Luke Johnson (tennis)

Luke Johnson
	Johnson at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Leeds, United Kingdom
Born	18 March 1994 (age 30); Leeds, United Kingdom
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dave Sammel / Ian McDonald
Prize money	$142,388
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 606 (29 November 2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 5 Challenger, 21 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 83 (29 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 83 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing Great Britain
Summer Universiade
	Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Last updated April 25, 2024

Luke Johnson (born 18 March 1994) is a British professional tennis player.

Career

Johnson made his ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw debut simultaneously at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships after receiving a wildcard for direct entry into the doubles draw.^[1] Partnering compatriot Evan Hoyt, the pair were defeated in the first round by Nicholas Monroe and Mischa Zverev in straight sets 4–6, 4–6, 5–7.

He reached the top 100 in the rankings at world No. 83 on 29 January 2024 when he won a Challenger title at the 2024 BW Open with Skander Mansouri.

Personal

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]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 49 (28–21)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–2)
ITF Futures (21–19)

Finals by surface
Hard (20–18)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2017	Turkey F1, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Viktor Durasovic Nino Serdarusic	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2017	Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury	Futures	Hard	Scott Clayton	Jack Molloy Marcus Willis	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	1–2	Mar 2017	Greece F1, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	Kevin Griekspoor Tallon Griekspoor	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Sep 2017	Great Britain F4, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Peter Bothwell	Romain Bauvy Jonathan Kanar	3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Sep 2017	Great Britain F5, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Peter Bothwell	Lucas Catarina Adrian Bodmer	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2017	Israel F13, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	F Zvonimir Zgombic Alon Elia	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–4	Oct 2017	Israel F14, Kiryat Gat	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	Matias Franco Descotte Hugo Voljacques	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	3–5	Nov 2017	Israel F15, Meitar	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	Luca Margaroli Yannick Jankovits	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [6–10]
Loss	3–6	Dec 2017	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	Ryan Peniston Andrew Watson	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	3–7	Feb 2018	Great Britain F2, Loughborough	Futures	Hard	Jack Findel-hawkins	Harri Heliovaara Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–8	Mar 2018	Greece F2, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Gray	Andrea Guerrieri Alessandro Motti	5–7, 3–6
Win	4–8	Aug 2018	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Hugo Voljacques	Ben Jones Joshua Paris	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Loss	4–9	Sep 2018	Italy F25, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Fred Simonsson	Robin Kern Sami Reinwein	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	5–9	Sep 2018	Tunisia F31, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Christian Seraphim	J Benitez Chavarriaga J Blanco Guadalupe	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	6–9	Oct 2018	Portugal F22, Tavira	Futures	Hard	Luca Castelnuovo	Francisco Cabral S Martos Gornes	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win	7–9	Dec 2018	Tunisia F43, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Evan Hoyt	Steven Diez Marco Bartolotti	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–9	Feb 2019	M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Evan Hoyt	Julian Cash Andrew Watson	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]
Win	9–9	Feb 2019	M25 Glasgow, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Evan Hoyt	Tom Fawcett Alexander Ritschard	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	10–9	May 2019	M15 Gran Canaria, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	J Pla Malfeito Michiel De Krom	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	11–9	May 2019	M15 Gran Canaria, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Francisco Dias Michiel De Krom	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [13–11]
Loss	11–10	May 2019	M15 Irpin, Ukraine	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Vladyslav Orlov	Oleg Dolgosheyev Dmytro Kamynin	3–6, 5–7
Loss	11–11	Aug 2019	M25 Roehampton, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Scott Clayton	Alastair Gray Ewan Moore	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	11–12	Sep 2019	M15 Piombino, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ben Jones	D Jorda Sanchis P Vivero Gonzalez	4–6, 4–6
Loss	11–13	Sep 2019	M15 São Brás de Alportel, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Simon Freund Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	12–13	Nov 2019	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jan Zielinski	Adrian Bodmer Jonas Trinker	1–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	12–14	Nov 2019	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jan Zielinski	Alexander Erler Neil Oberleitner	4–6, 0–6
Win	13–14	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hugo Voljacques	Dominik Langmajer Marek Gengel	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–15	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hugo Voljacques	Jesper De Jong Bart Stevens	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	13–16	Feb 2020	M25 Barnstaple, Great Britain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Evan Hoyt	Kacper Zuk Jan Zielinski	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	13–17	Apr 2021	M15 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	Daniele Capecchi Francesco Passaro	5–7, 4–6
Win	14–17	May 2021	M15 Troisdorf, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dan Added	Juan Ignacio Galarza Juan Pablo Paz	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–17	Aug 2021	M15 Gdynia, Poland	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Arthur Fery	Michał Mikuła Yann Wójcik	6–3, 6–1
Win	16–17	Sep 2021	M15 Forbach, France	World Tennis Tour	Carpet (i)	Ben Jones	Maxence Beaugé Arthur Bouquier	6–3, 6–2
Win	17–17	Nov 2021	M15 Ithaca, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Vasil Kirkov	Alex Knaff Joshua Peck	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	17–18	Jan 2022	M25 Bath, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Guy den Ouden	Charles Broom Alastair Gray	2–6, 2–6
Win	18–18	May 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Skander Mansouri	Arthur Bouquier Martin Breysach	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	19–18	Jun 2022	M25 Bakio, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Skander Mansouri	Aaron Cohen Álex Martínez	1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	20–18	Jul 2022	M25+H Ajaccio, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ben Jones	Dan Added Arthur Bouquier	6–2, 6–7^(1–7), [10–8]
Loss	20–19	Jul 2022	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Charles Broom	Alastair Gray Stuart Parker	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win	21–19	Aug 2022	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Charles Broom	Ben Jones Joe Tyler	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	21–20	Feb 2023	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Andrew Harris Christian Harrison	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–4), [8–10]
Win	22–20	Feb 2023	Rome, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sem Verbeek	Gabriel Décamps Alex Rybakov	6–2, 6–2
Win	23–20	May 2023	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Sem Verbeek	Jaime Faria Henrique Rocha	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	23–21	Jul 2023	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	24–21	Sep 2023	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Skander Mansouri	Sander Arends Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	25–21	Oct 2023	Charleston, USA	Challenger	Hard	Skander Mansouri	Nicholas Bybel Oliver Crawford	6–4, 6–4
Win	26–21	Oct 2023	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Skander Mansouri	William Blumberg Luis David Martínez	6–2, 6–3
Win	27–21	Jan 2024	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Skander Mansouri	Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha	7-5, 6-4
Win	28–21	Jan 2024	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Challenger	Hard (i)	Skander Mansouri	Sander Arends Sem Verbeek	7-5, 6-3

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References

↑ "Wimbledon: Evan Hoyt knocked out of first qualifying round". 24 June 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
↑ 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.

External links

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Luke Johnson at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Wimbledon: Evan Hoyt knocked out of first qualifying round". 24 June 2019 – via www.bbc.com.

[2] 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.

[3] "Luke Johnson". Clemson Tigers. Clemson University. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

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