Joe Salisbury
Joe Salisbury (/ˈsɔːlzbəri, ˈsɒlz-/ SAWLZ-bər-ee, SOLZ-;[1] born 20 April 1992) is a British tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 doubles ranking on 10 February 2020.
Joe Salisbury at 2016 Wimbledon Championships Qualifying | |
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Residence | London, England, United Kingdom |
Born | London, England, United Kingdom | 20 April 1992
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (one handed-backhand) |
College | University of Memphis |
Prize money | $1,260,083 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 559 (12 October 2015) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 71–45 (61.2%) |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (10 February 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 7 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2020) |
French Open | QF (2019) |
Wimbledon | SF (2018) |
US Open | 3R (2019) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2019) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 1–5 (16.7%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2017, 2018, 2019) |
US Open | 2R (2019) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
He became the fourth British player to win a Grand Slam title in men's doubles in the open era, when he won the 2020 Australian Open with Rajeev Ram. His other career highlights include reaching the semifinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Frederik Nielsen; and five ATP Tour titles.
Tennis career
Salisbury made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in the doubles draw partnering David O'Hare, where they lost to the Bryan brothers in the first round.
He reached the semifinals in the 2018 Wimbledon men's doubles in partnership with Frederik Nielsen.[2]
Playing alongside Ben McLachlan, he won his first ATP Tour title at the 2018 Shenzhen Open.[3]
At Wimbledon 2019, he played alongside Rajeev Ram during the Men's Doubles. He made it to the round of 16.[4]
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2018 | Shenzhen Open, China |
250 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2018 | Vienna Open, Austria |
500 Series | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | ||
Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2019 | Brisbane International, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | 4–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
Win | 3–1 | Mar 2019 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | ||
Loss | 3–2 | Jun 2019 | Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom |
500 Series | Grass | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10] | ||
Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2019 | European Open, Belgium |
250 Series | Hard (i) | 6–7(1–7), 3–6 | ||
Win | 4–3 | Oct 2019 | Vienna Open, Austria (2) |
500 Series | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] | ||
Win | 5–3 | Feb 2020 | Australian Open, Australia |
Grand Slam | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
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ATP Challenger (0–0) |
ITF Futures (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2015 | Sweden F5, Danderyd | Futures | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 36 (18–17)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2013 | Great Britain F13, Ilkley | Futures | Grass | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2014 | Great Britain F15, London | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10] | ||
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2014 | Sweden F6, Jönköping | Futures | Hard (i) | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3) | ||
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2014 | France F23, Cap d'Agde | Futures | Hard (i) | 4–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 1–4 | Nov 2014 | Great Britain F18, Loughborough | Futures | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 2–4 | Nov 2014 | Great Britain F19, Bath | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 2–5 | Dec 2014 | Togo F1, Lomé | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 3–5 | Dec 2014 | Togo F1, Lomé | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | ||
Loss | 3–6 | Apr 2015 | Greece F4, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 4–6 | May 2015 | Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Win | 5–6 | Sep 2015 | Great Britain F8, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 6–6 | Sep 2015 | Sweden F4, Falun | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Win | 7–6 | Oct 2015 | Sweden F5, Danderyd | Futures | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] | ||
Win | 8–6 | Nov 2015 | Champaign, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Win | 9–6 | Jan 2016 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Loss | 9–7 | Sep 2016 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | Challenger | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [5–10] | ||
Win | 10–7 | Nov 2016 | Columbus, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 10–8 | Jan 2016 | USA F1, Los Angeles | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 10–9 | Jan 2016 | USA F1, Long Beach | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] | ||
Win | 11–9 | Feb 2017 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9] | ||
Loss | 11–10 | Apr 2017 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 11–11 | Jun 2017 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | 2–6, 6–2, [8–10] | ||
Win | 12–11 | Jul 2017 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | ||
Win | 13–11 | Oct 2017 | Stockton, United States | Challenger | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Win | 14–11 | Oct 2017 | Las Vegas, United States | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, [10–3] | ||
Loss | 14–12 | Nov 2017 | Champaign, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10] | ||
Win | 15–12 | Jan 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–8] | ||
Loss | 15–13 | Feb 2018 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 15–14 | Feb 2018 | San Francisco, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(5–7), [7–10] | ||
Win | 16–14 | Mar 2018 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 16–15 | Mar 2018 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–4, 1–6, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 16–16 | Apr 2018 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | ||
Win | 17–16 | May 2018 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard (i) | 3–6, 6–3, [10–4] | ||
Win | 18–16 | Jun 2018 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | ||
Loss | 18–17 | Aug 2018 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Doubles performance timeline
Current through the 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | W | 1 / 2 | 8–1 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | 1R | SF | 3R | NH | 0 / 3 | 6–3 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 9–4 | 6–0 | 1 / 8 | 19–7 |
ATP World Tour Finals | |||||||||
ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | RR | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | |||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | SF | NH | 0 / 1 | 3–1 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–9 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |
National representation | |||||||||
ATP Cup | Not held | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–2 | |||||
Career statistics | |||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 19–10 | 41–26 | 11–4 | 71–45 | |
Year-end ranking | 386 | 239 | 318 | 107 | 30 | 22 | 61% |
References
- Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
- "Salisbury, Nielsen fall in semifinals at Wimbledon". University of Memphis Athletics. 12 July 2018.
- "McLachlan/Salisbury Capture Shenzhen Title On Team Debut". ATP World Tour. 30 September 2018.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/48911037