Adam Walton (tennis)

Adam Walton

Walton at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 26) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Tennessee
Prize money	$1,081,051
Singles
Career record	7–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 85 (31 March 2025)
Current ranking	No. 88 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024, 2025)
French Open	2R (2025)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 183 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 5 May 2025.

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. 85 achieved on 31 March 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 4 March 2024. ^[1] He has won four singles and four doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

College career

Walton played college tennis at the University of Tennessee, ^[2] where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper. ^[3]

Professional career

2023: First Challenger title

Walton won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger with Colin Sinclair. He won his first singles Challenger in August at the Atlantic Tire Championships in Cary, North Carolina. ^[4]

2024: Masters, Major debut and first win, top 100

For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open. ^[5] Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the 2024 Miami Open making his Masters debut. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^{[8] [9]}

He also received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open. ^[10] He recorded his first ATP main draw win at the 2024 Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann. ^[11] He qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria, ^[12] before losing to Francisco Comesana in the second round. ^[13]

2025: Masters first wins and fourth round

In Indian Wells he defeated Giulio Zeppieri for his first tour-level win of the 2025 season and first at the Masters 1000-level. In Miami where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing Hubert Hurkacz after his late withdrawal, ^[14] Walton defeated Luciano Darderi ^[15] and wildcard Coleman Wong to reach his first Masters fourth round. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–5) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–3)

Finals by surface Hard (9–8) Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2019	M15 Champaign, USA	World Tour	Hard	Axel Geller	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2022	M15 Waco, USA	World Tour	Hard	Li Tu	7–5, 0–6, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tour	Hard	Fernando Yamacita	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Aug 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tour	Hard	Jorge Panta	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tour	Hard	Andrés Andrade	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Feb 2023	M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tour	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–3	May 2023	M15 Tbilisi, Georgia	World Tour	Hard	Orel Kimhi	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–3	Jun 2023	M25 Tulsa, USA	World Tour	Hard	Nick Chappell	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–3	Aug 2023	Cary 1, USA	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	6–4	Oct 2023	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Zachary Svajda	2–6, 2–6
Win	7–4	Feb 2024	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Dane Sweeny	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	7–5	Feb 2024	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Valentin Vacherot	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	7–6	Apr 2024	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–7	May 2024	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	8–7	May 2024	Santaizi, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Illya Marchenko	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	8–8	Oct 2024	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Taro Daniel	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–8	Feb 2025	Brisbane, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Jason Kubler	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tour	Hard	Tyler Zink	Taisei Ichikawa Seita Watanabe	6–1, 6–7(9–11), [8–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2022	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tour	Hard	Andrew Rogers	Blu Baker Kosuke Ogura	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Sep 2022	M25 Darwin, Australia	World Tour	Hard	Joshua Charlton	Calum Puttergill Dane Sweeny	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2022	M25 Cairns, Australia	World Tour	Hard	James McCabe	Colin Sinclair Kyle Seelig	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 2023	M25 Burnie, Australia	World Tour	Hard	Calum Puttergill	Tristan Schoolkate Luke Saville	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2023	M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tour	Hard	Ezekiel Clark	Arklon Huertas del Pino Conner Huertas del Pino	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–5	Apr 2023	San Luis, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Colin Sinclair	Benjamin Lock Rubin Statham	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	3–5	Jul 2023	Bloomfield Hills, USA	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Blake Ellis Calum Puttergill	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–6	Jul 2023	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Christian Harrison Miķelis Lībietis	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Aug 2023	Cary 1, USA	Challenger	Hard	Miķelis Lībietis	Evan King Reese Stalder	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–8	Jan 2024	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Alex Bolt Luke Saville	7–5, 3–6, [10–12]
Win	4–8	Feb 2024	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Schoolkate	Dan Added Chung Yun-seong	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss	4–9	Mar 2024	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Tristan Schoolkate	Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	5–9	Sep 2024	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Blake Ellis	Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Arjun Kadhe	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

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 2025 French Open.

Tournament	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	1R	2R	0 / 1	1–2
Wimbledon	A	2R		1 / 1	1–1
US Open	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	1–4	1–2	1 / 5	1–5
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	Q1	2R	0 / 1	1–1
Miami Open	A	1R	4R	0 / 2	2–2
Monte-Carlo	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	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	3–2	0 / 3	3–3
Career statistics
	2023	2024	2025	Total
Tournaments	0	11	7	18
Titles	0	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	0	0
Win/Loss	0–0	3–11	3–7	6–18
Win %	–	21%	30%	25%
Year-end ranking	176	90

Doubles

Tournament	2024	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	0 / 2	1–2
Career statistics
	2024	2025	Total
Tournaments	2	2	4
Titles	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	0
Win/Loss	1–1	1–2	1–3
Win %	50%	33%	25%
Year-end ranking	185

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. "Adam Walton's 14,000-Kilometre Journey From Australia To Tennessee The 24-year-old won his maiden Challenger title in August". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards". 6 December 2023.
6. "Felix wins Miami opener, sets Zverev clash". 21 March 2024.
7. "ADAM WALTON QUALIFIES FOR MAIDEN ATP MASTERS 1000 MAIN DRAW". 20 March 2024.
8. "How Adam Walton, member of 'hole-in-one' club, is acing the Challenger Tour". 27 May 2024.
9. "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
10. "Adam Walton And Ajla Tomljanovic Awarded Singles Wildcards At Roland Garros 2024". 15 May 2024.
11. "WALTON SCORES FIRST TOUR-LEVEL WIN IN MALLORCA". 26 June 2024.
12. "WALTON SCORES CAREER-BIGGEST WIN IN STUNNING DEBUT AT WIMBLEDON 2024". 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
13. "Wimbledon: Walton falls to Rublev's conqueror Comesana". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
14. "Important last-minute withdrawal in the men's draw of the Miami Open 2025". 21 March 2025.
15. "Miami Masters: Walton, Thompson, De Minaur into third round". 23 March 2025.
16. "Walton had his car packed; Will the lucky loser's dream Miami run continue?". 24 March 2025.
17. "Coleman Wong's historic run at Miami Open ends in three-set loss to Adam Walton". 24 March 2025.
18. "Miami Masters miracle: Walton continues Cinderella story". 25 March 2025.

External links

• Adam Walton at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adam Walton at the International Tennis Federation