Luke Bambridge
Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking on 27 May 2019.
| _(48199357911).jpg.webp) Bambridge at the 2019 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom | 
|---|---|
| Residence | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 
| Born | 21 January 1995 Nottingham, United Kingdom | 
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | 
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | 
| Prize money | $548,895[1] | 
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 | 
| Career titles | 0 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 481 (9 May 2016) | 
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2012) | 
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 58–56 | 
| Career titles | 3 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 41 (27 May 2019) | 
| Current ranking | No. 132 (28 February 2022) | 
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2019, 2021) | 
| French Open | 1R (2019, 2020, 2021) | 
| Wimbledon | 2R (2021) | 
| US Open | QF (2019) | 
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | 2R (2019) | 
| Wimbledon | 2R (2019, 2021) | 
| Last updated on: 28 February 2022. | |
His career highlights include winning three ATP Tour titles, 7 ATP Challenger Tour titles, 20 ITF doubles titles and 1 ITF singles title.
Tennis career
    
    2011
    
Great Britain won the 2011 Junior Davis Cup tournament for the first time after beating Italy in the final in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Coached by Greg Rusedski, the team of Bambridge, Kyle Edmund, and Evan Hoyt justified their top seeding in the event. [2]
2013
    
Bambridge won four ITF doubles tournaments with different partners in Great Britain, Israel, and Greece.
2014
    
Seven more ITF doubles tournament wins by Bambridge in 2014, five with Liam Broady as his partner.
2015
    
Bambridge received a wildcard into the 2015 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles event, partnering Liam Broady where he made his grand slam debut.[3] 2015 was also the year in which Bambridge won his first singles ITF tournament at the Qatar F4 Futures.
2019
    
Bambridge, in partnership with Ben McLachlan, reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2019 US Open. The pairing beat ninth seeds Nikola Mektić and Franko Škugor in the second round,[4] before exiting against top seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the last eight.[5]
ATP career finals
    
    Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)
    
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2018 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass |  Jonny O'Mara |  Ken Skupski  Neal Skupski | 7–5, 6–4 | 
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2018 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) |  Jonny O'Mara |  Marcus Daniell  Wesley Koolhof | 7–5, 7–6(10–8) | 
| Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2019 | Maharashtra Open, India | 250 Series | Hard |  Jonny O'Mara |  Rohan Bopanna  Divij Sharan | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2019 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) |  Jonny O'Mara |  Federico Delbonis  Máximo González | 4–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2019 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay |  Jonny O'Mara |  Jérémy Chardy  Fabrice Martin | 5–7, 6–7(3–7) | 
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2020 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard |  Santiago González |  Rohan Bopanna  Wesley Koolhof | 6–3, 2–6, [6–10] | 
| Win | 3–4 | Jan 2020 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard |  Ben McLachlan |  Marcus Daniell  Philipp Oswald | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 
| Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2020 | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard |  Ben McLachlan |  Bob Bryan  Mike Bryan | 6–3, 5–7, [5–10] | 
| Loss | 3–6 | May 2021 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay |  Dominic Inglot |  Hugo Nys  Tim Pütz | 5–7, 6–3, [3–10] | 
ITF Career finals
    
    Singles: 7 (1–6)
    
| Legend (singles) | 
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| Challengers (0–0) | 
| Futures (1–6) | 
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | 
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2013 | Greece F19, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Oliver Golding | 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2014 | Great Britain F9, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay |  Liam Broady | 5–7, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2015 | Turkey F39, Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Liam Broady | 5–7, 3–6 | 
| Win | 1–3 | Dec 2015 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Dominik Kellovsky | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 1–4 | Dec 2015 | Qatar F6, Doha | Futures | Hard | .svg.png.webp) Joris De Loore | 3–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2016 | USA F32, Harlingen | Futures | Hard |  Dominik Köpfer | 4–6, 4–6 | 
| Loss | 1–6 | Nov 2017 | USA F38, Columbus | Futures | Hard (i) |  Alexander Ward | 4–6, 4–6 | 
Doubles: 56 (27–29)
    
