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Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking in May 2019.

Luke Bambridge
Bambridge at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceNottingham, United Kingdom
Born (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 29)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Turned pro2013
Retired2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$548,895[1]
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 481 (9 May 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record58–56
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 41 (27 May 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2019, 2021)
French Open1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US OpenQF (2019)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 9 September 2022.

His career highlights included winning three ATP Tour titles, 7 ATP Challenger Tour titles, 20 ITF doubles titles and 1 ITF singles title.

Tennis career

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2011

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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

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Bambridge won four ITF doubles tournaments with different partners in Great Britain, Israel, and Greece.

2014

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Seven more ITF doubles tournament wins by Bambridge in 2014, five with Liam Broady as his partner.

2015

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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

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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

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Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–5)
Indoor (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 Series Grass United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara United Kingdom  Ken Skupski
United Kingdom  Neal Skupski
7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2018 Stockholm Open,
Sweden
250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara New Zealand  Marcus Daniell
Netherlands  Wesley Koolhof
7–5, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 2–1 Jan 2019 Maharashtra Open,
India
250 Series Hard United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara India  Rohan Bopanna
India  Divij Sharan
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Mar 2019 Brasil Open,
Brazil
250 Series Clay (i) United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara Argentina  Federico Delbonis
Argentina  Máximo González
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 May 2019 Estoril Open,
Portugal
250 Series Clay United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara France  Jérémy Chardy
France  Fabrice Martin
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–4 Jan 2020 Qatar Open,
Qatar
250 Series Hard Mexico  Santiago González India  Rohan Bopanna
Netherlands  Wesley Koolhof
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 3–4 Jan 2020 Auckland Open,
New Zealand
250 Series Hard Japan  Ben McLachlan New Zealand  Marcus Daniell
Austria  Philipp Oswald
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 3–5 Feb 2020 Delray Beach Open,
United States
250 Series Hard Japan  Ben McLachlan United States  Bob Bryan
United States  Mike Bryan
6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 3–6 May 2021 Estoril Open,
Portugal
250 Series Clay United Kingdom  Dominic Inglot Monaco  Hugo Nys
Germany  Tim Pütz
5–7, 6–3, [3–10]

ITF Career finals

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Singles: 7 (1–6)

