Jump to content

Luke Saville

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Luke Saville
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceCobdogla, South Australia
Born (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30)
Berri, South Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,401,107
Singles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 152 (23 February 2015)
Current rankingNo. 499 (7 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2013, 2015)
French OpenQ2 (2015)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record55–77
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 23 (8 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 133 (7 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2020)
French Open3R (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US Open2R (2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open1R (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 7 October 2024.

Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering with fellow Australian Max Purcell.

As a junior, Saville enjoyed a successful career in which he won two junior grand slam singles titles at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and 2012 Australian Open. Saville is also a former junior World No. 1 and an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In January 2013, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the 2013 Australian Open, but has struggled in transitioning from Juniors onto the professional circuit, reaching his highest singles ranking of World No. 152.

Personal life

[edit]

Saville was born in Berri, South Australia. He is a keen supporter of the Carlton in the Australian Football League.[1] He has a brother Troy and a sister Katie, who also play club tennis.[2] His relationship with now-wife Russian-born Australian tennis player, Daria Gavrilova influenced her decision to become an Australian citizen.[3][4] He is a cousin of Shannon Nettle, a former tennis player.[5]

Junior career

[edit]

Saville began to compete in big junior events at the start of 2009, when he was given wildcards into G1 tournaments in Australia. He managed to reach the round of 16 in both tournaments, being taken out by James Duckworth and Nikala Scholtz. He beat Greivis Valadziemer in the 2009 Australian Open, but then lost to Dino Marcan in three sets. Later in 2009, Saville was a part of the victorious Australian Junior Davis Cup Team with teammates Jason Kubler and Joey Swaysland.

Saville had a great start to the 2011 with a run against Adam Pavlásek, Dominic Thiem, Nikola Milojević, Lucas Pouille, and Roberto Carballés to reach the final of the 2011 Australian Open, but losing to Jiří Veselý in straight sets in the final.[6]

Saville then won the junior 2011 Wimbledon title, beating Lucas Vrnac, Evgyny Lovskiy, Thiago Moura Monteiro, Joris De Looreand, and Kaichi Uchida on his way to the final. He then defeated home player Liam Broady in three sets.[7]

In 2012, Saville once again made it to the final of the junior Australian Open, where he beat opponent Filip Peliwo in three sets. He became the first Australian to win the Australian Open juniors title since Bernard Tomic in 2008. Later that year, Saville reached the final of 2012 Wimbledon Championships, where he again faced Filip Peliwo. He lost in straight sets.

As a junior, Saville posted a singles win–loss record of 96–39 (and 65–38 in doubles), reaching the no. 1 combined world ranking in January 2012.

Junior singles titles (5)

[edit]
Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (2)
Grade A (0)
Grade B (1)
Grade 1–5 (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 30 October 2010 Nonthaburi Hard Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy W 6–3, 6–2
2. 3 July 2011 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Liam Broady W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
3. 30 October 2011 Chuncheon Hard Australia Andrew Harris W 7–6(7–2), 6–4
4. 6 November 2011 Jeju-Do Hard Australia Andrew Harris W 6–3, 6–4
5. 28 January 2012 Australian Open Hard Canada Filip Peliwo W 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
6. 8 July 2012 Wimbledon Grass Canada Filip Peliwo L 5–7, 4–6

Professional career

[edit]

2008–2011: Professional tour debut

[edit]

Saville entered his first professional event in October 2008 as a 14-year-old. The event was held in his home state of South Australia. Saville was awarded a bye in the first round of qualifying but lost in the second round to Ben Mitchell 5–7, 0–6.

Saville competed in his first main draw of a futures tournament in February 2009 when he was awarded a wildcard into a futures tournament in Mildura, he fell in the first round to Miles Armstrong 5–7, 0–6. The following week he was awarded a second wildcard into the main draw of a futures tournament held in Berri, South Australia, the birthplace of Saville. He would lose in the first round to Matt Reid 4–6, 4–6. In preparation for the junior Davis Cup finals Saville was awarded his third wildcard into a futures event held in Darwin. As a fifteen-year-old he won his first round against Steven Goh 7–6(3), 6–3 and in doing so earned his first ever ATP ranking points as well as becoming the youngest player on the ATP rankings. Saville would go on to lose to John Millman in the second round 2–6, 0–6.

