Luke Johnson (tennis)

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Country(sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLeeds, United Kingdom
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 32)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Luke Johnson
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLeeds, United Kingdom
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 32)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCalvin Betton (2023-)[1]
Prize money$ 738,216
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 606 (29 November 2021)
Doubles
Career record37–43
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 25 (2 March 2026)
Current rankingNo. 47 (20 April 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2026)
French OpenQF (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
US Open2R (2025)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2026)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place2017 TaipeiMen's Doubles
Last updated on: 29 April 2026.

Luke Johnson (born 18 March 1994) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 25 on 2 March 2026 and a career-high singles ranking of No. 606 achieved on 29 November 2021.[2] Johnson has won three doubles titles on the ATP Tour with Sander Arends. He has also won 13 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and 21 on the ITF World Tennis Tour.

Johnson grew up in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay and attended The Grammar School at Leeds. He played cricket up until the age of 16 but then decided to focus exclusively on tennis.[3]

He moved to the United States for his higher education and played tennis for Clemson University.[4]

Career

2019: Grand Slam tournament debut

Johnson made his ATP Tour and Grand Slam tournament main draw debut simultaneously at the Wimbledon after receiving a wildcard for direct entry into the men's doubles draw.[5] Partnering compatriot Evan Hoyt, the pair were defeated in the first round by Nicholas Monroe and Mischa Zverev.[6]

2024: First ATP Title, top 100

Johnson reached the top 100 in the rankings at world No. 83 on 29 January 2024[2] when he won a ATP Challenger Tour title at the BW Open with Skander Mansouri.[7][8]

At the back end of the 2024 season, Johnson won his 10th Challenger doubles title at the Porto Open[9] and his sixth of the season, at the Saint-Tropez Open, playing alongside Sander Arends.[10]

Once again partnering Arends, Johnson won his first ATP Tour level doubles title at the last tournament of the season at the Moselle Open, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti in the final.[11] The following week he was back on the ATP Challenger Tour and won his 12th career title and seventh of the season at the All In Open in Lyon, partnering Lucas Miedler to a straight sets win over Sergio Martos Gornés and David Pichler in the final.[12] He ended the year inside the top 60 rankings with a career highest rank of No. 58 on 30 December 2024.[2]

2025: ATP 500 title, broken wrist

Reuniting with Sander Arends, Johnson won the doubles title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final.[13][14] Johnson reached the top 50 on 31 March 2025,[2] following reaching the semifinals with Arends at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France[15] and the quarterfinals in Dallas, Texas.[16]

In April, Johnson and Arends won their second ATP title of the season and first at the ATP 500 level, at the Barcelona Open, defeating fellow Brits and former world No. 1 players Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in the final.[17][18]

At the French Open, Johnson and Arends reached the quarterfinals, losing to Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.[19] Johnson suffered a broken wrist when he fell during qualifying at the Queen's Club Championships in June, forcing him to withdraw from Wimbledon.[20]

2026: Australian Open semifinal

Partnering Jan Zieliński, Johnson reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, defeating fourth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the quarterfinals,[21] before losing in the last four to wildcard entrants Jason Kubler and.Marc Polmans in three sets.[22]

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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.

Men's doubles

Current through the 2026 Australian Open.

Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R SF 0 / 2 5–2
French Open A A A A A 2R QF 0 / 2 4–2
Wimbledon 1R NH 1R A 1R 1R A 0 / 4 0–4
US Open A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 5–3 4–1 0 / 10 10–10
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Paris Masters A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0 / 4 1–4
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 2 0 3 8 22 3 39
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 7–7 23–20 6–3 36–36
Win % 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 53% 67% 50%
Year-end ranking 339 392 375 215 117 58 37

Mixed doubles

Tournament202420252026SRW–L
Australian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 0–2

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (1–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2024 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Netherlands Sander Arends France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Albano Olivetti
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Jan 2025 Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong 250 Series Hard Netherlands Sander Arends Karen Khachanov
Andrey Rublev
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 3–0 Apr 2025 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Netherlands Sander Arends United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

References

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