John-Patrick Smith

John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where he was a four-time All-American and made it to the college No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles.
Smith reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 52, on 11 September 2017. In July 2015, Smith won his maiden ATP tour match defeating fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport. He went on to reach the semifinals.
In 2019, he reached the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles alongside fellow Aussie Astra Sharma.

College career

became Smith's home away from home when he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in August 2007. It was on those campus' hard courts that he became one of the most prolific athletes in Tennessee and Intercollegiate Tennis Association history.
Coached by Sam Winterbotham and American former tennis star Chris Woodruff, Smith became a mainstay in the college top 10 in singles and doubles while helping the Volunteers to their best four-year period in program history. Smith played No. 1 in the singles and doubles lineups nearly his entire career. He was voted the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011 as a junior and senior. As a team, Tennessee won the conference title both those years and reached the NCAA final in 2010. Smith eventually became the Vols' career combined wins leader with 298.
He was consistently among the top tennis players year in, year out. He finished his career as the second player in college tennis history to earn singles and doubles ITA All-America honors all four years of his career, joining eventual world No. 1 doubles player Rick Leach of Southern California.
Smith enjoyed his best season as a junior in 2009–10. He swept the singles and doubles titles at the 2009 ITA All-American Championships, one of college tennis' "Grand Slams." His superb play during the fall's individual tournament season helped eventual propel Smith to the No. 1 national singles ranking on 17 April 2010. In addition to being ranked No. 1 in singles, he also held the No. 1 ITA national doubles ranking during portions of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. He was part of the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year with Davey Sandgren in 2009 and Boris Conkic in 2011. He reached the NCAA finals in doubles with Sandgren in 2010 and 2011.
One of Smith's major career accomplishments at Tennessee came off the court entirely. He earned his undergraduate degree in economics in May 2011. He was an academic award winner for the Vols, year in, year out. He earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a three-time ITA Academic Scholar Athlete.

2011 SEC Athlete of the Year

A month after his college career ended, Smith became the first Vol since Peyton Manning in 1998 to be voted SEC Athlete of the Year by conference athletic directors. Other male athletes from Tennessee to earn this honor at the time included baseball star Todd Helton and football wide receiver Larry Seivers.

Professional career

2012

In April, Smith won the US F11, defeating Pedro Zerbini 6–2, 6–0 in the final.
In July 2012, Smith won the Winnetka Challenger against Ricardas Berankis 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final. This was his first challenger title, which he also had to qualify.

2013

In 2013, Smith competed mostly on the challenger circuit.
His first title came on 25 August at the Canada F6, where he defeated Ante Pavic 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final
Smith also enjoyed a successful week in Tiburon; with his quarterfinal finish he vaulted 15 spots to a new career-high ranking of No.208.

2014

Smith made the second round of qualifying before losing to Denis Kudla in straight sets.
He qualified for Indian Wells but lost in round 1 to Robin Haase.
Smith made the final of the Taipei Challenger, losing to Gilles Müller 3–6, 3–6. This increased his ranking to a career high of #181. He lost in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to Farrukh Dustov.
In the two Traralgon Challengers, Smith lost in the semi final to Bradley Klahn in 1 and in the quarter final to Ben Mitchell in 2.
In December, Smith narrowly missed out on a wild-card into the 2015 Australian Open, losing in the final of the Australian play off to Jordan Thompson 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6, 7–9. Smith ended 2014 with a ranking of 201.

2015

Smith commenced 2015 at the inaugural Onkaparina Challenger, but lost in round one to Marcos Baghdatis. He was eliminated in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open to compatriot Omar Jasika 7–6, 3–6, 10–12. In February, Smith headed to USA where he made the quarter final of the Dallas Challenger. He then played and qualified for the Delray Beach main draw. This was fourth ATP World Tour event for which he has qualified. He drew No.1 seed Kevin Anderson and lost in round 1. Smith lost in round 1 of qualifying for Indian Wells before returning to the Challenger tour, where he won the Drummondville Challenger over crowd favourite, Frank Dancevic. This was his second career Challenger title and first since 2012. This win gave Smith a near career high of 163. In June, Smith secured his first Grand Slam main draw entry via qualifying for the first time in his career at Wimbledon. He lost in round 1 to Kenny de Schepper in 5 sets, despite leading 2 sets to 0. In July, Smith entered the Newport Championships and defeated compatriot and third seed Bernard Tomic in round one, his first win on the ATP World Tour on the way to the semi final where he lost to eventual champion Rajeev Ram. At the US Open, Smith qualified before losing to Mikhail Youzhny in round 1. Smith ended 2015 with a ranking of 129.