Saville was awarded a wildcard into the 2010 Australian Open qualifying draw where he fell in the first round to Frenchman Alexandre Sidorenko 1–6, 1–6. Following the Australian Open Saville was awarded a wildcard into his first ever challenger event in Burnie, he went down gallantly in three sets to Dayne Kelly 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. In March Saville traveled to Spain to train at the AIS headquarters and in doing so entered a Spanish futures tournament, he would lose in the first round of qualifying. On return to Australia Saville continued to play clay court tournaments leading up to the Roland Garros juniors by receiving wildcards into future tournaments in Ipswich and Bundaberg respectively. He would reach the second round of both tournaments. Saville entered three more Australian future tournaments later that year but failed to make it past the first round.

Saville once again began his year with a wildcard into the Australian Open qualifying but failed to make it past the first round after losing to Nicolas Mahut in the first round. Following his runner up appearance at the Australian Open juniors he was once again granted a wildcard into the challenger held in Burnie but fell in the first round to Paolo Lorenzi. Throughout the rest of the year Saville competed in futures tournaments across Australia, Thailand, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain and USA but failed to make it past the first round of the main draw in all tournaments. He would hit some form at the end of 2011 where he made his first ever professional quarterfinal in the last future tournament of the year held in Australia. Saville would finish the year ranked 1,176 in the world.

2012

[edit]

Saville was awarded qualifying wildcards into the events held in Brisbane, Sydney, and the Australian Open. In Brisbane, Saville reached the second round of qualifying, after defeating Alex Bolt, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, but later fell to Tatsuma Ito in the second round, 2–6, 2–6. In Sydney qualifying, Saville was knocked out in the first round by Andre Begemann, 4–6, 4–6. Saville lost in the first round of Australian Open qualifying, going down to Ivo Minář, 6–7(3), 1–6.

2013

[edit]

Saville began his year by losing in the opening rounds of qualifying at both the 2013 Brisbane International and Sydney International to John Millman and Tatsuma Ito, his first top 100 opponent. Saville was awarded a wild card into the 2013 Australian Open. In his ATP main draw debut, he lost in round one to Japanese Go Soeda in four sets. After a number of early round losses in futures and challenger tournaments in Australia, Japan and the United States. After a number of early losses, Saville made the final of the USA futures F10 event in Little Rock. He lost in straight sets to Austin Krajicek.

From May to August, Saville competed in tournaments throughout Asia and North America, with a record of five wins to seven losses. His top result being in the Korea futures F5 event where he reached the quarterfinals. In September, Saville returned to form competing in Australian Futures tournaments. He reached the semifinal at the F6 event in Toowoomba, going down to Andrew Whittington in three sets. After losing in the second round of the Australia F7 in Cairns, he again won through to a semifinal at the Australia F8 tournament in Alice Springs. He lost to Jordan Thompson in a third set tiebreak. After a first round loss in the Australia F9 tournament in Sydney to Blake Mott,[8] Saville won his first title of the year at the Australia F10 event in Sydney. He defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in a three set final.[9] He was forced to withdraw from his match with Jordan Thompson with a hamstring injury. Saville then returned to the challenger circuit with first round and second round losses in the 2013 Melbourne Challenger and the Traralgon ATP Challenger.[10] In November, Saville made the final of the Thailand F4, but lost to Yasutaka Uchiyama in three sets.[11] He lost to Uchiyama again in round 2 the following week in the Thailand F5. Saville finished his year with a semifinal loss at the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff to Ben Mitchell in straight sets.[12] Saville finished 2013 ranked World No. 398.

