Luke Johnson (tennis)
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British tennis player (born 1994)
| Johnson at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée | |||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Great Britain | ||||||||||||
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| Residence | Leeds, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Born | (1994年03月18日) 18 March 1994 (age 30) Leeds, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Calvin Betton (2023-)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | 285,799ドル | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 606 (29 November 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 14–16 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 52 (3 February 2025) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 52 (3 February 2025) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2025) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2024) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2024) | ||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 3 February 2025. | |||||||||||||
Luke Johnson (born 18 March 1994) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 52 on 3 February 2025 and singles ranking of No. 606 on 29 November 2021. Johnson has won two doubles titles on the ATP Tour with Sander Arends.
He has also won 12 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and 21 on the ITF World Tennis Tour from 56 career doubles finals.
Personal life
[edit ]Johnson grew up in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay and attended The Grammar School at Leeds. He played cricket up until the age of 16 but then decided to focus exclusively on tennis.[2]
He moved to the United States for his higher education and played tennis for Clemson University.[3]
Career
[edit ]2019: Grand Slam tournament debut
[edit ]Johnson made his ATP Tour and Grand Slam tournament main draw debut simultaneously at the Wimbledon after receiving a wildcard for direct entry into the men's doubles draw.[4] Partnering compatriot Evan Hoyt, the pair were defeated in the first round by Nicholas Monroe and Mischa Zverev.[5]
2024: First ATP Title, Top 60
[edit ]Johnson reached the top 100 in the rankings at world No. 83 on 29 January when he won a ATP Challenger Tour title at the BW Open with Skander Mansouri.[6] [7]
At the back end of the 2024 season, Johnson won his 10th Challenger doubles title at the Porto Open [8] and his sixth of the season, at the Saint-Tropez Open, playing alongside Sander Arends.[9]
Once again partnering Arends, Johnson won his first ATP Tour level doubles title at the last tournament of the season at the Moselle Open, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti in the final.[10] The following week he was back on the ATP Challenger Tour and won his 12th career title and seventh of the season at the All In Open in Lyon, partnering Lucas Miedler to a straight sets win over Sergio Martos Gornés and David Pichler in the final.[11] He ended the year inside the top 60 rankings with a career highest rank of No. 58 as of 30 December.[citation needed ]
2025: Second ATP title
[edit ]Reuniting with Sander Arends, Johnson won the doubles title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final.[12] [13] Johnson reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 52 on 3 February, after he and Arends reached the semifinals at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France.[14]
Doubles performance timeline
[edit ] 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.
Men's doubles
[edit ]Current through the 2025 Hong Kong Open.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
| Wimbledon | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1 / 6 | 1–6 | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 7–7 | 4–0 | 11–13 | ||
| Win % | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 100% | 46% | ||
| Year-end ranking | 339 | 392 | 375 | 215 | 117 | 58 | ||||
Mixed doubles
[edit ]| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
ATP career finals
[edit ]Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2024 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Netherlands Sander Arends | France Pierre-Hugues Herbert France Albano Olivetti |
6–4, 3–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jan 2025 | Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong | 250 Series | Hard | Netherlands Sander Arends | Karen Khachanov Andrey Rublev |
7–5, 4–6, [10–7] |
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit ]Doubles: 56 (33–23)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2017 | Turkey F1, Antalya | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Liam Broady | Norway Viktor Durasovic Croatia Nino Serdarusic |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 2017 | Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Scott Clayton | United Kingdom Jack Molloy United Kingdom Marcus Willis |
3–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2017 | Greece F1, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Richard Gabb | Netherlands Kevin Griekspoor Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2017 | Great Britain F4, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Republic of Ireland Peter Bothwell | France Romain Bauvy France Jonathan Kanar |
3–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2017 | Great Britain F5, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | Republic of Ireland Peter Bothwell | Monaco Lucas Catarina Switzerland Adrian Bodmer |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2017 | Israel F13, Ashkelon | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Richard Gabb | Croatia F Zvonimir Zgombic Israel Alon Elia |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2017 | Israel F14, Kiryat Gat | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Richard Gabb | Argentina Matias Franco Descotte France Hugo Voljacques |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 3–5 | Nov 2017 | Israel F15, Meitar | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Richard Gabb | Switzerland Luca Margaroli France Yannick Jankovits |
