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Colton Smith (tennis)

{{Short description|American tennis player (born 2003)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Colton Smith

| image =

| country = {{flagu|United States}}

| fullname =

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|3|5}}

| birth_place = Olympia, Washington, U.S.

| height =

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| college = Arizona

| careerprizemoney = US $40,016

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=3|lost=2}} (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 168 (April 7, 2025)

| currentsinglesranking = No. 168 (April 7, 2025)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=0|lost=0}} (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 2204 (September 23, 2024)

| currentdoublesranking = No. 2239 (March 31, 2025)

| updated = March 3, 2025

}}

Colton Smith (born March 5, 2003) is an American tennis player.

He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on April 7, 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 2204, achieved on September 23, 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/colton-smith/s0ze/overview|title=Colton Smith | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}

College career

Smith played college tennis at Arizona.{{Cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/colton-smith/16918|title=Colton Smith - Men's Tennis|website=University of Arizona Athletics}}

Professional career

Smith won his maiden ATP Challenger singles title at the 2025 Cleveland Open.{{cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2025/2/2/mens-tennis-colton-smith-wins-first-challenger-title.aspx|title=Colton Smith Claims First Challenger Title|publisher=arizonawildcats.com|accessdate=3 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/burruchaga-mena-piracicaba-challenger-2025-final|title=Burruchaga's battle: Argentine wins second-longest Challenger final in history|publisher=ATPTour|accessdate=4 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/colton-smith-challenger-2025-feature |title= Colton Smith: Reeling in wins on and off the court|date=10 February 2025}}

Smith qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells Open making his ATP and also Masters 1000 main draw debut{{cite web|url=https://bnpparibasopen.com/news/2025-qualifiers|title= Meet Your 2025 BNP Paribas Open Qualifiers|date=4 March 2025}}{{cite tweet|url=https://x.com/BNPPARIBASOPEN/status/1897129063791386912|number= 1897129063791386912 |user= BNPPARIBASOPEN |title= The best birthday present 🎁 Colton Smith qualifies for his first ATP Masters 1000 event the night before he turns 23, defeating Kotov 6-3 7-6! #TennisParadise}} and defeated Flavio Cobolli to record his first tour-level win.{{cite tweet|url=https://x.com/atptour/status/1897445538368303564 | number= 1897445538368303564 |user= atptour |title= California Dreamin’ ☀️ American qualifier Colton Smith scores his first ever ATP Masters 1000 main draw win by digging deep to knock out Cobolli 3-6 6-2 6-2! @BNPPARIBASOPEN #TennisParadise}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/44131175/indian-wells-bnp-paribas-open-men-singles-results-roundup-wednesday-march-5 |title= American qualifier Colton Smith celebrates 22nd birthday with Indian Wells win|date=6 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://bnpparibasopen.com/news/men-first-round-colton-smith-tristan-boyer-indian-wells |title= Men's First Round: Young American Debutants Surge Into Second Round|date= 6 March 2025}}

At the 2025 US Men's Clay Court Championships, Colton Smith qualified and reached the quarterfinals for the first time in an ATP event, first defeating James Duckworth 6-2 6-2, and then defeating 2023 NCAA Champ Ethan Quinn 6-3 6-4.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/15157/colton-smith|title= Colton Smith|date=1 April 2025}}

Performance timelines

{{Performance key}}

=Singles=

Current through the 2025 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;
Tournament

!2023

!2024

!2025

!SR

!W–L

!Win%

colspan=8 align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

colspan=8 align="left" |ATP Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells Open

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|0 / 1

|1–1

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami Open

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Madrid Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Italian Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Canadian Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati Open

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Shanghai Masters

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris Masters

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|1–1

|0 / 1

|1–1

|bgcolor=efefef|{{Tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}

colspan=8 align="left" |Career statistics
style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|

|2023

|2024

|2025

| colspan="3" |Career

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|0

|0

|2

| colspan="3" | 2

style=font-weight:bold;background:#efefef

|style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|3–2

| colspan="3" |3–2

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|1388

|365

|

| colspan="3" |{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=2|integer=yes}}

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

=Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)=

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|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

Legend
style="background:moccasin;"

|ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)

style="background:#cffcff;"

|ITF WTT (1–2)

|

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!Finals by surface

Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (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

|2024 Sioux Falls Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Sioux Falls Challenger, USA

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Borna Gojo

|1–6, 5–7

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–1

|2025 Cleveland Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cleveland Open, USA

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eliot Spizzirri

|6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jun 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Los Angeles, USA

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Maloney

|3–6, 6–1, 3–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Jul 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Dallas, USA

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Adam Neff

|6–7(5–7), 6–4, 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Jul 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Champaign, USA

|style="background:#cffcff;"|WTT

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andre Ilagan

|6–4, 6–3

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP|S0ZE}}
  • {{ITF|colton-smith/800597255/usa}}

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Category:2003 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male tennis players

Category:Arizona Wildcats men's tennis players

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