2014

[edit]

Saville was given a wild card into qualifying at the 2014 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Paul Capdeville in three sets.[13] Saville then lost in the first round of the 2014 Burnie International and the second round of the 2014 Charles Sturt Adelaide International.

Saville next competed in the Australia 2014 Futures F1 event in Happy Valley where he reached the final, and went down in straights sets to Jarmere Jenkins.[14] The next week in the Australia F2 in Port Pirie, Saville went on to win the title against Jordan Thompson after he was forced to withdraw while Saville led by a set and a break.[15] Saville then claimed another title in the Australia F3 event in Mildura with a three set win over Dane Propoggia.[16] After losing in the second round of the Australia F4 event, Saville went on to win his third Futures title of the year in Glen Iris. Saville defeated Alex Bolt in the final in a match where he was forced to save multiple match points. Saville's run of form in the futures tournaments lifted his ranking from World No. 397 to No. 250.[17]

In May, Saville, made the quarterfinals of the Gimcheon Challenger, but lost to eventual finalist Tatsuma Ito. This was his best result at a Challenger tour event. Saville scored his first top 100 win against top seed Thomaz Bellucci in the first round of qualifying at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.[18] After defeating Rhyne Williams in three sets, Saville won a long five set final round against Yann Marti which meant he had qualified for the main draw. This would be just his second main draw ATP match of his career.[19] In the first round, he prevailed against Dominic Thiem in four sets. This was his first win in a major championship and as a result, he broke into the top 200 for the first time.[20] He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the second round.[21] Saville played his final grass court tournament for the year at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport. He defeated Sarvar Ikramov and Hiroki Moriya to qualify for his third ATP main draw.[22] He defeated Peter Polansky[23] in straight sets before losing to Nicolas Mahut in the second round.[24]

In July, Saville sustained a lower back issue in the quarterfinals of the Granby Challenger.[25] This injury sidelined him from the US Open and competition for almost three months.[26] Saville returned from injury in October and made the final of the Australia futures F8 event, but lost to Jarmere Jenkins in straight sets.[27] Saville reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Traralgon ATP Challenger 1, going down to John-Patrick Smith, after taking the first set.[28] He then reached the semifinals of the 2014 Traralgon ATP Challenger 2, before losing to eventual champion John Millman.[29] This result gave him a career high ranking of World No. 158. He lost in the first round of the Toyota Challenger in a third set tiebreak to Mao-Xin Gong.[30] Saville finished the year at the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff where he reached the semifinal.[31] He was forced to withdraw from his match with Jordan Thompson with a hamstring injury.[32] Saville finished the year with a ranking of World No. 164.

2015: Career-high in singles, First and second Challenger finals

[edit]

Saville was given a wild card into the 2015 Australian Open, where he lost in round 1 to Tim Smyczek in straight sets. In February, Saville reached the quarter final of the 2015 Delhi Open. As a result, he reached a career-high in singles of World No. 152 on 23 February 2015.

In May, Saville made the second round of French Open qualifying. In June, Saville made his first final on the ATP Challenger Tour, losing to compatriot Sam Groth in the Manchester Challenger. Following that, Saville qualified for Wimbledon for the second year in a row, saving a match point and fighting back from two sets down to defeat higher-ranked Italian Luca Vanni in the final round of qualifying.[33] Saville lost in the first round to 21st seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets. In August, Saville won the USA F24 title against Kevin King, but lost in round 1 of qualifying for the US Open to Karen Khachanov.

In October, Saville returned to Australia where he made the final of the Brisbane F9, losing to Gavin van Peperzeel in three sets 6–7, 6–2, 6–7. He made the final of the Canberra International but lost to Benjamin Mitchell 7–5, 0–6, 1–6. Saville finished the year with a ranking of world number 174.

