Adam Walton
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{{Short description|Australian tennis player (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Adam Walton
| image = Adam Walton (2023 Cary) 06.jpg
| caption = Walton at the 2023 Cary Challenger
| country = {{Flagu|Australia}}
| fullname =
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
| height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.83|m}}
| turnedpro =
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| college = Tennessee
| careerprizemoney = $ 1,231,668
| singlesrecord = 8-21
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 85 (31 March 2025)
| currentsinglesranking = No. 90 (30 June 2025)
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (2024, 2025)
| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2025)
| Wimbledonresult = 2R (2024)
| USOpenresult = 1R (2024)
| doublesrecord = 5-6
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 134 (18 March 2024)
| currentdoublesranking = No. 179 (30 June 2025)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2025)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (2025)
| AustralianOpenMixedresult = 1R (2024)
| updated = 30 June 2025
}}
File:Australia's Adam Walton at the Canberra International 2023.jpg
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-walton/w09e/overview|title=Adam Walton {{pipe}} Overview {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour}} 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,{{Cite web|url=https://utsports.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/adam-walton/13467|title=Adam Walton – Men's Tennis|website=University of Tennessee Athletics}} where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper.{{Cite news|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2021/05/28/tennessee-mens-tennis-duo-walton-harper-win-ncaa-doubles-championship/5253072001/|title=Tennessee's Adam Walton, Pat Harper capture NCAA Doubles Championship in men's tennis|first=Will|last=Backus|website=Knoxville News Sentinel}}
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.{{Cite web|url= https://www.atptour.com/en/news/walton-cary-challenger-2023-feature|title= Adam Walton's 14,000-Kilometre Journey From Australia To Tennessee The 24-year-old won his maiden Challenger title in August|date=14 September 2023|accessdate=14 January 2025}}
=2024: Masters, Major debut and first win, top 100=
For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open.{{cite web|url=https://ausopen.com/articles/news/caroline-wozniacki-and-six-aussies-awarded-first-ao-2024-wildcards|title= Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards|date= 6 December 2023}}
Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the 2024 Miami Open making his Masters debut.{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/auger-aliassime-walton-ofner-nishikori-miami-2024-thursday|title=Felix wins Miami opener, sets Zverev clash|date=21 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2024/03/20/adam-walton-qualifies-for-maiden-atp-masters-1000-main-draw|title= ADAM WALTON QUALIFIES FOR MAIDEN ATP MASTERS 1000 MAIN DRAW|date=20 March 2024}}
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. {{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/walton-challenger-feature-2024-may|title= How Adam Walton, member of 'hole-in-one' club, is acing the Challenger Tour|date=27 May 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com//en/news/challenger-2024-q2-review|title=Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine|date=17 July 2024|accessdate=9 September 2024|website=ATPTour}}
He also received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open. {{cite web|url=https://www.tennistourtalk.com/110124/adam-walton-and-ajla-tomljanovic-awarded-singles-wildcards-at-roland-garros-2024 |title= Adam Walton And Ajla Tomljanovic Awarded Singles Wildcards At Roland Garros 2024 |date=15 May 2024}} He recorded his first ATP main draw win at the 2024 Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2024/06/26/walton-scores-first-tour-level-win-in-mallorca|title= WALTON SCORES FIRST TOUR-LEVEL WIN IN MALLORCA|date=26 June 2024}}
He qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria,{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2024/07/03/walton-scores-career-biggest-win-in-stunning-debut-at-wimbledon-2024|title=WALTON SCORES CAREER-BIGGEST WIN IN STUNNING DEBUT AT WIMBLEDON 2024|date=2 July 2024|accessdate=2 July 2024}} before losing to Francisco Comesana in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wimbledon-news/wimbledon-comesana-moves-into-third-round-771613.html|title=Wimbledon: Walton falls to Rublev's conqueror Comesana|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=12 January 2025}}
=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, {{cite web|url=https://www.puntodebreak.com/en/2025/03/21/important-last-minute-withdrawal-in-the-mens-draw-of-the-miami-open-2025|title= Important last-minute withdrawal in the men's draw of the Miami Open 2025|date=21 March 2025}} Walton defeated Luciano Darderi {{cite web |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2025/03/23/miami-masters-walton-thompson-into-third-round |title= Miami Masters: Walton, Thompson, De Minaur into third round|date=23 March 2025}}
and wildcard Coleman Wong to reach his first Masters fourth round. {{cite web|url= https://www.atptour.com/en/news/walton-miami-2025-feature |title= Walton had his car packed; Will the lucky loser's dream Miami run continue?|date=24 March 2025}} {{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3303695/coleman-wongs-historic-run-miami-open-ends-three-set-loss-adam-walton|title=Coleman Wong’s historic run at Miami Open ends in three-set loss to Adam Walton |date=24 March 2025}} {{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2025/03/25/miami-masters-miracle-walton-continues-cinderella-story|title= Miami Masters miracle: Walton continues Cinderella story|date=25 March 2025}}
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
=Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)=
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| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (singles) |
| bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger Tour (4–5) |
| bgcolor=#cffcff
|Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–3) |
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| class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface |
| Hard (9–8) |
| Clay (0–0) |
|}
| class="sortable wikitable"