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [6–10] |
| Loss | 3–6 | Dec 2017 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Richard Gabb | United Kingdom Ryan Peniston United Kingdom Andrew Watson |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2018 | Great Britain F2, Loughborough | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Jack Findel-hawkins | Finland Harri Heliovaara Denmark Frederik Nielsen |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Mar 2018 | Greece F2, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Jonathan Gray | Italy Andrea Guerrieri Italy Alessandro Motti |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Aug 2018 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | France Hugo Voljacques | United Kingdom Ben Jones United Kingdom Joshua Paris |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Sep 2018 | Italy F25, Piombino | Futures | Hard | Sweden Fred Simonsson | Germany Robin Kern Germany Sami Reinwein |
6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 5–9 | Sep 2018 | Tunisia F31, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Germany Christian Seraphim | Colombia J Benitez Chavarriaga Spain J Blanco Guadalupe |
4–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 6–9 | Oct 2018 | Portugal F22, Tavira | Futures | Hard | Switzerland Luca Castelnuovo | Portugal Francisco Cabral Spain Sergio Martos Gornés |
4–6, 7–5, [10–3] |
| Win | 7–9 | Dec 2018 | Tunisia F43, Monastir | Futures | Hard | United Kingdom Evan Hoyt | Canada Steven Diez Italy Marco Bartolotti |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–9 | Feb 2019 | M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Evan Hoyt | United Kingdom Julian Cash United Kingdom Andrew Watson |
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] |
| Win | 9–9 | Feb 2019 | M25 Glasgow, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Evan Hoyt | United States Tom Fawcett United States Alexander Ritschard |
6–1, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 10–9 | May 2019 | M15 Gran Canaria, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves | Spain J Pla Malfeito Netherlands Michiel De Krom |
6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 11–9 | May 2019 | M15 Gran Canaria, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves | Portugal Francisco Dias Netherlands Michiel De Krom |
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [13–11] |
| Loss | 11–10 | May 2019 | M15 Irpin, Ukraine | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov | Ukraine Oleg Dolgosheyev Ukraine Dmytro Kamynin |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 11–11 | Aug 2019 | M25 Roehampton, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Scott Clayton | United Kingdom Alastair Gray United Kingdom Ewan Moore |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 11–12 | Sep 2019 | M15 Piombino, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Ben Jones | Spain D Jorda Sanchis Spain P Vivero Gonzalez |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11–13 | Sep 2019 | M15 São Brás de Alportel, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Portugal Francisco Cabral | Sweden Simon Freund United States Nicolas Moreno de Alboran |
7–5, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 12–13 | Nov 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Poland Jan Zielinski | Switzerland Adrian Bodmer Austria Jonas Trinker |
1–6, 6–2, [12–10] |
| Loss | 12–14 | Nov 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Poland Jan Zielinski | Austria Alexander Erler Austria Neil Oberleitner |
4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 13–14 | Jan 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | France Hugo Voljacques | Czech Republic Dominik Langmajer Czech Republic Marek Gengel |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 13–15 | Jan 2020 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | France Hugo Voljacques | Netherlands Jesper De Jong Netherlands Bart Stevens |
4–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Loss | 13–16 | Feb 2020 | M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Evan Hoyt | Poland Kacper Zuk Poland Jan Zielinski |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 13–17 | Apr 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ukraine Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | Italy Daniele Capecchi Italy Francesco Passaro |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 14–17 | May 2021 | M15 Troisdorf, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | France Dan Added | Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza Argentina Juan Pablo Paz |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 15–17 | Aug 2021 | M15 Gdynia, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | United Kingdom Arthur Fery | Poland Michał Mikuła Poland Yann Wójcik |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 16–17 | Sep 2021 | M15 Forbach, France | World Tennis Tour | Carpet (i) | United Kingdom Ben Jones | France Maxence Beaugé France Arthur Bouquier |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 17–17 | Nov 2021 | M15 Ithaca, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | United States Vasil Kirkov | Luxembourg Alex Knaff Canada Joshua Peck |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Loss | 17–18 | Jan 2022 | M25 Bath, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Netherlands Guy den Ouden | United Kingdom Charles Broom United Kingdom Alastair Gray |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 18–18 | May 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | France Arthur Bouquier France Martin Breysach |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 19–18 | Jun 2022 | M25 Bakio, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | Israel Aaron Cohen Spain Àlex Martínez |