2016: Loss of form in singles

[edit]

Saville lost in round one of qualifying for the 2016 Apia International Sydney and 2016 Australian Open. In February, Saville made the semi-final of the 2016 Launceston Tennis International before heading to Asia where he played in a number of Challenger tournaments, with limited success. In May, Saville lost in round 1 of qualifying for the 2016 French Open. In June, Saville made the quarter final of the Surbiton Challenger before qualifying for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships for the third year in a row [34] Saville finished the year with a ranking of world number 266.

2017: Continued struggles in singles, Resurgence in doubles and top 150 debut

[edit]

After a disappointing 2016 campaign, Saville admitted that the pressure of expectations had gotten to him in the past, but was "finding his mojo" again after reuniting with former coach Des Tyson.[35] Despite his hopes, 2017 was a disaster year for Saville, who posted just nine main draw singles wins on the Challenger and Futures circuit and failed to make it past the second round at any tournament. Saville also failed to feature in a grand slam main draw since 2012. As a result, Saville's ranking plummeted to World No. 521 in singles to close out the year, his worst year-end ranking since 2011.

Despite having an unsuccessful year in singles, Saville managed to make seven Challenger doubles finals in 2017, winning once. He finished the season ranked World No. 130 in doubles.

2018: Three doubles Challengers titles, New partnership with Max Purcell

[edit]

Saville commenced the 2018 year on the Australian Challenger circuit, with limited success. In March, Saville reached the final of the Australia F1, losing to Marc Polmans. It was Saville's first singles final in over 2 years. Saville travelled to Asia and qualified for 2 Challenger main draws from 5 attempts. Saville experiences similar limited success across Europe and North American challenger circuit, his best result being a quarterfinal appearance at the Columbus Challenger in September. In October, he reached the first Challenger final with new partner fellow Australian Max Purcell in Traralgon, Australia. In November, the duo went on to win their first Challenger in Bangalore, India.

2020: First Grand Slam doubles final and second ATP final

[edit]

At the 2020 Australian Open, he paired with Max Purcell as a wildcard in doubles, where they reached the final losing to 11th seeded pair American Rajeev Ram and Brit Joe Salisbury. The pair also reached their second final of the season of the 2020 Astana Open where they lost to Belgians Sander Gillé/Joran Vliegen.

2021: French and Wimbledon Open doubles third rounds, Olympics singles and doubles debut, top 25 in doubles

[edit]

At the Olympics, Saville was entered as a last-minute alternate for Hungarian Márton Fucsovics who had withdrawn due to right shoulder injury.[36] He also participated in the doubles competition with John Millman.

After reaching the third rounds at the 2021 French Open, 2021 Wimbledon Championships, and the quarterfinals of the Canada Masters 1000 in the 2021 National Bank Open edition, he reached the top 30 in doubles at World No. 28 on 16 August 2021.

Significant finals

[edit]

Grand Slam tournament finals

[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

[edit]
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2020 Australian Open Hard Australia Max Purcell United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
4–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

[edit]

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

[edit]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
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 (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–4)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Australia Max Purcell United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2020 Astana Open, Kazakhstan 250 Series Hard (i) Australia Max Purcell Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 2022 Maharashtra Open, India 250 Series Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith India Rohan Bopanna
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
7–6(12–10), 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–4 Jun 2022 Eastbourne International, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 Sep 2022 San Diego Open, United States 250 Series Hard Australia Jason Kubler United States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow
6–7(5–7), 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals

[edit]

Singles: 23 (11–12)

