Luke Bambridge

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Luke Bambridge
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Bambridge at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Nottingham, United Kingdom
Born (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 30)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Turned pro2013
Retired2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $548,895 [1]
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 481 (9 May 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record58–56
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 41 (27 May 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2019, 2021)
French Open 1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon 2R (2021)
US Open QF (2019)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (2019)
Wimbledon 2R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 9 September 2022.

Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking in May 2019.

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His career highlights included winning three ATP Tour titles, 7 ATP Challenger Tour titles, 20 ITF doubles titles and 1 ITF singles title.

Tennis career

2011

Great Britain won the 2011 Junior Davis Cup tournament for the first time after beating Italy in the final in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Coached by Greg Rusedski, the team of Bambridge, Kyle Edmund, and Evan Hoyt justified their top seeding in the event. [2]

2013

Bambridge won four ITF doubles tournaments with different partners in Great Britain, Israel, and Greece.

2014

Seven more ITF doubles tournament wins by Bambridge in 2014, five with Liam Broady as his partner.

2015

Bambridge received a wildcard into the 2015 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles event, partnering Liam Broady where he made his grand slam debut. [3] 2015 was also the year in which Bambridge won his first singles ITF tournament at the Qatar F4 Futures.

2019

Bambridge, in partnership with Ben McLachlan, reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2019 US Open. The pairing beat ninth seeds Nikola Mektić and Franko Škugor in the second round, [4] before exiting against top seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the last eight. [5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (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 (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–5)
Indoor (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jun 2018 Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 SeriesGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
7–5, 6–4
Win2–0 Oct 2018 Stockholm Open,
Sweden
250 SeriesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Koolhof
7–5, 7–6(10–8)
Loss2–1 Jan 2019 Maharashtra Open,
India
250 SeriesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan
3–6, 4–6
Loss2–2 Mar 2019 Brasil Open,
Brazil
250 SeriesClay (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Delbonis
Flag of Argentina.svg Máximo González
4–6, 3–6
Loss2–3 May 2019 Estoril Open,
Portugal
250 SeriesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss2–4 Jan 2020 Qatar Open,
Qatar
250 SeriesHard Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Koolhof
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win3–4 Jan 2020 Auckland Open,
New Zealand
250 SeriesHard Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss3–5 Feb 2020 Delray Beach Open,
United States
250 SeriesHard Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Loss3–6 May 2021 Estoril Open,
Portugal
250 SeriesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot Flag of Monaco.svg Hugo Nys
Flag of Germany.svg Tim Pütz
5–7, 6–3, [3–10]

ITF Career finals

Singles: 7 (1–6)