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Legend (singles)
Challengers (0–0)
Futures (1–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 Greece F19, Heraklion Futures Hard United Kingdom  Oliver Golding 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2014 Great Britain F9, Bournemouth Futures Clay United Kingdom  Liam Broady 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2015 Turkey F39, Antalya Futures Hard United Kingdom  Liam Broady 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–3 Dec 2015 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Czech Republic  Dominik Kellovsky 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Dec 2015 Qatar F6, Doha Futures Hard Belgium  Joris De Loore 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Oct 2016 USA F32, Harlingen Futures Hard Germany  Dominik Köpfer 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Nov 2017 USA F38, Columbus Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Alexander Ward 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–10)
ITF Futures Tour (20–19)
Titles by surface
Hard (23–25)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2013 Great Britain F11, Newcastle Futures Clay United Kingdom  Cameron Norrie United Kingdom  Scott Clayton
United Kingdom  Toby Martin
6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Oct 2013 Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard United Kingdom  Evan Hoyt United Kingdom  Liam Broady
United Kingdom  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Nov 2013 Great Britain F23, Edgbaston Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  George Morgan United Kingdom  Scott Clayton
United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 3–1 Nov 2013 Greece F18, Heraklion Futures Hard United Kingdom  Oliver Golding Serbia  Marko Djokovic
Spain  Carlos Gómez-Herrera
1–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–13]
Win 4–1 Nov 2013 Greece F19, Heraklion Futures Hard United Kingdom  Oliver Golding Germany  Andreas Mies
Germany  Oscar Otte
6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–2 Dec 2013 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom  Evan Hoyt Poland  Adam Chadaj
Germany  Dominik Schulz
6–1, 6–7(4–7), [4–10]
Loss 4–3 Feb 2014 Great Britain F4, Wirral Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Ross Hutchins United Kingdom  Edward Corrie
United Kingdom  Daniel Smethurst
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [6–10]
Win 5–3 Mar 2014 Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Toby Martin Sweden  Isak Arvidsson
Finland  Micke Kontinen
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Mar 2014 Great Britain F7, Preston Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Liam Broady Denmark  Frederik Nielsen
United Kingdom  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–4 Apr 2014 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard France  Antoine Benneteau Chinese Taipei  Chen Ti
South Africa  Ruan Roelofse
4–6, 3–6
Loss 6–5 Jun 2014 USA F16, Buffalo Futures Clay United Kingdom  Liam Broady United States  Jean-Yves Aubone
United States  Connor Smith
3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss 6–6 Jun 2014 USA F18, Rochester Futures Clay United Kingdom  Liam Broady United States  Daniel Nguyen
United States  Connor Smith
3–6, 3–6
Win 7–6 Jul 2014 USA F19, Pittsburgh Futures Clay United Kingdom  Liam Broady United States  Gonzales Austin
United States  Quinton Vega
7–5, 6–4
Win 8–6 Jul 2014 USA F20, Tulsa Futures Hard United Kingdom  Liam Broady Mexico  Daniel Garza
Mexico  Raúl Isaías Rosas Zarur
6–4, 5–2, ret.
Win 9–6 Jul 2014 USA F21, Godfrey Futures Hard United Kingdom  Liam Broady United States  Brett Clark
United States  Ronnie Schneider
6–3, 6–2
Win 10–6 Aug 2014 USA F22, Decatur Futures Hard United Kingdom  Liam Broady United Kingdom  Scott Clayton
United Kingdom  Toby Martin
5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 10–7 Sep 2014 Great Britain F16, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom  Liam Broady United Kingdom  Edward Corrie
United Kingdom  David Rice
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [8–10]
Win 11–7 Sep 2014 Portugal F7, Castelo Branco Futures Hard United Kingdom  Joshua Ward-Hibbert Spain  Iván Arenas Gualda
Spain  Jaime Pulgar García
7–6(7–0), 6–4
Loss 11–8 Jan 2015 Great Britain F1, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Andrew Bettles Sweden  Isak Arvidsson
Finland  Micke Kontinen
4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Win 12–8 Mar 2015 Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Scott Clayton United Kingdom  Sean Thornley
United Kingdom  Marcus Willis
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 12–9 Oct 2015 Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard United Kingdom  Richard Gabb Egypt  Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Egypt  Sherif Sabry
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 12–10 Oct 2015 Egypt F36, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard United Kingdom  Richard Gabb Portugal  André Gaspar Murta
Portugal  Frederico Ferreira Silva
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 13–10 Nov 2015 Egypt F37, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard United Kingdom  Richard Gabb Italy  Enrico Dalla Valle
Italy  Julian Ocleppo
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 13–11 Dec 2015 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Japan  Kaichi Uchida Belgium  Joris De Loore
Belgium  Laurens Verboven
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 13–12 Dec 2015 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard Germany  Mats Moraing Belgium  Joris De Loore
Belgium  Michael Geerts
5–7, 3–6
Loss 13–13 Dec 2015 Qatar F6, Doha Futures Hard Germany  Mats Moraing India  Haadin Bava
China  Wang Aoxiong
2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 13–14 Mar 2016 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Liam Broady South Africa  Keith-Patrick Crowley
United States  Max Schnur
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Win 14–14 Apr 2016 USA F12, Memphis Futures Hard United Kingdom  Darren Walsh Mexico  Daniel Garza