2016

Smith began 2016 with a wild card into the 2016 Brisbane International. He lost in round 1. Smith made the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. In February, Smith qualified for Delray and defeated world number 26 and number 3 seed Ivo Karlović in round 1. He lost to Juan Martín del Potro in round 2. He lost in the qualifying rounds of Mexican Open, Indian Wells and Miami Masters. In April and May, Smith returned to the Challenger Circuit across Asia and Europe with limited success. In June, Smith lost in round 1 of Wimbledon qualifying. In July, Smith defeated compatriot Jordan Thompson in round 1 of Hall of Fame Tennis Championship, but lost to Marco Chiudinelli in round 2. Smith lost in round 1 of US Open qualifying before returning to the Challenger circuit in USA and Australia in September, October and November. Smith ended 2016 with a singles ranking of 226.

2017

Smith began 2017 narrowly missing out on qualifying for 2017 Brisbane International and 2017 Australian Open, before playing a number of challengers in North America. His best result being a semi-final result at Drummondville in March. In April, Smith travelled to Europe and lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2017 French Open and Surbiton Challenger before qualifying for and making the quarter finals of the Nottingham Challenger in June. At Wimbledon, Smith lost in the last round of qualifying, 10–12 in the fifth set. In August, Smith qualified for the Cincinnati Masters but lost to Richard Gasquet in round 1. In September, Smith reached the 2017 US Open – Men's Doubles quarter final.

2018: First ATP World Tour Doubles title

Smith commenced the season qualifying for the 2018 Brisbane International. He lost in round one to Mischa Zverev. Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open. In March, Smith travelled to the US and played on the Challenger circuit, reaching the final of the León Challenger in Mexico. In May, Smith lost in the qualifying for the French Open. In June, Smith qualified for and lost in round 1 of 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In July, Smith won his first ATP World Tour doubles title in Atlanta Open. Smith competed on the Challenger circuit for the rest of 2018 with limited success.

2020

In December 2019, Smith won the Australian wildcard playoff to earn direct entry into the 2020 Australian Open. He lost in the first round to Guido Pella.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles\|	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Matt Reid	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4,
Loss	0–2	2018 Delray Beach Open – Doubles\|	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Jack Sock Jackson Withrow	6–4, 4–6,
Win	1–2	2018 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles\|	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Ryan Harrison Rajeev Ram	3–6, 7–6,