Legend (singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (1–6)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2013Greece F19, Heraklion FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Golding 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Apr 2014Great Britain F9, Bournemouth FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady 5–7, 2–6
Loss0–3Oct 2015Turkey F39, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady5–7, 3–6
Win1–3Dec 2015Qatar F4, Doha FuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Kellovsky6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss1–4Dec 2015Qatar F6, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore 3–6, 3–6
Loss1–5Oct 2016USA F32, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Köpfer 4–6, 4–6
Loss1–6Nov 2017USA F38, Columbus FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Ward 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–10)
ITF Futures Tour (20–19)
Titles by surface
Hard (23–25)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2013Great Britain F11, Newcastle FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Martin
6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Win2–0Oct 2013Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win3–0Nov 2013Great Britain F23, Edgbaston FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss3–1Nov 2013Greece F18, Heraklion FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Golding Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Djokovic
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Gómez-Herrera
1–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–13]
Win4–1Nov 2013Greece F19, HeraklionFuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Golding Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Mies
Flag of Germany.svg Oscar Otte
6–3, 7–5
Loss4–2Dec 2013Qatar F3, Doha FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of Poland.svg Adam Chadaj
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schulz
6–1, 6–7(4–7), [4–10]
Loss4–3Feb 2014Great Britain F4, Wirral FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Smethurst
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [6–10]
Win5–3Mar 2014Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Martin Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson
Flag of Finland.svg Micke Kontinen
6–3, 6–4
Win6–3Mar 2014Great Britain F7, Preston FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–4, 6–4
Loss6–4Apr 2014Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Flag of France.svg Antoine Benneteau Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Ti
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse
4–6, 3–6
Loss6–5Jun 2014USA F16, Buffalo FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United States.svg Jean-Yves Aubone
Flag of the United States.svg Connor Smith
3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss6–6Jun 2014USA F18, Rochester FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Nguyen
Flag of the United States.svg Connor Smith
3–6, 3–6
Win7–6Jul 2014USA F19, Pittsburgh FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United States.svg Gonzales Austin
Flag of the United States.svg Quinton Vega
7–5, 6–4
Win8–6Jul 2014USA F20, Tulsa FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel Garza
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Isaías Rosas Zarur
6–4, 5–2, ret.
Win9–6Jul 2014USA F21, Godfrey FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United States.svg Brett Clark
Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Schneider
6–3, 6–2
Win10–6Aug 2014USA F22, Decatur FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Martin
5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss10–7Sep 2014Great Britain F16, Wrexham FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Rice
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [8–10]
Win11–7Sep 2014Portugal F7, Castelo Branco FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert Flag of Spain.svg Iván Arenas Gualda
Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Pulgar García
7–6(7–0), 6–4
Loss11–8Jan 2015Great Britain F1, Sheffield FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Bettles Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson
Flag of Finland.svg Micke Kontinen
4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Win12–8Mar 2015Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Thornley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss12–9Oct 2015Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Egypt.svg Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Sabry
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss12–10Oct 2015Egypt F36, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Portugal.svg André Gaspar Murta
Flag of Portugal.svg Frederico Ferreira Silva
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win13–10Nov 2015Egypt F37, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Dalla Valle
Flag of Italy.svg Julian Ocleppo
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss13–11Dec 2015Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Japan.svg Kaichi Uchida Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Verboven
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss13–12Dec 2015Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Mats Moraing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michael Geerts
5–7, 3–6
Loss13–13Dec 2015Qatar F6, DohaFuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Mats Moraing Flag of India.svg Haadin Bava
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Aoxiong
2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss13–14Mar 2016Canada F2, Sherbrooke FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of South Africa.svg Keith-Patrick Crowley
Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Win14–14Apr 2016USA F12, Memphis FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Walsh Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel Garza
Flag of Mexico.svg Tigre Hank
6–1, 6–2
Win15–14May 2016Mexica F1, Córdoba FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Farris Fathi Gosea Flag of Mexico.svg Mauricio Astorga
Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sánchez
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Loss15–15Jul 2016USA F25, Edwardsville FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans Flag of the United States.svg Connor Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow
3–6, 2–6
Win16–15Oct 2016USA F32, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Evan King Flag of the United States.svg John McNally
Flag of the United States.svg Evan Zhu
6–4, 6–4
Loss16–16 Nov 2016 Champaign, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Flag of the United States.svg Tennys Sandgren
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss16–17 Nov 2016 Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
3–6, 4–6
Loss16–18Jan 2017USA F1, Los AngelesFuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Hanfmann
Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss16–19Jan 2017USA F2, Long Beach FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win17–19Apr 2017USA F13, Little Rock FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin van Peperzeel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Bester
Flag of Croatia.svg Ante Pavić
2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss17–20 May 2017 Savannah, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Peter Polansky
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Win18–20Jul 2017USA F23, Wichita FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Ponwith
Flag of the United States.svg John Harrison Richmond
6–0, 6–3
Win19–20 Jul 2017 Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Renta Tokuda
6–2, 6–2
Loss19–21 Sep 2017 Columbus, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Köpfer
Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win20–21 Oct 2017 Fairfield, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare Flag of Egypt.svg Akram El Sallaly
Flag of Brazil.svg Bernardo Oliveira
6–4, 6–2
Loss20–22Nov 2017USA F38, Columbus FuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie Flag of Mexico.svg Hans Hach Verdugo
Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Loss20–23Jan 2018USA F1, Los AngelesFuturesHard Flag of Mexico.svg Hans Hach Verdugo Flag of the United States.svg Martin Redlicki
Flag of Brazil.svg Karue Sell
4–6, 3–6
Win21–23Jan 2018USA F2, Long BeachFuturesHard Flag of Mexico.svg Hans Hach Verdugo Flag of the United States.svg Collin Altamirano
Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Lebedev
6–3, 6–2
Loss21–24 Feb 2018 San Francisco, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury Flag of El Salvador.svg Marcelo Arévalo
Flag of Venezuela.svg Roberto Maytín
3–6, 7–6(5–7), [7–10]
Win22–24Mar 2018Canada F2, SherbrookeFuturesHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Bossel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore
6–3, 7–5
Loss22–25 Mar 2018 Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of Austria.svg Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss22–26 Apr 2018 Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Hanfmann
Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Krawietz
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win23–26 May 2018 Savannah, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Akira Santillan Flag of Spain.svg Enrique López Pérez
Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
6–2, 6–2
Loss23–27 May 2018 Loughborough, United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Win24–27 Jun 2018 Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–7]
Win25–27 Aug 2018 Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win26–27 Sep 2018 Chicago, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–3, 6–4
Win27–27 Sep 2018 Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Maden
Flag of Austria.svg Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–2, 6–4
Loss27–28 Apr 2019 Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara Flag of Uruguay.svg Martín Cuevas
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Lorenzi
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss27–29 Nov 2020 Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Lammons Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Novikov
5-7, 6–4, [8-10]

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Current after the 2021 US Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA 2R 1R 2R 0 / 32–3
French Open AAAAAA 1R 1R 1R 0 / 30–3
Wimbledon AA 1R A Q1 1R 1R NH 2R 0 / 41–4
US Open AAAAA 1R QF 1R 1R 0 / 43–4
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–24–40–32–40 / 146–14
Career statistics
Tournaments00100823121660
Titles0000020103
Finals0000023319
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–09–624–2311–1214–1558–56
Year-end ranking48930328021813956516273

World TeamTennis

Bambridge made his World TeamTennis debut in 2019 with the Orange County Breakers. It was announced that he will be return with the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12. [6]

References

  1. "Luke Bambridge". ATP WorlsTour. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. "Great Britain win Junior Davis Cup title for first time". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011.
  3. "Nottingham's Luke Bambridge aims to make most of 'unbelievable opportunity' at Wimbledon". Nottingham Post. 29 June 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "US Open 2019: Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski through to doubles third round". BBC Sport . 31 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. "Murray/Skupski Advance to the US Open Semi-finals". ATP. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.