Joe Salisbury

Joe Salisbury

Salisbury at the 2019 Rolex Paris Masters
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	London, England, United Kingdom
Born	(1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 29) London, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
College	University of Memphis
Prize money	$1,807,074
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	113–65 (63.5%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 3 (10 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 4 (16 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2020)
French Open	QF (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon	SF (2018, 2021)
US Open	SF (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2020)
Olympic Games	QF (2020)
Mixed doubles
Career record	7–5 (58.3%)
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2021)
French Open	W (2021)
Wimbledon	F (2021)
US Open	2R (2019)
Last updated on: 16 August 2021.

Joe Salisbury (/ˈsɔːlzbəri, ˈsɒlz-/ SAWLZ-bər-ee;^[1] born 20 April 1992) is a British professional 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.

He has won two Grand Slam titles, the 2020 Australian Open in men's doubles partnering Rajeev Ram and the 2021 French Open in mixed doubles partnering Desirae Krawczyk. He also reached the final of the 2021 Australian Open, and the mixed doubles final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships partnering with Harriet Dart but lost to Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk. He also has reached the semifinals at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and 2020 US Open. To date he has won six ATP Tour titles.

Tennis career[]

Salisbury made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships partnering David O'Hare, losing to the Bryan brothers in the first round.

He reached the semifinals in the 2018 Wimbledon men's doubles 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. They made it to the round of 16.^[4]

Also with Ram, Salisbury won the 2020 Australian Open, beating wildcards Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final.

Significant finals[]

Grand Slam tournament finals[]

Men's Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2020	Australian Open	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2021	Australian Open	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	3–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2021	French Open	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Elena Vesnina Aslan Karatsev	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	2021	Wimbledon	Grass	Harriet Dart	Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski	2–6, 6–7(1–7)

Masters 1000 finals[]

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2021	Italian Open	Clay	Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2021	Canadian Open	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Ben McLachlan	Robert Lindstedt Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–0	Oct 2018	Vienna Open, Austria	500 Series	Hard (i)	Neal Skupski	Mike Bryan Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jan 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	3–1	Mar 2019	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates	500 Series	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jun 2019	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	500 Series	Grass	Rajeev Ram	Feliciano López Andy Murray	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	3–3	Oct 2019	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Rajeev Ram	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	4–3	Oct 2019	Vienna Open, Austria (2)	500 Series	Hard (i)	Rajeev Ram	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win	5–3	Feb 2020	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Feb 2021	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	May 2021	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5–6	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2021	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2015	Sweden F5, Danderyd	Futures	Hard (i)	Mikael Ymer	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 36 (18–17)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Great Britain F13, Ilkley	Futures	Grass	George Coupland	Marcus Daniell Richard Gabb	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2014	Great Britain F15, London	Futures	Hard	David O'Hare	Frederik Nielsen Joshua Ward-Hibbert	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	1–2	Oct 2014	Sweden F6, Jönköping	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Isak Arvidsson Markus Eriksson	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–3	Oct 2014	France F23, Cap d'Agde	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Sander Groen Alexandre Sidorenko	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	1–4	Nov 2014	Great Britain F18, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Scott Clayton Toby Martin	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Nov 2014	Great Britain F19, Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Richard Gabb Jonny O'Mara	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–5	Dec 2014	Togo F1, Lomé	Futures	Hard	David O'Hare	Maxime Authom Juan Sebastián Gómez	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	Dec 2014	Togo F1, Lomé	Futures	Hard	David O'Hare	Komlavi Loglo Josselin Ouanna	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	3–6	Apr 2015	Greece F4, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–6	May 2015	Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Ryan Agar	Javier Pulgar-García Pablo Vivero González	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–6	Sep 2015	Great Britain F8, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	David O'Hare	Neil Pauffley David Rice	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	6–6	Sep 2015	Sweden F4, Falun	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	James Marsalek Marcus Willis	6–3, 7–5
Win	7–6	Oct 2015	Sweden F5, Danderyd	Futures	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Sam Barry David Rice	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win	8–6	Nov 2015	Champaign, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Austin Krajicek Nicholas Monroe	6–1, 6–4
Win	9–6	Jan 2016	USA F2, Long Beach	Futures	Hard	David O'Hare	Evan King Raymond Sarmiento	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	9–7	Sep 2016	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France	Challenger	Hard	David O'Hare	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [5–10]
Win	10–7	Nov 2016	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Luke Bambridge Cameron Norrie	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10–8	Jan 2016	USA F1, Los Angeles	Futures	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Yannick Hanfmann Roberto Quiroz	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	10–9	Jan 2016	USA F1, Long Beach	Futures	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	11–9	Feb 2017	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	11–10	Apr 2017	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	David O'Hare	Andre Begemann Frederik Nielsen	3–6, 4–6
Loss	11–11	Jun 2017	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Brydan Klein	Leander Paes Adil Shamasdin	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	12–11	Jul 2017	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Marcel Felder Go Soeda	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	13–11	Oct 2017	Stockton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	Denis Kudla Miķelis Lībietis	6–2, 6–4
Win	14–11	Oct 2017	Las Vegas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	Hans Hach Verdugo Dennis Novikov	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss	14–12	Nov 2017	Champaign, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ruan Roelofse	Leander Paes Purav Raja	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Win	15–12	Jan 2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	James Cerretani	Enrique López-Pérez Pedro Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	15–13	Feb 2018	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	15–14	Feb 2018	San Francisco, United States	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luke Bambridge	Marcelo Arévalo Roberto Maytín	3–6, 7–6(5–7), [7–10]
Win	16–14	Mar 2018	Canada F2, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard (i)	Luke Bambridge	Adrien Bossel Joris De Loore	6–3, 7–5
Loss	16–15	Mar 2018	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luke Bambridge	Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	16–16	Apr 2018	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	17–16	May 2018	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	18–16	Jun 2018	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Frederik Nielsen	Austin Krajicek Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	18–17	Aug 2018	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jonny O'Mara	Thanasi Kokkinakis Matt Reid	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]

Doubles performance timeline[]

Current through the end of 2021 Western & Southern Open.

References[]

External links[]

• Joe Salisbury at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Joe Salisbury at the International Tennis Federation