1–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
| Win | 20–18 | Jul 2022 | M25+H Ajaccio, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Ben Jones | France Dan Added France Arthur Bouquier |
6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8] |
| Loss | 20–19 | Jul 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | United Kingdom Charles Broom | United Kingdom Alastair Gray United Kingdom Stuart Parker |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10] |
| Win | 21–19 | Aug 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | United Kingdom Charles Broom | United Kingdom Ben Jones United Kingdom Joe Tyler |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 21–20 | Feb 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Netherlands Sem Verbeek | Australia Andrew Harris United States Christian Harrison |
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [8–10] |
| Win | 22–20 | Feb 2023 | Rome, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | Netherlands Sem Verbeek | Brazil Gabriel Décamps United States Alex Rybakov |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 23–20 | May 2023 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Netherlands Sem Verbeek | Portugal Jaime Faria Portugal Henrique Rocha |
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 23–21 | Jul 2023 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock | South Korea Nam Ji-sung South Korea Song Min-kyu |
6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 24–21 | Sep 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | Netherlands Sander Arends Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 25–21 | Oct 2023 | Charleston, USA | Challenger | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | United States Nicholas Bybel United States Oliver Crawford |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 26–21 | Oct 2023 | Tiburon, USA | Challenger | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | United States William Blumberg Venezuela Luis David Martínez |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 27–21 | Jan 2024 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli India Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha |
7-5, 6-4 |
| Win | 28–21 | Jan 2024 | Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | Netherlands Sander Arends Netherlands Sem Verbeek |
7-5, 6-3 |
| Loss | 28–22 | Apr 2024 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli India Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha |
6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 29–22 | Apr 2024 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | Italy Lorenzo Rottoli Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri |
6-2, 6-4 |
| Win | 30–22 | May 2024 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | Tunisia Skander Mansouri | Ecuador Diego Hidalgo Colombia Cristian Rodríguez |
6-3, 6-3 |
| Win | 31–22 | Aug 2024 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Netherlands Sander Arends | United Kingdom Joshua Paris India Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6-3, 6-2 |
| Loss | 31–23 | Aug 2024 | Lincoln, USA | Challenger | Hard | Uruguay Ariel Behar | United States Robert Cash United States JJ Tracy |
6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Win | 32–23 | Sep 2024 | Saint-Tropez, France | Challenger | Hard | Netherlands Sander Arends | Sweden André Göransson Netherlands Sem Verbeek |
3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Win | 33–23 | Nov 2024 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Austria Lucas Miedler | Spain Sergio Martos Gornés Austria David Pichler |
6–1, 6–2 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "No place like home, says globe-trotting tennis coach". 23 September 2024.
- ^ Maclure, Abbey (10 July 2022). "Leeds tennis ace charts his rise to success from a kid with a dream to Wimbledon". Yorkshire Evening Post . Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Luke Johnson". Clemson Tigers. Clemson University. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Evan Hoyt knocked out of first qualifying round". BBC Sports. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Wimbledon 2019: Evan Hoyt's dream ends in quarter-finals". BBC Sports. 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Tennis ace Luke Johnson makes history as the first player from Leeds to be ranked in the men's top 100". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "BW Open Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium 23-28 Jan, 2024". ATPTour. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Luke Johnson seals doubles title in Porto, British winners on home soil & wheelchair stars shine in Europe". Lawn Tennis Association. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Jodie Burrage continues comeback with doubles title while Luke Johnson lifts 10th Challenger crown". Lawn Tennis Association. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Murray/Peers clinch Belgrade crown, Arends/Johnson rally to Metz title". ATPTour. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett & Henry Patten shine in end of season finals & Brits win four doubles titles". Lawn Tennis Association. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Arends/Johnson triumph in Hong Kong, Cash/Glasspool win Brisbane". ATPTour. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Lloyd Glasspool, Julian Cash, Luke Johnson & Alastair Gray make title-winning starts to the 2025 season". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Luke Johnson, Harriet Dart & Maia Lumsden reach tour doubles semi-finals as Alastair Gray leads British champion in Glasgow". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
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