[edit]
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (11–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–7)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (2–4)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2012 Thailand F1, Bangkok Futures Hard France Antoine Escoffier 2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2012 Australia F5, Cairns Futures Hard Australia Michael Look 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2–1 Oct 2012 Australia F11, Traralgon Futures Hard Australia Benjamin Mitchell 3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 USA F11, Little Rock Futures Hard United States Austin Krajicek 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2013 Australia F10, Sydney Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Nov 2013 Thailand F4, Bangkok Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2014 Australia F1, Happy Valley Futures Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 2–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Mar 2014 Australia F2, Port Pirie Futures Hard Australia Jordan Thompson 6–2, 3–1 ret.
Win 5–4 Mar 2014 Australia F3, Mildura Futures Grass Australia Dane Propoggia 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Win 6–4 Apr 2014 Australia F5, Glen Iris Futures Clay Australia Alex Bolt 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 6–5 Oct 2014 Australia F8, Toowoomba Futures Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 3–6, 5–7
Loss 6–6 Jun 2015 Manchester, Great Britain Challenger Grass Australia Sam Groth 5–7, 1–6
Win 7–6 Aug 2015 USA F24, Decatur Futures Hard United States Kevin King 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Oct 2015 Australia F9, Brisbane Futures Hard Australia Gavin van Peperzeel 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 7–8 Nov 2015 Canberra, Australia Challenger Clay Australia Benjamin Mitchell 7–5, 0–6, 1–6
Loss 7–9 Mar 2018 Australia F1, Renmark Futures Grass Australia Marc Polmans 1–6, 4–6
Loss 7–10 Oct 2019 M25 Brisbane, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Dayne Kelly 2–6, 4–6
Win 8–10 Jan 2020 M15 Te Anau, New Zealand World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Andrea Vavassori 6–3, 6–1
Loss 8–11 Mar 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass Australia Thomas Fancutt 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Win 9–11 Jul 2023 M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Grass United Kingdom Daniel Cox 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 10–11 Jul 2023 M15 Caloundra, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Ryuki Matsuda 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–11 Aug 2023 M15 Caloundra, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard New Zealand Isaac Becroft 7–5, 6–0
Loss 11–12 Mar 2024 M25 Mildura, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass Australia Alex Bolt 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 50 (33–17)

