Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an inactive Australian professional
tennis
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player. His career-high ranking is World No. 125 in singles and World No. 81 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include a quarterfinal appearance at the
2014 Australian Open
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men's doubles, and also winning the
China International Challenger with his partner
Andrew Whittington.
Personal life
Bolt was born in
Murray Bridge, South Australia
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. He began playing tennis at the age of seven and also spent time playing
Australian rules football
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and
basketball
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throughout his youth. During his hiatus from tennis in 2016, Bolt began playing local football for the Mypolonga Tigers in
River Murray Football League
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History
The competitio ...
and worked as a fence-builder.
Bolt is an avid supporter of the
Port Adelaide Football Club
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in the
Australian Football League
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.
In August 2021, Bolt tested positive for
COVID-19
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.
Career
2010-2012: Career beginnings
Bolt began his tennis career in
Murray Bridge competing in the Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis Association. He made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round.
Throughout 2011, Bolt competed on the
Futures
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circuit. His best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.
Bolt lost in the first round of qualifying for the
2012 Brisbane International
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to countryman,
Luke Saville
Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Op ...
.
Bolt spent the rest of 2012 competing on the
Futures Circuit and reached his first final and winning the Australian F7 in
Happy Valley, South Australia
Happy Valley is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide.
Within the suburb is the Happy Valley Reservoir accompanied by South Australia's largest water trea ...
; this was his first career title. He competed in four finals from October–December; winning one. Bolt ended 2012 with a ranking of 483.
2013
Bolt entered the qualifying rounds of
Sydney International
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, where he made the second round, before losing to
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manage ...
. He also made the second round of qualifying for the
2013 Australian Open
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, losing a tight contest 4–6, 7–5, 6–8 to
Florent Serra
Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006.
Career Early life and ...
.
Between February and May, Bolt competed in a number of Future tournaments, making the semi finals in Australia F1, F2 and China F1.
He lost in the first round of qualifying in the
2013 French Open
The 2013 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 117th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 26 May to 9 June. It consisted of e ...
to
James Duckworth.
From June – September, Bolt played a number of Futures throughout Europe, mainly on clay, before returning to Australia the play in the futures there. his best result reaching the final of Cairns F7, losing to his doubles partner
Andrew Whittington, 4–6, 4–6. Bolt ended 2013 with a ranking of 364.
2014: First Challenger title
Bolt was given wild card’s into both the
2014 Brisbane International and
2014 Australian Open
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qualifying, but lost in round 1 in both. Whittington and Bolt were given wild cards into the
Men's doubles. The pair defeated the number 3 seeds
David Marrero
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Professional career 2000–2007
Marrero earned h ...
and
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
in round two, ultimately losing at the quarter-final stage to number 8 seed
Daniel Nestor
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Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
and
Nenad Zimonjić
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He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Cham ...
. The match was played on
Rod Laver Arena
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History
Replacing the ...
; the pairs first appearance on centre court.
In February, he made the quarter final of the
Burnie Challenger, losing to eventual runner-up
Hiroki Moriya
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015.
Tennis career
Juniors
As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of ...
; before playing a number of Australian Futures, winning the F4 and coming runner-up in F5.
Bolt's won his first
ATP Challenger Tour
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on May 3 at the
China International against
Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Mat ...
in straight sets, increasing his ranking to a career high of #240. He also won the doubles, pairing with
Andrew Whittington. At
Wimbledon
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, Bolt fell just short of making his grand slam debut, losing in the final round of
qualifying to Russian
Konstantin Kravchuk
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in four sets. In September, Bolt made the semi-finals of the
Napa Challenger.
2015: Masters 1000 debut
Bolt commenced 2015 at the
Onkaparinga Challenger where he lost in the semi finals to
Ryan Harrison
Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open.
Before turning 16, Harriso ...
.
Bolt missed the
2015 Australian Open
The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Stan Wawrinka was the defend ...
singles, but played in the
doubles, reaching the third round. In February, Bolt made his second career
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...
final in
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban popul ...
. He lost in straight sets to
Chung Hyeon
Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open.
...
.
In March, Bolt made his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw in
Indian Wells, after two wins in qualification. He lost in straight sets to
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012, and has won two singles titles, at the Austrian Open in both 2011 and 2012. Haase also reac ...
in the 1st round.
He lost in the first round of qualifying for the
French Open
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to
Bjorn Fratangelo, before turning to grass, where he completed in and qualified for three challenger events in a row, at
Manchester
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,
Surbiton
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and
Ilkley
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. Bolt played the North America from July to August with limited success, before returning to Australia's futures circuit where he made the final of the Cairns F7, but lost in three sets to
Finn Tearney
Finn Tearney (born 27 September 1990) is a tennis player from New Zealand.
Tearney has a career high ATP singles ranking of 356 achieved on 10 October 2016 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 402 achieved on 8 February 2016.
He has won t ...
. In October and November, Bolt made quarter finals of both the
Latrobe and
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
challengers. Bolt finished 2015 with a singles ranking of 269.
2016: Hiatus
Bolt commenced 2016 at the
Onkaparinga Challenger when he made the quarter final. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the
2016 Australian Open
The 2016 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 18 and 31 January 2016. It was the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of event ...
. In January and February, Bolt made the quarter final of the
Maui Challenger and
Launceston Challenger, before returning to play three ITF tournaments across Australia, before taking a tennis hiatus that would last the remainder of the year. Bolt ended 2016 with a ranking of 586.