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2013 | Great Britain F11, Newcastle | Futures | Clay |  Cameron Norrie |  Scott Clayton  Toby Martin | 6–0, 4–6, [10–3] | 
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2013 | Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard |  Evan Hoyt |  Liam Broady  Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | 
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 2013 | Great Britain F23, Edgbaston | Futures | Hard (i) |  George Morgan |  Scott Clayton  Jonny O'Mara | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | 
| Loss | 3–1 | Nov 2013 | Greece F18, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Oliver Golding |  Marko Djokovic  Carlos Gómez-Herrera | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–13] | 
| Win | 4–1 | Nov 2013 | Greece F19, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Oliver Golding |  Andreas Mies  Oscar Otte | 6–3, 7–5 | 
| Loss | 4–2 | Dec 2013 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Evan Hoyt |  Adam Chadaj  Dominik Schulz | 6–1, 6–7(4–7), [4–10] | 
| Loss | 4–3 | Feb 2014 | Great Britain F4, Wirral | Futures | Hard (i) |  Ross Hutchins |  Edward Corrie  Daniel Smethurst | 7–5, 6–7(6–8), [6–10] | 
| Win | 5–3 | Mar 2014 | Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard (i) |  Toby Martin |  Isak Arvidsson  Micke Kontinen | 6–3, 6–4 | 
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2014 | Great Britain F7, Preston | Futures | Hard (i) |  Liam Broady |  Frederik Nielsen  Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Loss | 6–4 | Apr 2014 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Antoine Benneteau |  Chen Ti  Ruan Roelofse | 4–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 6–5 | Jun 2014 | USA F16, Buffalo | Futures | Clay |  Liam Broady |  Jean-Yves Aubone  Connor Smith | 3–6, 6–2, [6–10] | 
| Loss | 6–6 | Jun 2014 | USA F18, Rochester | Futures | Clay |  Liam Broady |  Daniel Nguyen  Connor Smith | 3–6, 3–6 | 
| Win | 7–6 | Jul 2014 | USA F19, Pittsburgh | Futures | Clay |  Liam Broady |  Gonzales Austin  Quinton Vega | 7–5, 6–4 | 
| Win | 8–6 | Jul 2014 | USA F20, Tulsa | Futures | Hard |  Liam Broady |  Daniel Garza  Raúl Isaías Rosas Zarur | 6–4, 5–2, ret. | 
| Win | 9–6 | Jul 2014 | USA F21, Godfrey | Futures | Hard |  Liam Broady |  Brett Clark  Ronnie Schneider | 6–3, 6–2 | 
| Win | 10–6 | Aug 2014 | USA F22, Decatur | Futures | Hard |  Liam Broady |  Scott Clayton  Toby Martin | 5–7, 6–2, [10–7] | 
| Loss | 10–7 | Sep 2014 | Great Britain F16, Wrexham | Futures | Hard |  Liam Broady |  Edward Corrie  David Rice | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [8–10] | 
| Win | 11–7 | Sep 2014 | Portugal F7, Castelo Branco | Futures | Hard |  Joshua Ward-Hibbert |  Iván Arenas Gualda  Jaime Pulgar García | 7–6(7–0), 6–4 | 
| Loss | 11–8 | Jan 2015 | Great Britain F1, Sheffield | Futures | Hard (i) |  Andrew Bettles |  Isak Arvidsson  Micke Kontinen | 4–6, 7–5, [6–10] | 
| Win | 12–8 | Mar 2015 | Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard (i) |  Scott Clayton |  Sean Thornley  Marcus Willis | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 
| Loss | 12–9 | Oct 2015 | Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard |  Richard Gabb |  Karim-Mohamed Maamoun  Sherif Sabry | 4–6, 6–4, [6–10] | 
| Loss | 12–10 | Oct 2015 | Egypt F36, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard |  Richard Gabb |  André Gaspar Murta  Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | 
| Win | 13–10 | Nov 2015 | Egypt F37, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard |  Richard Gabb |  Enrico Dalla Valle  Julian Ocleppo | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 
| Loss | 13–11 | Dec 2015 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Kaichi Uchida | .svg.png.webp) Joris De Loore .svg.png.webp) Laurens Verboven | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | 
| Loss | 13–12 | Dec 2015 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Mats Moraing | .svg.png.webp) Joris De Loore .svg.png.webp) Michael Geerts | 5–7, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 13–13 | Dec 2015 | Qatar F6, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Mats Moraing |  Haadin Bava  Wang Aoxiong | 2–6, 6–3, [3–10] | 
| Loss | 13–14 | Mar 2016 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) |  Liam Broady |  Keith-Patrick Crowley  Max Schnur | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10] | 
| Win | 14–14 | Apr 2016 | USA F12, Memphis | Futures | Hard |  Darren Walsh |  Daniel Garza  Tigre Hank | 6–1, 6–2 | 
| Win | 15–14 | May 2016 | Mexica F1, Córdoba | Futures | Hard |  Farris Fathi Gosea |  Mauricio Astorga  Manuel Sánchez | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2) | 
| Loss | 15–15 | Jul 2016 | USA F25, Edwardsville | Futures | Hard | .svg.png.webp) Marc Polmans |  Connor Smith  Jackson Withrow | 3–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 16–15 | Oct 2016 | USA F32, Harlingen | Futures | Hard |  Evan King |  John McNally  Evan Zhu | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Loss | 16–16 | Nov 2016 | Champaign, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Liam Broady |  Austin Krajicek  Tennys Sandgren | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7) | 