!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |{{dts|Sep 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Champaign, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|ARG}} Axel Geller |3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–1 |{{dts|Jul 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Waco, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Li Tu |7–5, 0–6, 6–1 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–1 |{{dts|Jul 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Yamacita |6–4, 6–1 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2–2 |{{dts|Aug 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|PER}} Jorge Panta |6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–2 |{{dts|Aug 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|ECU}} Andrés Andrade |7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|3–3 |{{dts|Feb 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt |6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4–3 |{{dts|May 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tbilisi, Georgia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|ISR}} Orel Kimhi |6–1, 6–2 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|5–3 |{{dts|Jun 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Tulsa, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Chappell |6–1, 6–3 |
| bgcolor=98fb98|Win
|6–3 |2023 Cary Challenger – Singles |bgcolor=moccasin|Cary 1, USA |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Nicolas Moreno de Alboran |6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|6–4 |2023 Tiburon Challenger – Singles |bgcolor=moccasin|Tiburon, USA |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Zachary Svajda |2–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor=98fb98|Win
|7–4 |2024 Burnie International II – Men's singles |bgcolor=moccasin|Burnie, Australia |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Sweeny |6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|7–5 |bgcolor=moccasin|Pune, India |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|Monaco}} Valentin Vacherot |6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|7–6 |2024 GNP Seguros Tennis Open – Singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Acapulco, Mexico |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard |3–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|7–7 |2024 Guangzhou International Challenger – Singles |bgcolor=moccasin|Guangzhou, China |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| bgcolor=98fb98|Win
|8–7 |bgcolor=moccasin|Santaizi, Taiwan |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Illya Marchenko |3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|8–8 |bgcolor=moccasin|Taipei, Taiwan |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|Japan}} Taro Daniel |4–6, 5–7 |
| bgcolor=98fb98|Win
|9–8 |bgcolor=moccasin|Brisbane, Australia |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Kubler |7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) |
=Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)=
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| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (doubles) |
| bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger Tour (4–4) |
| bgcolor=#cffcff
|Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–5) |
|
| class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface |
| Hard (4–8) |
| Clay (1–1) |
|}
| class="sortable wikitable"
!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents ! class="unsortable" |Score |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |{{dts|Aug 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Zink |{{flagicon|Japan}} Taisei Ichikawa {{flagicon|Japan}} Seita Watanabe |6–1, 6–7(9–11), [8–10] |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–1 |{{dts|Aug 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Rogers |{{flagicon|GBR}} Blu Baker {{flagicon|Japan}} Kosuke Ogura |6–2, 6–2 |
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss
|1–2 |{{dts|Sep 2022}} | style="background:#cffcff;" |M25 Darwin, Australia | style="background:#cffcff;" |World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Charlton |{{flagicon|AUS}} Calum Puttergill {{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Sweeny |6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss
|1–3 |{{dts|Oct 2022}} | style="background:#cffcff;" |M25 Cairns, Australia | style="background:#cffcff;" |World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} James McCabe |{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} Colin Sinclair {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Seelig |4–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–4 |{{dts|Feb 2023}} | style="background:#cffcff;" |M25 Burnie, Australia | style="background:#cffcff;" |World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Calum Puttergill |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate {{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Saville |5–7, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–5 |{{dts|Feb 2023}} | style="background:#cffcff;" |M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | style="background:#cffcff;" |World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Ezekiel Clark |{{flagicon|Peru}} Arklon Huertas del Pino {{flagicon|Peru}} Conner Huertas del Pino |4–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor="98fb98" |Win
|2–5 | bgcolor="moccasin" |San Luis, Mexico | bgcolor="moccasin" |Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} Colin Sinclair |{{flagicon|ZIM}} Benjamin Lock {{flagicon|NZL}} Rubin Statham |5–7, 6–3, [10–5] |
| bgcolor="98fb98" |Win
|3–5 | bgcolor="moccasin" |Bloomfield Hills, USA | bgcolor="moccasin" |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |{{flagicon|AUS}} Blake Ellis {{flagicon|AUS}} Calum Puttergill |7–5, 6–3 |
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss
|3–6 | bgcolor="moccasin" |Granby, Canada | bgcolor="moccasin" |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Harrison {{flagicon|LAT}} Miķelis Lībietis |4–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor="FFA07A" |Loss
|3–7 | bgcolor="moccasin" |Cary 1, USA | bgcolor="moccasin" |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|LAT}} Miķelis Lībietis |{{flagicon|USA}} Evan King {{flagicon|USA}} Reese Stalder |3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|3–8 | bgcolor=moccasin |Burnie, Australia | bgcolor=moccasin |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |{{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt {{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Saville |7–5, 3–6, [10–12] |
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Win
|4–8 | bgcolor=moccasin |Pune, India | bgcolor=moccasin |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |{{flagicon|FRA}} Dan Added {{flagicon|South Korea}} Chung Yun-seong |7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|4–9 | bgcolor=moccasin |Mexico City, Mexico | bgcolor=moccasin |Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|AUS}} Tristan Schoolkate |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Seggerman {{flagicon|USA}} Patrik Trhac |7–5, 4–6, [5–10] |
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Win
|5–9 | bgcolor=moccasin |Nonthaburi, Thailand | bgcolor=moccasin |Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Blake Ellis |{{flagicon|India}} Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli {{flagicon|India}} Arjun Kadhe |3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Performance timelines
{{Performance key|short=yes}}
= Singles =
Current through the 2025 French Open.