2017: Return to tennis and singles Grand Slam debut
Bolt returned from a 9-month hiatus in January 2017 to qualify for the
Happy Valley Challenger. Bolt said; “This is my first tournament since March so it’s good to be back. I’m loving playing tennis again. It’s great fun and hopefully this run continues.” Bolt defeated
Tatsuma Ito
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before losing to
Omar Jasika
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in round 2.
Bolt then
qualified for the
2017 Australian Open
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, defeating
Marius Copil
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,
Matthias Bachinger
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Professional career
In 2007, Bachinger qualified for ...
and
Julien Benneteau
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. This was Bolt's grand slam single debut. He lost to
Yoshihito Nishioka
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won two ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36 on 7 November 2022.
He is currently the No. 1 Japanese player.
Career
Junior career
As a junior, he compiled a ...
in round 1. In Doubles, Bolt paired with
Bradley Mousley
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In August 2014, Mousley received a one-year ban, backdated to 30 May 2014, after testing positive ...
where he reached the quarter finals for the second time. Bolt reached the quarterfinals of both the
Burnie International
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and
Launceston International, but reached the finals in the Launceston doubles with Andrew Whittington. In February, Bolt travelled to Asia but failed to qualify for any Challenger events in singles, before returning to the futures tour in Australia. In May, Bolt travelled to Europe, where he qualified for and made the final of the
Ilkley Trophy
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, losing to
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in straight sets. This was Bolt's first appearance in a Challenger final for two years. With the result, his ranking jumped from 438 to 306 in the world. In October, Bolt made his second Challenger tour final of the season at
Traralgon
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where he lost to fellow Aussie
Jason Kubler
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Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his profe ...
in three tight sets.
In December, Bolt competed in the
Australian Wildcard Playoff for a spot in the
2018 Australian Open. Despite losing to
Alex De Minaur
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...
in the final, Bolt's performance throughout the tournament and strong 2017 earned him a discretionary wildcard into the Australian Open. He also received a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles with partner Bradley Mousley, who he made the quarter finals with in 2017.
Bolt finished the year with a singles ranking of 192, an improvement of almost 400 places from the end of 2016. Bolt also had a handy year on the doubles circuit, making five Challenger finals with three victories to finish the season ranked 86, a career high doubles ranking.
2018: First ATP Singles win
Bolt started the season in his home state of
South Australia
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at the inaugural
Playford Challenger event, where he lost to
Jason Kubler
Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his profe ...
.
Bolt received a wildcard into the
2018 Sydney International in both singles and doubles, partnering compatriot
Jordan Thompson. In the singles draw, Bolt lost in the first round to
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian citizen (not counting Lithuanian American Vitas Gerulaitis) to enter the ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranke ...
.
At the
Australian Open
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Bolt lost to
Viktor Troicki
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as a wildcard in the first round in 5 sets. Bolt partnered Brad Mousley for doubles and lost in round 1 in 3 sets.
In March, Bolt qualified for and won the
Zhuhai Challenger.
In June, Bolt won his first
ATP World Tour
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match at the
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
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, defeating
Vasek Pospisil
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in round 1.
At the
2018 Wimbledon Championships
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Bolt qualified for the first time for the
singles
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main draw of this Grand Slam. He lost to 21st seed
Kyle Edmund
Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African born-British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 through October 2019.
E ...
in the first round. Bolt also partnered
2002 Men's singles Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt
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in doubles after the pair received a wildcard. The pair lost also in the first round. In July, Bolt qualified for
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
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,
Atlanta
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and
Washington
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** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
but lost in first round of all three. In August, Bolt lost in the final round of
qualifying for the
US Open.
2019: First Grand Slam win
Bolt received a wildcard into the
Brisbane International
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but lost in round 1.
Bolt received a wildcard in the
Australian Open
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where he defeated
Jack Sock
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in four sets for his first Grand Slam win. He defeated
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
...
in the second round after saving four match points in the 4th set but lost to
Alexander Zverev
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in the third round, 3–6, 3–6, 2–6.
In August, Bolt lost in the first round of
2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 159.
2020: First ATP Tour quarterfinal
In January 2020, Bolt reached the quarter final of the
2020 Adelaide International as a wildcard.
He was awarded a wildcard into the
2020 Australian Open
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and played
Albert Ramos Viñolas
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in round 1, winning in five sets, before losing in the second round in 5 sets to eventual finalist,
Dominic Thiem
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. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 171.
2021: Second ATP Tour quarterfinal
He was awarded a fourth wildcard in a row for the
Australian Open
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main draw where he lost to
Grigor Dimitrov
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in the second round.
In June, Bolt won the
2021 Nottingham Trophy Challenger as a qualifier defeating
Kamil Majchrzak
Kamil Majchrzak (; born 13 January 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 75 achieved on 28 February 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241 achieved on 8 August 20 ...
. Following this successful run, Bolt received a wildcard to the
Wimbledon
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Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* ...
main draw.
In July 2021, Bolt reached his second ATP Tour singles quarterfinal at
Los Cabos
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. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 137.
2022: Fifth consecutive wildcard entry into Australian Open
Bolt was awarded, for a fifth consecutive year, a wildcard into the
2022 Australian Open
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.
He lost to
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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in the first round.
Bolt took a break from tennis, returning in October, winning the M25 Cairns on return.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 19 (7–12)
Doubles: 30 (17–13)
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the
2022 Miami Open
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.''
Doubles
''Current through the
2022 Australian Open
The 2022 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, Australia from 17 to 30 January 2022. It was the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the ye ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolt, Alex
Australian male tennis players
1993 births
Living people
Tennis people from South Australia
21st-century Australian people