[edit]
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (22–15)
ITF Futures Tour (11–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (30–15)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2011 Australia F12, Traralgon Futures Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia John Peers
Australia Dane Propoggia
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Nov 2011 Australia F13, Bendigo Futures Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Matthew Barton
Australia Michael Look
6–7(7–9), 6–4, [12–10]
Loss 2–1 Feb 2012 Australia F1, Toowoomba Futures Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 3–1 Sep 2012 Australia F7, Happy Valley Futures Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Yusuke Watanuki
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 2012 Australia F10, Margaret River Futures Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Matthew Barton
Australia Michael Look
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–2 Feb 2015 Kolkata, India Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth India Somdev Devvarman
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
w/o
Loss 4–3 Jul 2015 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard France Enzo Couacaud Canada Philip Bester
Canada Peter Polansky
7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Win 5–3 Feb 2016 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Jordan Thompson Australia Dayne Kelly
Australia Matt Reid
6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Win 6–3 Mar 2016 Shenzhen, China Challenger Hard Australia Jordan Thompson India Saketh Myneni
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
3–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win 7–3 Jul 2016 Lexington, USA Challenger Hard Australia Jordan Thompson South Africa Nicolaas Scholtz
South Africa Tucker Vorster
6–2, 7–5
Win 8–3 Sep 2016 Australia F5, Alice Springs Futures Hard Australia Marc Polmans Australia Thomas Fancutt
Australia Calum Puttergill
6–1, 6–2
Win 9–3 Oct 2016 Australia F8, Cairns Futures Hard Australia Marc Polmans United States Nathan Pasha
Australia Darren Polkinghorne
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 10–3 Nov 2016 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Jordan Thompson Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith
6–2, 6–3
Loss 10–4 Feb 2017 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Steven de Waard United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia
3–6, 4–6
Win 11–4 Feb 2017 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Bradley Mousley Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Andrew Whittington
6–2, 6–1
Loss 11–5 Mar 2017 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard Belgium Joris De Loore Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Tomislav Draganja
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 11–6 Mar 2017 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith Mexico Santiago González
New Zealand Artem Sitak
3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 11–7 Jul 2017 Binghamton, USA Challenger Hard Australia Jarryd Chaplin United States Denis Kudla
United States Daniel Nguyen
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 11–8 Sep 2017 Gwangju, South Korea Challenger Hard Australia Jarryd Chaplin Chinese Taipei Chen Ti
Japan Ben McLachlan
6–2, 6–7(1–7), [1–10]
Loss 11–9 Nov 2017 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Andrew Whittington Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Bradley Mousley
3–6, 2–6
Win 12–9 Feb 2018 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Australia Jordan Thompson Japan Go Soeda
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 13–9 Sep 2018 Tiburon, USA Challenger Hard Mexico Hans Hach Spain Gerard Granollers Pujol
Spain Pedro Martínez
6–3, 6–2
Win 14–9 Oct 2018 Australia F8, Toowoomba Futures Hard Australia Blake Ellis United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Scott Puodziunas
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–2]
Loss 14–10 Oct 2018 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Australia Jeremy Beale
Australia Marc Polmans
2–6, 4–6
Win 15–10 Nov 2018 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell India Purav Raja
Croatia Antonio Šančić
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 16–10 Jan 2019 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Uruguay Ariel Behar
Spain Enrique López Pérez
6–4, 7–5
Win 17–10 Feb 2019 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Japan Hiroki Moriya
Egypt Mohamed Safwat
7–5, 6–4
Loss 17–11 Feb 2019 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Australia Matt Reid Italy Gianluca Mager
Italy Andrea Pellegrino
4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 17–12 Mar 2019 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Tunisia Moez Echargui
Tunisia Skander Mansouri
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Loss 17–13 Mar 2019 Zhuhai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell China Gong Maoxin
China Zhang Ze
4–6, 4–6
Win 18–13 Mar 2019 Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Mexico Hans Hach
India Sriram Balaji
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 19–13 Mar 2019 Anning, China, P.R. Challenger Clay Australia Max Purcell Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Netherlands David Pel
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 20–13 May 2019 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Win 21–13 Jul 2019 Binghamton, USA Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell United States Alex Lawson
United States JC Aragone
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 22–13 Oct 2019 M25 Brisbane, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Jake Delaney Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara
Australia Harry Bourchier
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 23-13 Oct 2019 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Scott Puodziunas
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Win 24-13 Jan 2020 Bendigo, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell Israel Jonathan Erlich
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 24–14 Feb 2020 Cleveland, USA Challenger Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith Philippines Treat Huey
United States Nathaniel Lammons
5–7, 2–6
Win 25-14 Feb 2020 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith Spain Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Japan Shintaro Mochizuki
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss 25–15 Feb 2023 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Marc Polmans
Australia Max Purcell
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 26–15 Feb 2023 M25 Burnie, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Calum Puttergill
Australia Adam Walton
7–5, 6–4
Win 27–15 Feb 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Blake Bayldon
Australia Edward Winter
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 28–15 Feb 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Blake Ellis
Australia Matthew Christopher Romios
6–3, 6–4
Win 29-15 Sep 2023 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard Australia Alex Bolt China Rigele Te
China Yunchaokete Bu
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 30–15 Feb 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Alex Bolt Australia Tristan Schoolkate
Australia Adam Walton
5–7, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss 30–16 Mar 2024 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Jesse Delaney Australia Hayden Jones
New Zealand Ajeet Rai
4–6, 4–6
Loss 30–17 June 2024 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Grass France Harold Mayot Australia John Peers

United Kingdom Marcus Willis

1–6, 7–6(7–1), [7–10]
Win 31–17 July 2024 Chicago, United States Challenger Hard Australia Li Tu United States Mac Kiger

Canada Benjamin Sigouin

6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win 32–17 Sep 2024 Charleston, United States Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate Australia Calum Puttergill
Australia Dane Sweeny
6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–3]
Win 33–17 Sep 2024 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard Australia Tristan Schoolkate United States Patrick Kypson
United States Eliot Spizzirri
6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

[edit]

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

[edit]
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2011 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 0–6, 3–6
Win 2011 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Liam Broady 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2012 Australian Open Hard Canada Filip Peliwo 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 2012 Wimbledon Grass Canada Filip Peliwo 5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

[edit]
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.

