2024. He has won two singles and three doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

College career

Walton played college tennis at the University of Tennessee, where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper.

Professional career

2023: First Challenger title

Walton won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger with Colin Sinclair.

2024: Masters and Major debuts and first wins, top 100

For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open. Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the 2024 Miami Open making his Masters debut.

Following his third singles title at the 2024 Taipei Challenger, with a win over Illya Marchenko he reached the top 100 at world No. 95 on 20 May 2024.

He also received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open. He recorded his first ATP main draw win at the 2024 Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann. He qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–4)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–7)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 M15 Champaign, USA World Tour Hard Argentina Axel Geller 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 M15 Waco, USA World Tour Hard Australia Li Tu 7–5, 0–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Brazil Fernando Yamacita 6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Peru Jorge Panta 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Ecuador Andrés Andrade 7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2023 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tour Hard Australia Alex Bolt 6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Win 4–3 May 2023 M15 Tbilisi, Georgia World Tour Hard Israel Orel Kimhi 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–3 Jun 2023 M25 Tulsa, USA World Tour Hard United States Nick Chappell 6–1, 6–3
Win 6–3 Aug 2023 Cary, USA Challenger Hard United States Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 6–4 Oct 2023 Tiburon, USA Challenger Hard United States Zachary Svajda 2–6, 2–6
Win 7–4 Feb 2024 Burnie, AUS Challenger Hard Australia Dane Sweeny 6–2, 7–6
Loss 7–5 Feb 2024 Pune, India Challenger Hard Monaco Valentin Vacherot 6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 7–6 Apr 2024 Acapulco, Mexico Challenger Hard France Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 May 2024 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 8–7 May 2024 Santaizi, Taiwan Challenger Hard Ukraine Illya Marchenko 3–6, 6–2, 7–6

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard United States Tyler Zink Japan Taisei Ichikawa

Japan Seita Watanabe

6–1, 6–7,
Win 1–1 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard United States Andrew Rogers United Kingdom Blu Baker

Japan Kosuke Ogura

6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Sep 2022 M25 Darwin, Australia World Tour Hard Australia Joshua Charlton Australia Calum Puttergill

Australia Dane Sweeny

6–7, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2022 M25 Cairns, Australia World Tour Hard Australia James McCabe Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair

United States Kyle Seelig

4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2023 M25 Burnie, Australia World Tour Hard Australia Calum Puttergill Australia Tristan Schoolkate

Australia Luke Saville

5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2023 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tour Hard United States Ezekiel Clark Peru Arklon Huertas del Pino

Peru Conner Huertas del Pino

4–6, 3–6
Win 2–5 Apr 2023 San Luis, Mexico Challenger Clay Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock

New Zealand Rubin Statham

5–7, 6–3,
Win 3–5 Jul 2023 Bloomfield Hills, USA Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Blake Ellis

Australia Calum Puttergill

7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–6 Jul 2023 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate United States Christian Harrison

Latvia Miķelis Lībietis

4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2023 Cary 1, USA Challenger Hard Latvia Miķelis Lībietis United States Evan King

United States Reese Stalder

3–6, 6–7
Loss 3–8 Jan 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Alex Bolt

Australia Luke Saville

7–5, 3–6,
Win 4–8 Feb 2024 Pune, India Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate France Dan Added

South Korea Chung Yun-seong

7–6, 7–5
Loss 4–9 Mar 2024 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Australia Tristan Schoolkate United States Ryan Seggerman

United States Patrik Trhac

7–5, 4–6,
Win 5–9 Sep 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Australia Blake Ellis India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli

India Arjun Kadhe

3–6, 7–5,

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A 2R 1 / 1 1–1
US Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 1 / 4 1–4
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 11 11
Titles 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0
Win/Loss 0–0 3–11 3–11
Win %  –  21% 21%
Year-end ranking 176 90 CHR: 86

Doubles

Tournament 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
2024 Career
Tournaments 3 3
Titles 0 0
Finals 0 0
Win/Loss 1–2 1–2
Win % 33% 33%
Year-end ranking 185 CHR: 134

References

  1. "Adam Walton | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "Adam Walton – Men's Tennis". University of Tennessee Athletics.
  3. Backus, Will. "Tennessee's Adam Walton, Pat Harper capture NCAA Doubles Championship in men's tennis". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  4. "Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards". 6 December 2023.
  5. "Felix wins Miami opener, sets Zverev clash". 21 March 2024.
  6. "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. "Adam Walton And Ajla Tomljanovic Awarded Singles Wildcards At Roland Garros 2024". 15 May 2024.
  8. "WALTON SCORES FIRST TOUR-LEVEL WIN IN MALLORCA". 26 June 2024.
  9. "WALTON SCORES CAREER-BIGGEST WIN IN STUNNING DEBUT AT WIMBLEDON 2024". 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals Australia Top Australian male singles tennis players
As of Dec 15, 2024
NCAA Division I men's doubles champions


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