| Loss | 16–17 | Nov 2016 | Columbus, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Cameron Norrie |  David O'Hare  Joe Salisbury | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Loss | 16–18 | Jan 2017 | USA F1, Los Angeles | Futures | Hard |  Joe Salisbury |  Yannick Hanfmann  Roberto Quiroz | 6–3, 4–6, [8–10] | 
| Loss | 16–19 | Jan 2017 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard |  Joe Salisbury |  Austin Krajicek  Jackson Withrow | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] | 
| Win | 17–19 | Apr 2017 | USA F13, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | .svg.png.webp) Gavin van Peperzeel | .svg.png.webp) Philip Bester  Ante Pavić | 2–6, 6–3, [11–9] | 
| Loss | 17–20 | May 2017 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay |  Mitchell Krueger | .svg.png.webp) Peter Polansky  Neal Skupski | 6–4, 3–6, [1–10] | 
| Win | 18–20 | Jul 2017 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard |  David O'Hare |  Nathan Ponwith  John Harrison Richmond | 6–0, 6–3 | 
| Win | 19–20 | Jul 2017 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard |  David O'Hare |  Yusuke Takahashi  Renta Tokuda | 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 19–21 | Sep 2017 | Columbus, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) |  David O'Hare |  Dominik Köpfer  Denis Kudla | 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7) | 
| Win | 20–21 | Oct 2017 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard |  David O'Hare |  Akram El Sallaly  Bernardo Oliveira | 6–4, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 20–22 | Nov 2017 | USA F38, Columbus | Futures | Hard (i) |  Edward Corrie |  Hans Hach Verdugo  Luis David Martínez | 6–3, 6–7(2–7), [7–10] | 
| Loss | 20–23 | Jan 2018 | USA F1, Los Angeles | Futures | Hard |  Hans Hach Verdugo |  Martin Redlicki  Karue Sell | 4–6, 3–6 | 
| Win | 21–23 | Jan 2018 | USA F2, Long Beach | Futures | Hard |  Hans Hach Verdugo |  Collin Altamirano  Alexander Lebedev | 6–3, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 21–24 | Feb 2018 | San Francisco, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Joe Salisbury |  Marcelo Arévalo  Roberto Maytín | 3–6, 7–6(5–7), [7–10] | 
| Win | 22–24 | Mar 2018 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) |  Joe Salisbury |  Adrien Bossel .svg.png.webp) Joris De Loore | 6–3, 7–5 | 
| Loss | 22–25 | Mar 2018 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Joe Salisbury |  Sander Arends  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–4, 1–6, [7–10] | 
| Loss | 22–26 | Apr 2018 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay |  Jonny O'Mara |  Yannick Hanfmann  Kevin Krawietz | 2–6, 6–7(3–7) | 
| Win | 23–26 | May 2018 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | .svg.png.webp) Akira Santillan |  Enrique López Pérez  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 23–27 | May 2018 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Jonny O'Mara |  Frederik Nielsen  Joe Salisbury | 6–3, 3–6, [4–10] | 
| Win | 24–27 | Jun 2018 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass |  Jonny O'Mara |  Ken Skupski  Neal Skupski | 7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–7] | 
| Win | 25–27 | Aug 2018 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard |  Neal Skupski | .svg.png.webp) Marc Polmans .svg.png.webp) Max Purcell | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | 
| Win | 26–27 | Sep 2018 | Chicago, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Neal Skupski |  Leander Paes  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–3, 6–4 | 
| Win | 27–27 | Sep 2018 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Jonny O'Mara |  Yannick Maden  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–2, 6–4 | 
| Loss | 27–28 | Apr 2019 | Sarasota, United States | Challenger | Clay |  Jonny O'Mara |  Martín Cuevas  Paolo Lorenzi | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8) | 
| Loss | 27–29 | Nov 2020 | Cary, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Nathaniel Lammons |  Teymuraz Gabashvili  Dennis Novikov | 5-7, 6-4, [8-10] | 
Doubles performance timeline
    
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH | 
Current after the 2021 US Open.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | 
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0 / 14 | 6–14 | 
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 60 | |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 9–6 | 24–23 | 11–12 | 14–15 | 58–56 | |
| Year-end ranking | 489 | 303 | 280 | 218 | 139 | 56 | 51 | 62 | 73 | ||
World TeamTennis
    
Bambridge made his World TeamTennis debut in 2019 with the Orange County Breakers. It was announced that he will be return with the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[6]
References
    
- "Luke Bambridge". ATP WorlsTour. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- "Great Britain win Junior Davis Cup title for first time". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011.
- "Nottingham's Luke Bambridge aims to make most of 'unbelievable opportunity' at Wimbledon". Nottingham Post. 29 June 2015.
- "US Open 2019: Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski through to doubles third round". BBC Sport. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "Murray/Skupski Advance to the US Open Semi-finals". ATP. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
External links
    
- Luke Bambridge at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Luke Bambridge at the International Tennis Federation