Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt
	Alex Bolt
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	5 January 1993 (age 31); Murray Bridge, South Australia
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$158,811
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 164 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking	No. 261 (8 June 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	4–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 93 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking	No. 95 (12 January 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
	Last updated on: 2 March 2015.

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.^[1]

Career

2010

Bolt made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round.

2011

Bolt competed on the Futures circuit in 2011, and his best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.

2012

Bolt lost in the first round of 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 finished 2012 ranked #483.

2013

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.

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.

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. He finished 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. 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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

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. Bolt made the quarter final of the Maui Challenger.

ATP finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–6)

Titles by Surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 2012	Happy Valley, Australia	Hard	Adam Feeney	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	7 October 2012	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Adam Feeney	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	8 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Victor Baluda	4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	15 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Victor Baluda	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	22 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	22 September 2013	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Andrew Whittington	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	6 April 2014	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Blake Mott	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	13 April 2014	Glen Iris, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Winner	9.	3 May 2014	China International, China	Clay	Nikola Mektić	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	7 February 2015	Burnie International, Australia	Hard	Chung Hyeon	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	11 October 2015	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Finn Tearney	7-6, 3-6, 3-6

Doubles finals: 17 (10-7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
ITF Futures Tour (8–3)

Titles by Surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 April 2012	F4, Italy	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	6-3, 7-6
Winner	2.	10 June 2012	F2, Slovenia	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Miki Jankovic Nik Razborsek	6-4, 7-6
Winner	3.	24 June 2012	F6, Germany	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Jan-Lennard Struff Mattis Wetzel	6-1, 6-0
Runner Up	4.	3 May 2014	F8, Australia	Hard	Jack Schipanski	Jay Andrijic Adam Feeney	2-6, 2-6
Winner	5.	6 October 2012	F9, Australia	Hard	Benjamin Mitchell	Adam Feeney Zach Itzstein	6-2, 6-3
Winner	6.	17 February 2013	F1, Australia	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader	7-6, 6-4
Runner Up	7.	3 March 2013	Sydney, AUS	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	4-6, 6-4, 9-11
Runner Up	8.	16 June 2013	F12, Italy	Clay	Sami Reinwein	Andres Molteni Walter Trusendi	7-6, 3-6, 5-10
Runner Up	9.	23 June 2013	Milan, Italy	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Marco Crugnola Daniele Giorgini	6-4, 5-7, 8-10
Winner	10.	15 September 2013	F6, Australia	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Adam Feeney Gavin Van Peperzeel	6-1, 3-6, 10-7
Winner	11.	22 September 2013	F7, Australia	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Kento Takeuchi Isaac Frost	6-3, 6-2
Winner	12.	29 September 2013	F8, Australia	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Adam Feeney Gavin Van Peperzeel	6-3, 6-3
Runner Up	13.	21 October 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Thanasi Kokkinakis Benjamin Mitchell	3-6, 2-6
Winner	14.	3 May 2014	Anning, China	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Daniel Cox M Gong	6-4, 6-3
Runner Up	15.	11 January 2015	Onkaparinga, Australia	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Aleksandr Nedovyesov Andrey Kuznetsov	5-7, 4-6
Runner Up	16.	4 October 2015	F6, Australia	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Xin Gao Zhe Li	6-3, 3-6 [1-10]
Winner	17.	8 November 2015	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Andrew Whittington	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7-6, 6-3