Alex Bolt

Bolt at the2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Murray Bridge,Australia
Born	(1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (age 32) Murray Bridge, Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jaymon Crabb
Prize money	US$$1,768,295
Singles
Career record	17–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 125 (4 March 2019)
Current ranking	No. 175 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
French Open	Q1 (2013,2015,2018,2019,2020,2021,2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	Q3 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	16–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (15 January 2018)
Current ranking	No. 348 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2014,2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2014,2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
Last updated on: 2 December 2024.

Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professionaltennis player. He plays mainly on theATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by theATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career include quarterfinal appearances at the2014 Australian Open men's doubles and at the2017 Australian Open withAndrew Whittington andBradley Mousley respectively.^[1]

Bolt was born inMurray Bridge, South Australia.^[2] He began playing tennis at the age of seven^[3] and also spent time playingAustralian rules football andbasketball throughout his youth. During his hiatus from tennis in 2016, Bolt began playing local football for the Mypolonga Tigers inRiver Murray Football League and worked as a fence-builder.^[4]

Bolt is an avid supporter of thePort Adelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League.^[5]

Bolt began his tennis career inMurray 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 theFutures 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 the2012 Brisbane International to countryman,Luke Saville. Bolt spent the rest of 2012 competing on theFutures Circuit and reached his first final and winning the Australian F7 inHappy Valley, South Australia; this was his first career title. He competed in four finals from October–December; winning one. Bolt ended 2012 with a ranking of 483.

Bolt entered the qualifying rounds ofSydney International, where he made the second round, before losing toGuillermo Garcia-Lopez. He also made the second round of qualifying for the2013 Australian Open, losing a tight contest 4–6, 7–5, 6–8 toFlorent Serra.

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 the2013 French Open toJames 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 partnerAndrew Whittington, 4–6, 4–6. Bolt ended 2013 with a ranking of 364.

Bolt was given wildcards into both the2014 Brisbane International and2014 Australian Openqualifying, but lost in round 1 in both. Whittington and Bolt were given wildcards into theMen's doubles main draw. The pair defeated the No. 3 seedsDavid Marrero andFernando Verdasco in round two, ultimately losing at the quarter-final stage to number 8 seedDaniel Nestor andNenad Zimonjić. The match was played onRod Laver Arena; the pairs first appearance on centre court.^[6]

In February, he made the quarter-final of theBurnie Challenger, losing to eventual runner-upHiroki Moriya; before playing a number of Australian Futures, winning the F4 and coming runner-up in F5.

Bolt's won his firstATP Challenger Tour on 3 May at theChina International againstNikola Mektić in straight sets, increasing his ranking to a career high of #240. He also won the doubles, pairing withAndrew Whittington. AtWimbledon, Bolt fell just short of making his grand slam debut, losing in the final round ofqualifying to RussianKonstantin Kravchuk in four sets. In September, Bolt made the semi-finals of theNapa Challenger.^[7]

Bolt commenced 2015 at theOnkaparinga Challenger where he lost in the semifinals toRyan Harrison.Bolt missed the2015 Australian Open singles, but played in thedoubles as a wildcard pair with A. Whittington, reaching the third round. In February, Bolt made his second careerATP Challenger Tour final inBurnie. He lost in straight sets toChung Hyeon.

In March, Bolt made his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw inIndian Wells, after two wins in qualification.^[8] He lost in straight sets toRobin Haase in the 1st round.

He lost in the first round of qualifying for theFrench Open toBjorn Fratangelo, before turning to grass, where he completed in and qualified for three challenger events in a row, atManchester,Surbiton andIlkley. 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 toFinn Tearney. In October and November, Bolt made quarter finals of both theLatrobe andCanberra Challengers.

Bolt finished 2015 with a singles ranking of No. 269.

Bolt commenced 2016 at theOnkaparinga Challenger when he made the quarter-final. He lost in the first round of qualifying for the2016 Australian Open. In January and February, Bolt made the quarter-final of theMaui Challenger andLaunceston 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 No. 586.

Bolt returned from a 9-month hiatus in January 2017 to qualify for theHappy 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".^[9] Bolt defeatedTatsuma Ito before losing toOmar Jasika in round 2.

Bolt thenqualified for the2017 Australian Open, defeatingMarius Copil,Matthias Bachinger andJulien Benneteau. This was Bolt's grand slam single debut.^[10] He lost toYoshihito Nishioka in round 1. In Doubles, Bolt paired withBradley Mousley where he reached the quarter-finals for the second time. Bolt reached the quarterfinals of both theBurnie International andLaunceston 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 theIlkley Trophy, losing toMarton 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. In October, Bolt made his second Challenger tour final of the season atTraralgon where he lost to fellow AussieJason Kubler in three tight sets.

