Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former

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. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high

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(ATP) world No. 41 doubles

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in May 2019. His career highlights included winning three

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titles, 7

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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

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, the team of Bambridge,

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, and Evan Hoyt justified their top seeding in the event.

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

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as his partner.

2015

Bambridge received a wildcard into the

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men's doubles event, partnering

where he made his

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debut. 2015 was also the year in which Bambridge won his first singles ITF tournament at the Qatar F4 Futures.

2019

Bambridge, in partnership with

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, reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2019 US Open. The pairing beat ninth seeds

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and Franko Škugor in the second round, before exiting against top seeds

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and Robert Farah in the last eight.

ATP career finals

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

ITF Career finals

Singles: 7 (1–6)

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Doubles performance timeline

''Current after the 2021 US Open.''

World TeamTennis

Bambridge made his

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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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bambridge, Luke 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Nottingham English male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis people from Nottinghamshire People educated at West Bridgford School