Adam Walton

Adam Walton
Walton at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999
Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTennessee
Prize money$ 1,231,668
Singles
Career record8-21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 85 (31 March 2025)
Current rankingNo. 90 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024, 2025)
French Open2R (2025)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record5-6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 179 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Adam Walton (born 17 April 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Walton has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 31 March 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 4 March 2024.[1] He has won four singles and four doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

College career

Walton played college tennis at the University of Tennessee,[2] where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper.[3]

Professional career

2023: First Challenger title

Walton won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger with Colin Sinclair. He won his first singles Challenger in August at the Atlantic Tire Championships in Cary, North Carolina.[4]

2024: Masters, Major debut and first win, top 100

For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open.[5] Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the 2024 Miami Open making his Masters debut.[6][7]

Following his third singles title at the 2024 Taipei Challenger, with a win over Illya Marchenko he reached the top 100 at world No. 95 on 20 May 2024.[8][9]

He also received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open.[10] He recorded his first ATP main draw win at the 2024 Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann.[11] He qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria,[12] before losing to Francisco Comesaña in the second round.[13]

2025: Masters first wins and fourth round

In Indian Wells he defeated Giulio Zeppieri for his first tour-level win of the 2025 season and first at the Masters 1000-level. In Miami where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing Hubert Hurkacz after his late withdrawal,[14] Walton defeated Luciano Darderi[15] and wildcard Coleman Wong to reach his first Masters fourth round.[16][17][18]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 M15 Champaign, USA World Tour Hard Axel Geller 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 M15 Waco, USA World Tour Hard Li Tu 7–5, 0–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Fernando Yamacita 6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Jorge Panta 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Andrés Andrade 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2023 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tour Hard Alex Bolt 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–3 May 2023 M15 Tbilisi, Georgia World Tour Hard Orel Kimhi 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–3 Jun 2023 M25 Tulsa, USA World Tour Hard Nick Chappell 6–1, 6–3
Win 6–3 Aug 2023 Cary 1, USA Challenger Hard Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 6–4 Oct 2023 Tiburon, USA Challenger Hard Zachary Svajda 2–6, 2–6
Win 7–4 Feb 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Dane Sweeny 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7–5 Feb 2024 Pune, India Challenger Hard Valentin Vacherot 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 7–6 Apr 2024 Acapulco, Mexico Challenger Hard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 May 2024 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard Tristan Schoolkate 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 8–7 May 2024 Santaizi, Taiwan Challenger Hard Illya Marchenko 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 8–8 Oct 2024 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard Taro Daniel 4–6, 5–7
Win 9–8 Feb 2025 Brisbane, Australia Challenger Hard Jason Kubler 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Tyler Zink Taisei Ichikawa

Seita Watanabe

6–1, 6–7(9–11), [8–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tour Hard Andrew Rogers Blu Baker

Kosuke Ogura

6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Sep 2022 M25 Darwin, Australia World Tour Hard Joshua Charlton Calum Puttergill

Dane Sweeny

6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2022 M25 Cairns, Australia World Tour Hard James McCabe Colin Sinclair

Kyle Seelig

4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2023 M25 Burnie, Australia World Tour Hard Calum Puttergill Tristan Schoolkate

Luke Saville

5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2023 M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tour Hard Ezekiel Clark Arklon Huertas del Pino

Conner Huertas del Pino

4–6, 3–6
Win 2–5 Apr 2023 San Luis, Mexico Challenger Clay Colin Sinclair Benjamin Lock

Rubin Statham

5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 3–5 Jul 2023 Bloomfield Hills, USA Challenger Hard Tristan Schoolkate Blake Ellis

Calum Puttergill

7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–6 Jul 2023 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Tristan Schoolkate Christian Harrison

Miķelis Lībietis

4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2023 Cary 1, USA Challenger Hard Miķelis Lībietis Evan King

Reese Stalder

3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–8 Jan 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Tristan Schoolkate Alex Bolt

Luke Saville

7–5, 3–6, [10–12]
Win 4–8 Feb 2024 Pune, India Challenger Hard Tristan Schoolkate Dan Added

Chung Yun-seong

7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 4–9 Mar 2024 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Tristan Schoolkate Ryan Seggerman

Patrik Trhac

7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 5–9 Sep 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Blake Ellis Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli

Arjun Kadhe

3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 French Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A 1R 2R 0 / 1 1–2
Wimbledon A 2R 1 / 1 1–1
US Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 1–2 1 / 5 1–5
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Miami Open A 1R 4R 0 / 2 2–2
Monte-Carlo A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 3–2 0 / 3 3–3
Career statistics
2023 2024 2025 Total
Tournaments 0 11 7 18
Titles 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0
Win/Loss 0–0 3–11 3–7 6–18
Win %  –  21% 30% 25%
Year-end ranking 176 90

Doubles

Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 0 / 2 1–2
Career statistics
2024 2025 Total
Tournaments 2 2 4
Titles 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0
Win/Loss 1–1 1–2 1–3
Win % 50% 33% 25%
Year-end ranking 185

References

  1. ^ "Adam Walton | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Adam Walton – Men's Tennis". University of Tennessee Athletics.
  3. ^ Backus, Will. "Tennessee's Adam Walton, Pat Harper capture NCAA Doubles Championship in men's tennis". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  4. ^ "Adam Walton's 14,000-Kilometre Journey From Australia To Tennessee The 24-year-old won his maiden Challenger title in August". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards". 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Felix wins Miami opener, sets Zverev clash". 21 March 2024.
  7. ^ "ADAM WALTON QUALIFIES FOR MAIDEN ATP MASTERS 1000 MAIN DRAW". 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "How Adam Walton, member of 'hole-in-one' club, is acing the Challenger Tour". 27 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Adam Walton And Ajla Tomljanovic Awarded Singles Wildcards At Roland Garros 2024". 15 May 2024.
  11. ^ "WALTON SCORES FIRST TOUR-LEVEL WIN IN MALLORCA". 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ "WALTON SCORES CAREER-BIGGEST WIN IN STUNNING DEBUT AT WIMBLEDON 2024". 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Wimbledon: Walton falls to Rublev's conqueror Comesana". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Important last-minute withdrawal in the men's draw of the Miami Open 2025". 21 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Miami Masters: Walton, Thompson, De Minaur into third round". 23 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Walton had his car packed; Will the lucky loser's dream Miami run continue?". 24 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Coleman Wong's historic run at Miami Open ends in three-set loss to Adam Walton". 24 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Miami Masters miracle: Walton continues Cinderella story". 25 March 2025.