In December, Bolt competed in theAustralian Wildcard Playoff for a spot in the2018 Australian Open. Despite losing toAlex De Minaur in the final, Bolt's performance throughout the tournament and strong 2017 earned him a discretionary wildcard into the Australian Open.^[11] 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 No. 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 No. 86, a career high doubles ranking.

Bolt started the season in his home state ofSouth Australia at the inauguralPlayford Challenger event, where he lost toJason Kubler.

Bolt received a wildcard into the2018 Sydney International in both singles and doubles, partnering compatriotJordan Thompson. In the singles draw, Bolt lost in the first round toRičardas Berankis.

At theAustralian Open Bolt lost toViktor Troicki as a wildcard in the first round in 5 sets.^[12] Bolt partnered Brad Mousley for doubles and lost in round 1 in 3 sets.In March, Bolt qualified for and won theZhuhai Challenger.^[13]

In June, Bolt won his firstATP World Tour match at theRosmalen Grass Court Championships, defeatingVasek Pospisil in round 1.^[14]

At the2018 Wimbledon Championships Bolt qualified for the first time for thesingles main draw of this Grand Slam. He lost to 21st seedKyle Edmund in the first round. Bolt also partnered2002 Men's singles Wimbledon championLleyton Hewitt in doubles after the pair received a wildcard.^[15] The pair lost also in the first round. In July, Bolt qualified forHall of Fame Tennis Championships,Atlanta andWashington but lost in first round of all three. In August, Bolt lost in the final round ofqualifying for theUS Open.^[16]

Bolt received a wildcard into theBrisbane International but lost in round 1.

Bolt received a wildcard in theAustralian Open where he defeatedJack Sock in four sets for his first Grand Slam win.^[17] He defeatedGilles Simon in the second round after saving four match points in the 4th set but lost toAlexander Zverev in the third round, 3–6, 3–6, 2–6.

In August, Bolt lost in the first round of2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 159.

In January 2020, Bolt reached the quarterfinal of the2020 Adelaide International as a wildcard.

He was awarded a wildcard into the2020 Australian Open and playedAlbert Ramos Viñolas in round 1, winning in five sets, before losing in the second round in 5 sets to eventual finalist,Dominic Thiem. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 171.

He was awarded a fourth wildcard in a row for theAustralian Open main draw where he lost toGrigor Dimitrov in the second round.^[18]

In June, Bolt won the2021 Nottingham Trophy Challenger as a qualifier defeatingKamil Majchrzak. Following this successful run, Bolt received a wildcard to theWimbledon main draw.^[19]

In July 2021, Bolt reached his second ATP Tour singles quarterfinal atLos Cabos.^[20] Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 137.

Bolt was awarded, for a fifth consecutive year, a wildcard into the2022 Australian Open singles main draw.^[21] He lost toAlejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round. Bolt took a break from tennis, returning in October, winning the M25 Cairns on return.

Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 636.

Bolt participated in the doubles event at the2023 Australian Open partneringLuke Saville where they reached the third round.

At the2024 Wimbledon Championships where he entered as an alternate in the qualifying competition, Bolt reached the main draw with a five-set win overLeandro Riedi, coming from a two sets to love down deficit, saving a match point in the process.^[22][23] He lost in the first round to eighth seedCasper Ruud in straight sets.^[24]