Mexico  Tigre Hank
6–1, 6–2
Win 15–14 May 2016 Mexica F1, Córdoba Futures Hard United Kingdom  Farris Fathi Gosea Mexico  Mauricio Astorga
Mexico  Manuel Sánchez
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 15–15 Jul 2016 USA F25, Edwardsville Futures Hard Australia  Marc Polmans United States  Connor Smith
United States  Jackson Withrow
3–6, 2–6
Win 16–15 Oct 2016 USA F32, Harlingen Futures Hard United States  Evan King United States  John McNally
United States  Evan Zhu
6–4, 6–4
Loss 16–16 Nov 2016 Champaign, United States Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Liam Broady United States  Austin Krajicek
United States  Tennys Sandgren
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 16–17 Nov 2016 Columbus, United States Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Cameron Norrie Republic of Ireland  David O'Hare
United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury
3–6, 4–6
Loss 16–18 Jan 2017 USA F1, Los Angeles Futures Hard United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury Germany  Yannick Hanfmann
Ecuador  Roberto Quiroz
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 16–19 Jan 2017 USA F2, Long Beach Futures Hard United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury United States  Austin Krajicek
United States  Jackson Withrow
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 17–19 Apr 2017 USA F13, Little Rock Futures Hard Australia  Gavin van Peperzeel Canada  Philip Bester
Croatia  Ante Pavić
2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 17–20 May 2017 Savannah, United States Challenger Clay United States  Mitchell Krueger Canada  Peter Polansky
United Kingdom  Neal Skupski
6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Win 18–20 Jul 2017 USA F23, Wichita Futures Hard Republic of Ireland  David O'Hare United States  Nathan Ponwith
United States  John Harrison Richmond
6–0, 6–3
Win 19–20 Jul 2017 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Republic of Ireland  David O'Hare Japan  Yusuke Takahashi
Japan  Renta Tokuda
6–2, 6–2
Loss 19–21 Sep 2017 Columbus, United States Challenger Hard (i) Republic of Ireland  David O'Hare Germany  Dominik Köpfer
United States  Denis Kudla
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 20–21 Oct 2017 Fairfield, United States Challenger Hard Republic of Ireland  David O'Hare Egypt  Akram El Sallaly
Brazil  Bernardo Oliveira
6–4, 6–2
Loss 20–22 Nov 2017 USA F38, Columbus Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Edward Corrie Mexico  Hans Hach Verdugo
Venezuela  Luis David Martínez
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Loss 20–23 Jan 2018 USA F1, Los Angeles Futures Hard Mexico  Hans Hach Verdugo United States  Martin Redlicki
Brazil  Karue Sell
4–6, 3–6
Win 21–23 Jan 2018 USA F2, Long Beach Futures Hard Mexico  Hans Hach Verdugo United States  Collin Altamirano
United States  Alexander Lebedev
6–3, 6–2
Loss 21–24 Feb 2018 San Francisco, United States Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury El Salvador  Marcelo Arévalo
Venezuela  Roberto Maytín
3–6, 7–6(5–7), [7–10]
Win 22–24 Mar 2018 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury Switzerland  Adrien Bossel
Belgium  Joris De Loore
6–3, 7–5
Loss 22–25 Mar 2018 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury Netherlands  Sander Arends
Austria  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 22–26 Apr 2018 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara Germany  Yannick Hanfmann
Germany  Kevin Krawietz
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 23–26 May 2018 Savannah, United States Challenger Clay Australia  Akira Santillan Spain  Enrique López Pérez
India  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
6–2, 6–2
Loss 23–27 May 2018 Loughborough, United Kingdom Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara Denmark  Frederik Nielsen
United Kingdom  Joe Salisbury
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 24–27 Jun 2018 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara United Kingdom  Ken Skupski
United Kingdom  Neal Skupski
7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 25–27 Aug 2018 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard United Kingdom  Neal Skupski Australia  Marc Polmans
Australia  Max Purcell
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 26–27 Sep 2018 Chicago, United States Challenger Hard United Kingdom  Neal Skupski India  Leander Paes
Mexico  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–3, 6–4
Win 27–27 Sep 2018 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara Germany  Yannick Maden
Austria  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–2, 6–4
Loss 27–28 Apr 2019 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay United Kingdom  Jonny O'Mara Uruguay  Martín Cuevas
Italy  Paolo Lorenzi
6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss 27–29 Nov 2020 Cary, United States Challenger Hard United States  Nathaniel Lammons Russia  Teymuraz Gabashvili
United States  Dennis Novikov
5-7, 6–4, [8-10]

Doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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.

Current after the 2021 US Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
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

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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

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  1. ^ "Luke Bambridge". ATP WorlsTour. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Great Britain win Junior Davis Cup title for first time". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Nottingham's Luke Bambridge aims to make most of 'unbelievable opportunity' at Wimbledon". Nottingham Post. 29 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "US Open 2019: Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski through to doubles third round". BBC Sport. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Murray/Skupski Advance to the US Open Semi-finals". ATP. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
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