Tristan Schoolkate

Tristan Schoolkate

Schoolkate at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Perth, Australia
Born	(2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23) Perth, Australia [1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Andrew Roberts
Prize money	US$ 673,045
Singles
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 135 (3 February 2025)
Current ranking	No. 135 (3 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	2–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 120 (27 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 120 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022, 2025)
Last updated on: 31 January 2025.

Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 3 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025. ^[2]

Personal life

Schoolkate began playing tennis at age four and was initially coached by his father, who was a tennis coach at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club. ^[1]

In August 2015, he represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic. ^[3]

Career

2019–2021: Beginnings: ATP debut and first ITF titles

Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019 ^[4] and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon.

In January 2021, Schoolkate made the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, losing to Bernard Tomic. ^[5] He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wildcard into the main draw. ^[6] He lost in straight sets to Botic van de Zandschulp.

In September 2021, Schoolkate won his first ITF singles title in Plaisir, France. ^[7] In October 2021, he won his first ITF doubles title. ^[8]

2022–2025: First Challenger title, Major debut & first wins, top 150

Schoolkate lost in the first qualifying round at the 2022 Australian Open. ^[9] In April 2022, he achieved a new career-high ranking of No. 504, after reaching the final at the ITF M25 Canberra tournament. ^{[10] [2]}

Ranked No. 241 at the 2024 Guangzhou International, Schoolkate defeated compatriot and third seed Adam Walton to lift his first Challenger singles trophy. At the same tournament he won the doubles title with Blake Ellis. As a result he reached the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 187 on 6 May 2024. ^{[11] [12] [2]} At the 2024 Winston-Salem Open, he qualified for the main draw, but lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Learner Tien. ^[13]

Ranked No. 193, for his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 US Open and defeated Taro Daniel in five sets, recording his first Major win. ^[14] He lost to Jakub Menšík in the second round in a match which went to a fifth set tiebreak. ^[15]

He also received a main draw wildcard for the 2025 Australian Open for his debut at his home Slam and again defeated Taro Daniel, this time in four sets. As a result he reached the top 150 at a new career-high of world No. 146 on 27 January 2025. ^{[16] [2] [17]} He lost in the second round to world No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner also in four sets. ^[18]

Schoolkate won his second Challenger title at the 2025 Queensland International, defeating Marek Gengel in the final in straight sets. ^[19]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2024 US Open.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q3	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	NH	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	0	0	1		Career total:2
Titles	0	0	0	0	0		Career total:0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0		Career total:0
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Year-end ranking	839	623	367	260	171		$673,045

Doubles

Current after the 2024 US Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	0	1	Career total: 3
Titles	0	0	0	0	Career total:0
Finals	0	0	0	0	Career total:0
Overall win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Year-end ranking	494	210	159	135

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–0) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2021	M25+H Plaisir, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (indoor)	Alexandre Reco	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Mar 2022	M25 Canberra, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jason Kubler	6–7(3–7), 1-6
Loss	1–2	May 2022	M15 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ignacio Monzon	1–6, 1-6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2022	M25 Traralgon, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Edward Winter	4–6, 2-6
Win	2–3	Feb 2023	M25 Swan Hill, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Philip Sekulic	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	3–3	May 2024	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–3	February 2025	Brisbane, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Marek Gengel	7-6(7-3), 7-6(7–4)

Doubles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (6–5) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (7–3)

Finals by surface Hard (11–7) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2021	M25 Nevers, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (indoor)	Blake Ellis	Millen Hurrion Ben Jones	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win	2–0	Oct 2021	M25 Sarreguemines, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (indoor)	Blake Ellis	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Hendrik Jebens	7–6(7–5), 3-6, [10–5]
Loss	2–1	Nov 2021	M25 Saint-Dizier, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (indoor)	Blake Ellis	Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas	4–6, 6–4 [7-10]
Loss	2–2	Nov 2021	M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (indoor)	Blake Ellis	Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas	6-7, 2–3 (ret.)
Loss	2–3	Feb 2022	M25 Bendigo, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blake Ellis	Calum Puttergill Brandon Walkin	2-6, 3–6
Win	3–3	May 2022	M15 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Colin Sinclair	David Pichler Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	6-1, 7–5
Win	4–3	Oct 2022	M25 Cairns, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blake Ellis	Aaron Addison Calum Puttergill	6-4, 6–1
Win	5–3	Oct 2022	Sydney, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Blake Ellis	Ajeet Rai Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Loss	5–4	Feb 2023	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Marc Polmans Max Purcell	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	6–4	Feb 2023	M25 Burnie, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Luke Saville	Calum Puttergill Adam Walton	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–4	Feb 2023	M25 Swan Hill, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Luke Saville	Blake Bayldon Edward Winter	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–4	Feb 2023	M25 Swan Hill, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Luke Saville	Blake Ellis Matthew Christopher Romios	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–4	Jul 2023	Bloomfield Hills, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	Blake Ellis Calum Puttergill	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9–5	Jul 2023	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	Christian Harrison Mikelis Libietis	4–6, 3–6
Loss	9–6	Oct 2023	Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Blake Ellis	Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	9–7	Feb 2024	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	Alex Bolt Luke Saville	7–5, 3–6, [10–12]
Win	10–7	Feb 2024	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Adam Walton	Dan Added Chung Yun-seong	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss	10–8	Mar 2024	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Adam Walton	Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	11–8	May 2024	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Blake Ellis	Nam Ji-sung Patrik Niklas-Salminen	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Win	12–8	Sep 2024	Charleston, United States	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Calum Puttergill Dane Sweeny	6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–3]
Win	13–8	Sep 2024	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Patrick Kypson Eliot Spizzirri	6–4, 6–2

References

1. "Tristan Schoolkate Bio". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
2. "Tristan Schoolkate Rankings history".
3. "Future Stars Ready for World Tour Finals". Tennis Australia. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
4. "Schoolkate debuts in Darwin". 24 September 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
5. "Aussie's March on in Australian Open 2021 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
6. "Draws are now set for the Melbourne Summer Series". Tennis Australia. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
7. Rogers, Leigh (20 September 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
8. "Social Round Up". Tennis Australia . 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
9. "Aussie Men Exit Australian Open Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
10. "RANKING MOVERS: SAVILLE, KOKKINAKIS AND KYRGIOS CONTINUE RESURGENCES". Tennis Australia . 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
11. "Schoolkate Soars to Guangzhou Challenger Title". tennistourtalk.com. 5 May 2024.
12. "Navone notches biggest career title at Cagliari Challenger". ATPTour. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
13. "Tien edges fellow qualifier to reach second round in Winston-Salem". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
14. "Wildcard Tristan Schoolkate achieves major breakthrough at US Open 2024". 28 August 2024.
15. "US Open: Mensik stages dramatic comeback against Schoolkate". Tennis. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
16. @AustralianOpen (13 January 2025). "Soak it in Tristan, soak it in! Aussie wild card Schoolkate is through to the second round, defeating Taro Daniel 6-7 7-6 (4) 6-1 6-4 😍 @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Australian Open: Schoolkate sets a date with Sinner in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
18. "Reigning champion Jannik Sinner passes Melbourne exam set by Tristan Schoolkate". The Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
19. "Schoolkate Secures Brisbane QTC Tennis International Crown". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

External links

• Tristan Schoolkate at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tristan Schoolkate at the International Tennis Federation
• Tristan Schoolkate at Tennis Australia