Bolt made it through qualifying at the2024 Hall of Fame Open going on to defeatJakub Menšík^[25] and fifth seedBrandon Nakashima^[26] before losing to second seedMarcos Giron in the quarterfinals.^[27]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2012	Australia F7,Happy Valley	Futures	Hard	Adam Feeney	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Oct 2012	Australia F9,Esperance	Futures	Hard	Adam Feeney	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2012	Hong Kong F1,Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Victor Baluda	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Dec 2012	Hong Kong F2,Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Victor Baluda	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Dec 2012	Hong Kong F3,Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2013	Australia F7,Cairns	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2014	Australia F4,Melbourne	Futures	Clay	Blake Mott	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–5	Apr 2014	Australia F5,Glen Iris	Futures	Clay	Luke Saville	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	4–5	May 2014	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Nikola Mektić	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–6	Feb 2015	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Chung Hyeon	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–7	Oct 2015	Australia F7,Cairns	Futures	Hard	Finn Tearney	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–8	Jun 2017	Ilkley, UK	Challenger	Grass	Márton Fucsovics	1–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Oct 2017	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Jason Kubler	6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win	5–9	Mar 2018	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Hubert Hurkacz	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	5–10	Oct 2018	Fairfield, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–11	Aug 2019	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jannik Sinner	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	5–12	Feb 2020	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Mohamed Safwat	6–75–7, 1-6
Win	6–12	Jun 2021	Nottingham, UK	Challenger	Grass	Kamil Majchrzak	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	7–12	Oct 2022	M25Cairns, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Colin Sinclair	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–13	Feb 2023	M25Burnie, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–13	Feb 2023	M25Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Adam Walton	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	9–13	Mar 2023	M25Bakersfield, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kyle Kang	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	9–14	Feb 2024	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Omar Jasika	2–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Loss	9–15	Mar 2024	M25Traralgon, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Li Tu	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–15	Mar 2024	M25Mildura, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Luke Saville	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–15	Mar 2024	M25Swan Hill, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Grass	Rio Noguchi	6–1, 6–2
Loss	11–16	Nov 2024	Matsuyama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	6–7(4–7), 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2012	Italy F4,Vercelli	Futures	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	6–3, 7–6(11–9)
Win	2–0	Jun 2012	Slovenia F2,Maribor	Futures	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Miki Janković Nik Razboršek	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–0	Jun 2012	Germany F6,Köln	Futures	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Jan-Lennard Struff Mattis Wetzel	6–1, 6–0
Loss	3–1	Sep 2012	Australia F8,Port Pirie	Futures	Hard	Jack Schipanski	Jay Andrijic Adam Feeney	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Oct 2012	Australia F9,Esperance	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Mitchell	Adam Feeney Zach Itzstein	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	Feb 2013	Australia F1,Melbourne	Futures	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	5–2	Mar 2013	Sydney, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	5–3	Jun 2013	Italy F12,Padova	Futures	Clay	Sami Reinwein	Andrés Molteni Walter Trusendi	7–6(12–10), 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	5–4	Jun 2013	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Peng Hsien-yin	Marco Crugnola Daniele Giorgini	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	6–4	Sep 2013	Australia F6,Toowoomba	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Adam Feeney Gavin van Peperzeel	6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	7–4	Sep 2013	Australia F7,Cairns	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Isaac Frost Kento Takeuchi	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–4	Sep 2013	Australia F8,Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Adam Feeney Gavin van Peperzeel	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–5	Oct 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Thanasi Kokkinakis Benjamin Mitchell	3–6, 2–6
Win	9–5	May 2014	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Daniel Cox Gong Maoxin	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–6	Jan 2015	Happy Valley, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Aleksandr Nedovyesov Andrey Kuznetsov	5–7, 4–6
Loss	9–7	Oct 2015	Australia F6,Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Gao Xin Li Zhe	6–3, 3–6, [1–10]
Win	10–7	Nov 2015	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss	10–8	Jan 2016	Maui, USA	Challenger	Hard	Frank Moser	Jason Jung Dennis Novikov	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	11–8	Feb 2016	Australia F1,Port Pirie	Futures	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Marc Polmans Jose Statham	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss	11–9	Mar 2016	Australia F2,Mildura	Futures	Grass	Andrew Whittington	Steven de Waard Marc Polmans	3–6, 7–6(11–9), [6–10]
Loss	11–10	Feb 2017	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Bradley Mousley Luke Saville	2–6, 1–6
Win	12–10	Mar 2017	Australia F1,Mildura	Futures	Grass	Dane Propoggia	Harry Bourchier Gavin van Peperzeel	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [11–9]
Win	13–10	May 2017	Italy F14,Frascati	Futures	Clay	Jason Kubler	Federico Maccari Andrea Vavassori	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win	14–10	Aug 2017	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Max Purcell	Tom Jomby Eric Quigley	7–5, 6–4
Loss	14–11	Aug 2017	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Jonathan Erlich Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	15–11	Oct 2017	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Evan King Nathan Pasha	6–4, 6–2
Win	16–11	Nov 2017	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Luke Saville Andrew Whittington	6–3, 6–2
Win	17–11	Feb 2018	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Sekou Bangoura Nathan Pasha	7–6(8–6), 6–0
Loss	17–12	Apr 2019	Nanchang, China	Challenger	Clay (i)	Akira Santillan	Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	2–6, 4–6
Loss	17–13	Oct 2019	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Andrew Harris Marc Polmans	0–6, 1–6
Win	18–13	Jun 2023	Tyler, United States	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Harris	Evan King Reese Stalder	6–1, 6–4
Win	19-13	Sep 2023	Shanghai, China	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Rigele Te Yunchaokete Bu	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	20–13	Feb 2024	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Tristan Schoolkate Adam Walton	5–7, 6–3, [12–10]

Current through the2024 US Open.

All Davis Cup matches: 1–0 (Singles: 0–0, Doubles: 1–0)
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent(s)	Rubber score
2019 Davis Cup Finals
RR	27 Nov 2021	Hungary	2–1	Turin	Hard (i)	Doubles (withJohn Peers)	Fábián Marozsán /Zsombor Piros	6–3, 6–7(11–13),6–3

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