Benjamin Lock (born 4 March 1993) is a

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 309 achieved on 6 January 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 154 achieved on 14 October 2024. He is part of the Zimbabwe Davis Cup team, alongside his brother Courtney John Lock,where he has a win–loss record of 35–12. Lock has won 12 ITF singles titles and 6 ATP Challengers and 35 ITF doubles titles.

Career

In November 2014, Lock won his first doubles title on the

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, playing alongside Jean-Yves Aubone in

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. In June 2015, Lock won his first singles title on the

in Mozambique. In February 2020, Lock won his first Challenger doubles title in Launceston, Australia playing alongside

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. In June 2023, Lock reached his first Challenger singles final at the Medellín Open, losing to

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. In September 2023, Lock made his

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debut as a qualifier at the 2023 Chengdu Open, losing to seventh seed

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in the first round. In June 2024, the Lock brothers won their first Challenger title together in

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, France making it the first team from Zimbabwe to win an ATP Challenger or tour-level event since

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and

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at the

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 21 (11–10)

Doubles: 74 (40–34)

Davis Cup

Participations: (33–12)

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by

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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, Benjamin 1993 births Tennis players from Harare Florida State Seminoles men's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States Living people Zimbabwean male tennis players White Zimbabwean sportspeople Tennis players at the 2019 African Games African Games competitors for Zimbabwe 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen