Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993
Murray Bridge, South Australia
Turned pro 2009
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $158,811
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 164 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking No. 261 (8 June 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2013)
French Open Q1 (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon Q3 (2014)
US Open Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record 4–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 93 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking No. 95 (12 January 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2014)
Wimbledon 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 2 March 2015.

Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is a professional Australian tennis player whose career-high ranking is World No. 164 in singles and World No. 93 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.[1]

Career

2010

Bolt made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round.

2011

Bolt competed on the Futures circuit in 2011, and his best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.

2012

Bolt lost in the first round of the 2012 Brisbane International to countryman, Luke Saville. Bolt spent the rest of 2012 competing on the Futures Circuit and reached his first final and winning the Australian F7 in the Happy Valley; this was his first career title. Bolt made 4 finals from October–December; winning one. Bolt finished 2012 ranked #483.

2013

Bolt entered the qualifying rounds of Sydney International, where he made the second round, before losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. He also made the second round of qualifying for the 2013 Australian Open, losing a tight contest 4-6, 7-5, 6-8 to Florent Serra.

Between February and May, Bolt competed in a nuber of Future tournaments, making the semi finals in Australia F1, F2 and China F1. He lost in the first round of qualifying in the 2013 French Open to James Duckworth.

From June – September, Bolt played a number of Futures throughout Europe, mainly on clay, before returning to Australia the play in the futures there. his best result reaching the final of Cairns F7, losing to his doubles partner Andrew Whittington, 4-6, 4-6. He finished 2013 with a ranking of #364.

2014

Bolt was given wild card’s into both the 2014 Brisbane International and 2014 Australian Open qualifying, but lost in round 1 in both. In February, he made the quarter final of the Burnie Challenger, losing to eventual runner-up Hiroki Moriya; before playing a number of Australian Futures, winning the F4 and coming runner-up in F5.

Bolt's won his first ATP Challenger Tour on May 3 at the China International against Nikola Mektić in straight sets, increasing his ranking to a career high of #240. He also won the doubles, pairing with Andrew Whittington. At Wimbledon, Bolt fell just short of making his grand slam debut, losing in the final round of qualifying to Russian Konstantin Kravchuk in four sets. In September, Bolt made the semi-finals of the Napa Challenger.[2]

2015

Bolt commenced 2015 at the Onkaparinga Challenger where he lost in the semi finals to Ryan Harrison. Bolt missed the 2015 Australian Open singles, but played in the doubles, reaching the third round. In February, Bolt made his second career ATP Challenger Tour final in Burnie. He lost in straight sets to Chung Hyeon.

In March, Bolt made his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells, after two wins in qualification.[3] He lost in straight sets to Robin Haase in the 1st round. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open to Bjorn Fratangelo, before turning to grass, where he completed in and successfully qualified for three challenger events in a row, at Manchester, Surbiton and Ilkley. Bolt playing the North America from July to August with limited success, before returning to Australia's futures circuit where he made the final of the Cairns F7, but lost in three sets to Finn Tearney. In October and November, Bolt made quarter finals of both the Latrobe and Canberra challengers. Bolt finished 2015 with a singles ranking of 269.

2016

Bolt commenced 2016 at the Onkaparinga Challenger when he made the quarter final. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. Bolt made the quarter final of the Maui Challenger.

ATP finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–6)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 September 2012 Happy Valley, Australia Hard Australia Adam Feeney 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 7 October 2012 Esperance, Australia Hard Australia Adam Feeney 6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 8 December 2012 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hard Russia Victor Baluda 4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 15 December 2012 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hard Russia Victor Baluda 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 22 December 2012 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hard Netherlands Miliaan Niesten 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 22 September 2013 Cairns, Australia Hard Australia Andrew Whittington 4–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 6 April 2014 Melbourne, Australia Clay Australia Blake Mott 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 13 April 2014 Glen Iris, Australia Hard Australia Luke Saville 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 9. 3 May 2014 China International, China Clay Croatia Nikola Mektić 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 10. 7 February 2015 Burnie International, Australia Hard South Korea Chung Hyeon 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 11. 11 October 2015 Cairns, Australia Hard New Zealand Finn Tearney 7-6, 3-6, 3-6

Doubles finals: 17 (10-7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
ITF Futures Tour (8–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 April 2012 F4, Italy Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Italy Erik Crepaldi
Italy Claudio Grassi
6-3, 7-6
Winner 2. 10 June 2012 F2, Slovenia Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Serbia Miki Jankovic
Slovenia Nik Razborsek
6-4, 7-6
Winner 3. 24 June 2012 F6, Germany Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
Germany Mattis Wetzel
6-1, 6-0
Runner Up 4. 3 May 2014 F8, Australia Hard Australia Jack Schipanski Australia Jay Andrijic
Australia Adam Feeney
2-6, 2-6
Winner 5. 6 October 2012 F9, Australia Hard Australia Benjamin Mitchell Australia Adam Feeney
Australia Zach Itzstein
6-2, 6-3
Winner 6. 17 February 2013 F1, Australia Hard Australia Nick Kyrgios Australia Ryan Agar
Austria Sebastian Bader
7-6, 6-4
Runner Up 7. 3 March 2013 Sydney, AUS Hard Australia Nick Kyrgios United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
4-6, 6-4, 9-11
Runner Up 8. 16 June 2013 F12, Italy Clay Germany Sami Reinwein Argentina Andres Molteni
Italy Walter Trusendi
7-6, 3-6, 5-10
Runner Up 9. 23 June 2013 Milan, Italy Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Italy Marco Crugnola
Italy Daniele Giorgini
6-4, 5-7, 8-10
Winner 10. 15 September 2013 F6, Australia Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Adam Feeney
Australia Gavin Van Peperzeel
6-1, 3-6, 10-7
Winner 11. 22 September 2013 F7, Australia Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Japan Kento Takeuchi
Australia Isaac Frost
6-3, 6-2
Winner 12. 29 September 2013 F8, Australia Clay Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Adam Feeney
China Gavin Van Peperzeel
6-3, 6-3
Runner Up 13. 21 October 2013 Melbourne, Australia Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis
Australia Benjamin Mitchell
3-6, 2-6
Winner 14. 3 May 2014 Anning, China Clay Australia Andrew Whittington United Kingdom Daniel Cox
China M Gong
6-4, 6-3
Runner Up 15. 11 January 2015 Onkaparinga, Australia Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Ukraine Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
5-7, 4-6
Runner Up 16. 4 October 2015 F6, Australia Hard Australia Jordan Thompson China Xin Gao
China Zhe Li
6-3, 3-6 [1-10]
Winner 17. 8 November 2015 Canberra, Australia Hard Australia Andrew Whittington United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
7-6, 6-3

References

  1. Marc McGowan (27 September 2014). "Bolt, Kubler reach semi-finals in Napa Valley and Sibiu". Aceland Tennis. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. "James Duckworth and Alex Bolt qualify for Indian Wells, Daria Gavrilova into round two and likely top 100". acelandtennis.com.au. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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