Singles

[edit]
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 2 0–2
French Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A A NH A 0 / 3 1–3
US Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 1–5

Doubles

[edit]
Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R F 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 12 9–12 43%
French Open A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 1R NH 3R 1R A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 5–3 5–4 2–4 2–1 0–1 0 / 21 15–21 42%

Mixed Doubles

[edit]
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A 2R 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 1–9 10%
French Open A A A A A A A NH 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A NH A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A A NH 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 11 1–11 8%

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pearce, Linda (11 December 2014). "Dashing Russian Daria Gavrilova the latest to call Australia home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ Pride Of The Riverland Young Ace Luke Saville Qualifies For Wimbledon Main DrawThe Advertiser Archived 24 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ McGowan, Marc (19 September 2014). "Gavrilova, Saville love match a smash hit on tennis court". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ Russell, Danny (20 January 2016). "Why Russian-born Daria Gavrilova became an Australian citizen". Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Tiny town where tennis holds court". Adelaide Now. 8 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Match Reports – News and Photos – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2012 – Official Site by IBM". Australianopen.com. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. ^ Bevan, Chris (2 July 2011). "BBC Sport – Wimbledon 2011: Liam Broady beaten in boys' final". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. ^ Marc McGowan (8 October 2013). "Van Peperzeel comes back from the brink in Sydney win". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  9. ^ Marc McGowan (19 October 2013). "Saville savors Sydney slice of success". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ Marc McGowan (31 October 2013). "Ito's hot run continues into Traralgon ATP Challenger quarter-finals". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ^ Marc McGowan (30 November 2013). "Whittington farewells losing feeling with second title". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  12. ^ Marc McGowan (13 December 2013). "Mitchell one win from third Australian Open appearance". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Australians progress through Australian Open qualifying". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Jenkins overcomes Saville for Pro Tour title". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Saville caps two great weeks with Port Pirie title". ACELAND. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  16. ^ "Saville continues stellar Pro Tour form". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Saville completes comeback to win Glen Iris Futures title". ACELAND. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Luke Saville in Wimbledon qualifying upset". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  19. ^ "Sam Groth, James Duckworth and Luke Saville qualify for Wimbledon in big Australian field". ABC News. ABC Grandstand Sport. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Luke Saville's first round Wimbledon breakthrough". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  21. ^ "Grigor Dimitrov ends Luke Saville's Wimbledon dream". Courier Mail. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Saville qualifies at ATP Newport, Smith one win away". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  23. ^ "Lleyton Hewitt and Luke Saville advance at Newport ATP tournament". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Hewitt, Groth into Newport quarters". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  25. ^ "10th time lucky: Granby semi-finalist Mitchell tops Saville". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  26. ^ Marc McGowan (18 September 2014). "Recovering Saville believes top-100 ranking is 'possible'". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  27. ^ Marc McGowan. "Toowoomba win seals back-to-back titles for Jenkins". Aceland Tennis. Retrieved 2 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
  28. ^ Marc McGowan (31 October 2014). "Australia's Traralgon hopes rest with unseeded Smith". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  29. ^ "Millman makes Traralgon final". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  30. ^ Marc McGowan (18 November 2014). "Australians let leads slip in Toyota Challenger defeats". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  31. ^ Marc McGowan (17 December 2014). "Mitchell avoids fifth set against Propoggia to make semis". Aceland Tennis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  32. ^ "Luke Saville withdraws from Australian Open wildcard play-off". ABC News. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  33. ^ "Australia dazzles on final day of Wimbledon qualifying". Tennis Australia. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  34. ^ "Wimbledon 2016: Sam Groth flags a grasscourt upset of Kei Nishikori". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  35. ^ Turner, Matt (7 January 2017). "SA tennis young gun Luke Saville rediscovering his mojo". The Advertiser.
  36. ^ "Andy Murray Withdraws from Singles at Tokyo Olympics". Atp Tour.
[edit]