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		USA F19, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Chris Wettengel	6–1, 6–0
Loss	1–1		USA F26, Austin	Futures	Hard	Peter Polansky	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	1–2		USA F27, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Jesse Levine	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2		USA F11, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Pedro Zerbini	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–2	2012 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles\|	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4–2		Canada F6, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–3	2014 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Singles\|	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Carpet	Gilles Müller	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	2015 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville – Singles\|	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Loss	5–4	2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles\|	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–5	2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles\|	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Eubanks	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	5–6	2019 Puerto Vallarta Open – Singles\|	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Sebastian Ofner	6–7, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 60 (33–27)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		USA F16, Innisbrook	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Jeff Dadamo Austin Krajicek	7–6, 6–3
Win	2–0		USA F19, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Nick Papac Rudolf Siwy	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–0		USA F25, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Yaoki Ishii Yuichi Ito	6–3, 7–6
Loss	3–1		USA F26, Austin	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Edward Corrie Chris Eaton	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–1	2012 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Doubles\|	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–1	2012 Caloundra International – Doubles\|	Caloundra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	John Paul Fruttero Raven Klaasen	7–6, 6–4
Win	6–1		Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard	Devin Britton	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	5–7, 6–3,
Win	7–1	2012 Torneo Internacional AGT – Doubles\|	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	César Ramírez Bruno Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–1		USA F11, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Edward Corrie Vahid Mirzadeh	5–7, 6–1,
Loss	8–2		USA F12, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Phillip Simmonds Fritz Wolmarans	3–6, 7–6,
Loss	8–3	2012 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles\|	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Devin Britton Jeff Dadamo	6–1, 2–6,
Loss	8–4	2012 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles\|	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Maxime Authom Ruben Bemelmans	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–4	2012 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis do Estado do Pará – Doubles\|	Belém, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6–3, 6–2
Win	10–4	2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles\|	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Jarmere Jenkins Jack Sock	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–4	2013 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Doubles\|	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–4		Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Sam Groth	Colin Ebelthite Ruan Roelofse	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–4	2013 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski – Doubles\|	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	7–6, 7–6
Loss	13–5	2013 Jalisco Open – Doubles\|	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Marin Draganja Mate Pavić	7–5, 2–6,
Loss	13–6	2013 Copa Internacional de Tenis Total Digest – Doubles\|	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	3–6, 6–3,
Loss	13–7	2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Doubles\|	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Sam Groth	Victor Baluda Dino Marcan	7–6, 4–6,
Win	14–7	2013 Kunming Challenger – Doubles\|	Kunming, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14–8	2013 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles\|	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Adam Feeney	Bradley Klahn Michael Venus	3–6, 4–6
Win	15–8	2013 Napa Valley Challenger – Doubles\|	Napa, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Steve Johnson Tim Smyczek	6–4, 7–6
Win	16–8	2013 Sacramento Challenger – Doubles\|	Sacramento, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Jarmere Jenkins Donald Young	7–6, 4–6,
Win	17–8	2013 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles\|	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	6–7, 6–2,
Win	18–8	2014 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Doubles\|	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Toshihide Matsui Danai Udomchoke	6–4, 6–2
Loss	18–9	2014 Irving Tennis Classic – Doubles\|	Irving, USA	Challenger	Hard	Michael Venus	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	6–4, 6–7,
Loss	18–10	2014 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Doubles\|	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Carpet	Austin Krajicek	Chris Guccione Sam Groth	4–6, 7–5,
Loss	18–11	2014 Adidas International Gimcheon – Doubles\|	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	7–6, 5–7,
Loss	18–12	2014 Busan Open Challenger Tour – Doubles\|	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 4–6
Win	19–12	2014 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles\|	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	6–3, 4–6,
Win	20–12	2014 Sacramento Challenger – Doubles\|	Sacramento, USA	Challenger	Hard	Adam Hubble	Peter Polansky Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 6–2
Win	21–12	2016 Lecoq Seoul Open – Doubles\|	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan	6–3, 7–5
Win	22–12	2016 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles\|	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kozlov	Sekou Bangoura David O'Hare	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–12	2016 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles\|	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Liam Broady Guilherme Clezar	6–4, 6–2
Loss	23–13	2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau – Men's Doubles\|	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jarryd Chaplin	Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor	3–6, 1–6
Win	24–13	2016 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles\|	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Quentin Halys Dennis Novikov	6–1, 6–2
Loss	24–14	2016 Stockton ATP Challenger – Doubles\|	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Brian Baker Sam Groth	2–6, 6–4,
Win	25–14	2016 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger – Doubles\|	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Matthew Barton Matthew Ebden	6–4, 6–4
Loss	25–15	2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Doubles\|	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	2–6, 3–6
Win	26–15	2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles\|	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Matt Reid	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	6–3, 6–4
Win	27–15	2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Doubles\|	San Francisco, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–7, 7–5,
Loss	27–16	2017 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville – Doubles\|	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Sam Groth Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 6–2,
Loss	27–17	2017 Jalisco Open – Doubles\|	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Santiago González Artem Sitak	3–6, 6–1,
Loss	27–18	2017 Aegon Open Nottingham – Men's Doubles\|	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Matt Reid	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–7, 6–2,
Loss	27–19	2017 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles\|	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard	James Cerretani	Leander Paes Purav Raja	6–7, 6–7
Win	28–19	2018 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles\|	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Neal Skupski	Ruben Bemelmans Jonathan Eysseric	7–6, 6–4
Loss	28–20	2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles\|	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Gonzalo Escobar Manuel Sánchez	4–6, 4–6
Win	29–20	2018 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger – Doubles\|	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–2, 6–3
Loss	29–21	2018 Busan Open – Doubles\|	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 3–6
Loss	29–22	2018 Calgary National Bank Challenger – Doubles\|	Calgary, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Robert Galloway Nathan Pasha	4–6, 6–4,
Win	30–22	2018 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Doubles\|	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Hans Hach Luis David Martínez	6–4, 4–6,
Loss	30–23	2019 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville – Doubles\|	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Scott Clayton Adil Shamasdin	5–7, 6–3,
Loss	30–24	2019 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles\|	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Lucas Miedler Sebastian Ofner	6–4, 4–6,
Win	31–24	2019 Puerto Vallarta Open – Doubles\|	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Gonzalo Escobar Luis David Martínez	7–6, 6–3
Loss	31–25	2019 Cary Challenger – Doubles\|	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	Michael Mmoh Sekou Bangoura	6–4, 4–6,
Loss	31–26	2019 Tennis Challenger Hamburg – Doubles\|	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Ken Skupski	James Cerretani Maxime Cressy	4-6, 4-6
Win	32–26	2019 Challenger Eckental – Doubles\|	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Ken Skupski	Sander Arends Roman Jebavý	7–6, 6–4
Loss	32-27	2020 Cleveland Challenger – Doubles\|	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons	5-7, 2–6
Win	33–27	2020 Morelos Open – Doubles\|	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Carlos Gómez-Herrera Shintaro Mochizuki	6–3, 6–7,

Performance timelines

Current through the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

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