| class="wikitable nowrap" style=text-align:center;font-size:96%
!Tournament !2023 !2024 !2025 ! width="35" |SR ! width="35" |W–L |
| colspan="6" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments |
| align="left" |Australian Open
| bgcolor="ecf2ff" |Q2 | bgcolor="afeeee" |1R | bgcolor="afeeee" |1R |0 / 2 |0–2 |
| align="left" |French Open
|A | bgcolor="afeeee" |1R | bgcolor="afeeee" |2R |0 / 1 |1–2 |
| align="left" |Wimbledon
|A | bgcolor="afeeee" |2R | |1 / 1 |1–1 |
| align="left" |US Open
|A | bgcolor="afeeee" |1R | |0 / 1 |0–1 |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
| align="left" |Win–loss |0–0 |1–4 |1–2 |1 / 5 |1–5 |
| colspan="6" align="left" |ATP Tour Masters 1000 |
| align="left" |Indian Wells
|A | bgcolor="ecf2ff" |Q1 | bgcolor="afeeee" |2R |0 / 1 |1–1 |
| align="left" |Miami Open
|A | bgcolor="afeeee" |1R | bgcolor="afeeee" |4R |0 / 2 |2–2 |
| align="left" |Monte-Carlo
|A |A |A |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Madrid Open
|A |A |A |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Italian Open
|A |A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Canadian Open
|A | bgcolor="ecf2ff" |Q1 | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Cincinnati Open
|A |A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Shanghai Masters
|A | bgcolor="ecf2ff" |Q2 | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Paris Masters
|A |A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
| align="left" |Win–loss |0–0 |0–1 |3–2 |0 / 3 |3–3 |
| colspan="6" align="left" |Career statistics |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
| |2023 |2024 |2025 | colspan="2" |Total |
| align="left" |Tournaments
|0 |11 |7 |colspan="2" |18 |
| align="left" |Titles
|0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |0 |
| align="left" |Finals
|0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |0 |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
|align="left" |Win/Loss |0–0 |3–11 |3–7 | colspan="2" |6–18 |
| align="left" |Win %
|{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}} |{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=11|integer=yes}} |{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=7|integer=yes}} |colspan="2" | {{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=18|integer=yes}} |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
|Year-end ranking |176 |90 | | colspan="2" | |
= Doubles =
| class="wikitable nowrap" style=text-align:center;font-size:96%
!Tournament !2024 !2025 !SR !W–L |
| colspan="5" align="left" | Grand Slam tournaments |
| align="left" |Australian Open
| bgcolor="afeeee" |1R | bgcolor="afeeee" |2R |0 / 2 |1–2 |
| align="left" |French Open
|A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |Wimbledon
|A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| align="left" |US Open
|A | |0 / 0 |0–0 |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
| align="left" |Win–loss |0–1 |1–1 |0 / 2 |1–2 |
| colspan="5" align="left" |Career statistics |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
| align="left" | |2024 |2025 | colspan="2" |Total |
| align="left" | Tournaments
|2 |2 | colspan="2" |4 |
| align="left" | Titles
|0 |0 | colspan="2" |0 |
| align="left" | Finals
|0 |0 |colspan="2" |0 |
| align="left" | Win/Loss
|1–1 |1–2 | colspan="2" |1–3 |
| align="left" | Win %
|{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}} |{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}} | colspan="2" | {{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=3|integer=yes}} |
| style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
|Year-end ranking |185 | | colspan="2" | |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|W09E}}
- {{ITF|adam-walton/800400063/aus}}
{{Top male singles tennis players by country|AUS}}
{{NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles champions}}
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