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Country (sports)
  
Australia

Turned pro
  
2009

Career titles
  
0

Weight
  
84 kg


Career record
  
0–0

Role
  
Tennis Player

Prize money
  
$158,811

Name
  
Alex Bolt

Residence
  
Melbourne, Australia

Alex Bolt Alex bolts into Optus 18s quarterfinals 1 December 2011

Born
  
5 January 1993 (age 31) Murray Bridge, South Australia (
1993-01-05
)

Plays
  
Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

Similar People
  
Andrew Whittington, Luke Saville, Benjamin Mitchell, Brydan Klein, Jordan Thompson

Profiles


Highest ranking
  
No. 164 (2 March 2015)

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Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is a professional Australian tennis player whose career-high ranking is World No. 164 in singles and World No. 93 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.

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2010-2012: Career beginnings

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Bolt made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round. Throughout 2011, Bolt competed on the Futures circuit. His best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.

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Bolt lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2012 Brisbane International to countryman, Luke Saville. Bolt spent the rest of 2012 competing on the Futures Circuit and reached his first final and winning the Australian F7 in the Happy Valley; this was his first career title. Bolt made 4 finals from October–December; winning one. Bolt ended 2012 with a ranking of 483.

2013

Alex Bolt Alex Bolt Photos 2013 Australian Open Day 3 Zimbio

Bolt entered the qualifying rounds of Sydney International, where he made the second round, before losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. He also made the second round of qualifying for the 2013 Australian Open, losing a tight contest 4-6, 7-5, 6-8 to Florent Serra.

Alex Bolt Rankings watch Bolt cracks world39s top 250 6 May 2014

Between February and May, Bolt competed in a nuber 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 to James Duckworth.

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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

Bolt was given wild card’s into both the 2014 Brisbane International and 2014 Australian Open 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 and Fernando Verdasco in round two, ultimately losing at the quarter-final stage to number 8 seed Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. The match was played on Rod Laver Arena; 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; before playing a number of Australian Futures, winning the F4 and coming runner-up in F5.

Bolt's won his first ATP Challenger Tour on May 3 at the China International against Nikola Mektić in straight sets, increasing his ranking to a career high of #240. He also won the doubles, pairing with Andrew Whittington. At Wimbledon, Bolt fell just short of making his grand slam debut, losing in the final round of qualifying to Russian Konstantin Kravchuk in four sets. In September, Bolt made the semi-finals of the Napa Challenger.

2015

Bolt commenced 2015 at the Onkaparinga Challenger where he lost in the semi finals to Ryan Harrison. Bolt missed the 2015 Australian Open singles, but played in the doubles, reaching the third round. In February, Bolt made his second career ATP Challenger Tour final in Burnie. He lost in straight sets to Chung Hyeon.

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 in the 1st round. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open to Bjorn Fratangelo, before turning to grass, where he completed in and successfully qualified for three challenger events in a row, at Manchester, Surbiton and Ilkley. Bolt playing 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. In October and November, Bolt made quarter finals of both the Latrobe and Canberra 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. 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 588.

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 before losing to Omar Jasika in round 2. Bolt then qualified for the 2017 Australian Open, defeating Marius Copil, Matthias Bachinger and Julien Benneteau. This was Bolt's grand slam single debut. He lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in round 1. In Doubles, Bolt paired with Bradley Mousley where he reached the quarter finals for the second time. Bolt reached the quarterfinals of both the Burnie International 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, losing to Marton Fucsovics 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.

References

Alex Bolt Wikipedia