Luke Johnson (tennis)

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Luke Johnson
Johnson MLC22.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Residence Leeds, United Kingdom
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCalvin Betton (2023-) [1]
Prize money$285,799
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 606 (29 November 2021)
Doubles
Career record14–16
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 52 (3 February 2025)
Current rankingNo. 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 record0–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Taipei Men's Doubles
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.

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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

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

2019: Grand Slam tournament debut

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

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

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

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.

Men's doubles

Current through the 2025 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0
French Open AAAAA 2R 0 / 11–1
Wimbledon 1R NH 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 40–4
US Open AAAAA 1R 0 / 10–1
Win–loss0–10–00–10–00–11–31 / 61–6
Career statistics
Tournaments102038115
Titles00000112
Finals00000112
Overall win–loss0–10–00–20–00–37–74–011–13
Win %0%0%0%0%0%50%100%46%
Year-end ranking33939237521511758

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–L
Australian Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0
French Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AAAAA 1R 0 / 10–1
US Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 10–1

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Nov 2024 Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Flag of France.svg Albano Olivetti
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win2–0 Jan 2025 Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong250 SeriesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander ArendsFlag placeholder.svg Karen Khachanov
Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Doubles: 56 (33–23)

Legend
ATP Challenger (12–4)
ITF World Tennis Tour (21–19)
Finals by surface
Hard (23–20)
Clay (7–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 2017Turkey F1, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Durasovic
Flag of Croatia.svg Nino Serdarusic
3–6, 3–6
Win1–1Feb 2017Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Molloy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss1–2Mar 2017Greece F1, Heraklion FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kevin Griekspoor
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor
3–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Sep 2017Great Britain F4, Nottingham FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Bothwell Flag of France.svg Romain Bauvy
Flag of France.svg Jonathan Kanar
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss1–4Sep 2017Great Britain F5, Roehampton FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Bothwell Flag of Monaco.svg Lucas Catarina
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrian Bodmer
2–6, 2–6
Win2–4Oct 2017Israel F13, Ashkelon FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Croatia.svg F Zvonimir Zgombic
Flag of Israel.svg Alon Elia
6–2, 6–1
Win3–4Oct 2017Israel F14, Kiryat Gat FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Argentina.svg Matias Franco Descotte
Flag of France.svg Hugo Voljacques
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss3–5Nov 2017Israel F15, Meitar FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Margaroli
Flag of France.svg Yannick Jankovits
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Loss3–6Dec 2017Qatar F4, Doha FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Gabb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Peniston
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Watson
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss3–7Feb 2018Great Britain F2, Loughborough FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Findel-hawkins Flag of Finland.svg Harri Heliovaara
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen
4–6, 1–6
Loss3–8Mar 2018Greece F2, Heraklion FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Gray Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Guerrieri
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
5–7, 3–6
Win4–8Aug 2018Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of France.svg Hugo Voljacques Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Paris
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss4–9Sep 2018Italy F25, Piombino FuturesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Fred Simonsson Flag of Germany.svg Robin Kern
Flag of Germany.svg Sami Reinwein
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win5–9Sep 2018Tunisia F31, Monastir FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Christian Seraphim Flag of Colombia.svg J Benitez Chavarriaga
Flag of Spain.svg J Blanco Guadalupe
4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win6–9Oct 2018Portugal F22, Tavira FuturesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Castelnuovo Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés
4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win7–9Dec 2018Tunisia F43, Monastir FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steven Diez
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bartolotti
6–4, 6–2
Win8–9Feb 2019M25 Barnstaple, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Watson
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
Win9–9Feb 2019M25 Glasgow, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of the United States.svg Tom Fawcett
Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Ritschard
6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win10–9May 2019M15 Gran Canaria, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Meligeni Alves Flag of Spain.svg J Pla Malfeito
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel De Krom
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win11–9May 2019M15 Gran Canaria, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Meligeni Alves Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Dias
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel De Krom
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [13–11]
Loss11–10May 2019M15 Irpin, UkraineWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Orlov Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleg Dolgosheyev
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Kamynin
3–6, 5–7
Loss11–11Aug 2019M25 Roehampton, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ewan Moore
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss11–12Sep 2019M15 Piombino, ItalyWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag of Spain.svg D Jorda Sanchis
Flag of Spain.svg P Vivero Gonzalez
4–6, 4–6
Loss11–13Sep 2019M15 São Brás de Alportel, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Freund
Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win12–13Nov 2019M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zielinski Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrian Bodmer
Flag of Austria.svg Jonas Trinker
1–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss12–14Nov 2019M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zielinski Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of Austria.svg Neil Oberleitner
4–6, 0–6
Win13–14Jan 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Hugo Voljacques Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Langmajer
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Gengel
6–3, 6–2
Loss13–15Jan 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Hugo Voljacques Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesper De Jong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss13–16Feb 2020M25 Barnstaple, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Zuk
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zielinski
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss13–17Apr 2021M15 Cairo, EgyptWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Capecchi
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro
5–7, 4–6
Win14–17May 2021M15 Troisdorf, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Dan Added Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Galarza
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Paz
6–4, 6–4
Win15–17Aug 2021M15 Gdynia, PolandWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arthur Fery Flag of Poland.svg Michał Mikuła
Flag of Poland.svg Yann Wójcik
6–3, 6–1
Win16–17Sep 2021M15 Forbach, FranceWorld Tennis TourCarpet (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag of France.svg Maxence Beaugé
Flag of France.svg Arthur Bouquier
6–3, 6–2
Win17–17Nov 2021M15 Ithaca, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov Flag of Luxembourg.svg Alex Knaff
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Peck
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss17–18Jan 2022M25 Bath, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guy den Ouden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Broom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray
2–6, 2–6
Win18–18May 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of France.svg Arthur Bouquier
Flag of France.svg Martin Breysach
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win19–18Jun 2022M25 Bakio, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of Israel.svg Aaron Cohen
Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Martínez
1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win20–18Jul 2022M25+H Ajaccio, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag of France.svg Dan Added
Flag of France.svg Arthur Bouquier
6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
Loss20–19Jul 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Broom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Parker
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win21–19Aug 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Broom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Tyler
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss21–20 Feb 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Harris
Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harrison
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Win22–20 Feb 2023 Rome, United StatesChallengerHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Décamps
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Rybakov
6–2, 6–2
Win23–20 May 2023 Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek Flag of Portugal.svg Jaime Faria
Flag of Portugal.svg Henrique Rocha
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–6]
Loss23–21 Jul 2023 Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Benjamin Lock Flag of South Korea.svg Nam Ji-sung
Flag of South Korea.svg Song Min-kyu
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win24–21 Sep 2023 Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win25–21 Oct 2023 Charleston, USAChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Bybel
Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Crawford
6–4, 6–4
Win26–21 Oct 2023 Tiburon, USAChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of the United States.svg William Blumberg
Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez
6–2, 6–3
Win27–21 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of India.svg Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
7-5, 6-4
Win28–21 Jan 2024 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek
7-5, 6-3
Loss28–22 Apr 2024 León, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of India.svg Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win29–22 Apr 2024 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Rottoli
Flag of Italy.svg Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
6-2, 6-4
Win30–22 May 2024 Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri Flag of Ecuador.svg Diego Hidalgo
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Rodríguez
6-3, 6-3
Win31–22 Aug 2024 Porto, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Paris
Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan
6-3, 6-2
Loss31–23 Aug 2024 Lincoln, USAChallengerHard Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar Flag of the United States.svg Robert Cash
Flag of the United States.svg JJ Tracy
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win32–23 Sep 2024 Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends Flag of Sweden.svg André Göransson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win33–23 Nov 2024 Lyon, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Miedler Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés
Flag of Austria.svg David Pichler
6–1, 6–2

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