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Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by the ATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career include quarterfinal appearances at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles and at the 2017 Australian Open with Andrew Whittington and Bradley Mousley respectively.
Throughout 2011, Bolt competed on the Futures circuit. His best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of No. 897.
Bolt lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2012 Brisbane International to countryman, Luke Saville. Bolt spent the rest of 2012 competing on the Futures Circuit and reached his first final and winning the Australian F7 in Happy Valley, South Australia; this was his first career title. He competed in four finals from October–December; winning one. Bolt ended 2012 with a ranking of No. 483.
Bolt entered the qualifying rounds of Sydney International, where he made the second round, before losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. He also made the second round of qualifying for the 2013 Australian Open, losing a tight contest 4–6, 7–5, 6–8 to Florent Serra.
Between February and May, Bolt competed in a number of Future tournaments, making the semi-finals in Australia F1, F2 and China F1. He lost in the first round of qualifying in the 2013 French Open to James Duckworth.
From June – September, Bolt played a number of Futures throughout Europe, mainly on clay, before returning to Australia the play in the futures there. his best result reaching the final of Cairns F7, losing to his doubles partner Andrew Whittington, 4–6, 4–6. Bolt ended 2013 with a ranking of No. 364.
In February, he made the quarter-final of the Burnie Challenger, losing to eventual runner-up Hiroki Moriya; before playing a number of Australian Futures, winning the F4 and coming runner-up in F5.
Bolt won his first ATP Challenger Tour title on 3 May at the China International against Nikola Mektić in straight sets, increasing his ranking to a career high of No.240. He also won the doubles, pairing with Andrew Whittington. At Wimbledon, Bolt fell just short of making his grand slam debut, losing in the final round of qualifying to Russian Konstantin Kravchuk in four sets. In September, Bolt made the semi-finals of the Napa Challenger.
In March, Bolt made his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw in Indian Wells, after two wins in qualification. He lost in straight sets to Robin Haase in the 1st round.
He lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open to Bjorn Fratangelo, before turning to grass, where he completed in and qualified for three challenger events in a row, at Manchester, Surbiton and Ilkley. Bolt played in North America from July to August with limited success, before returning to Australia's Futures circuit where he made the final of the Cairns F7, but lost in three sets to Finn Tearney. In October and November, Bolt made quarter finals of both the Latrobe and Canberra Challengers.
Bolt finished 2015 with a singles ranking of No. 269.
Bolt ended 2016 with a ranking of No. 586.
Bolt then qualified for the 2017 Australian Open, defeating Marius Copil, Matthias Bachinger and Julien Benneteau. This was Bolt's grand slam single debut. He lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in round 1. In Doubles, Bolt paired with Bradley Mousley where he reached the quarter-finals for the second time. Bolt reached the quarterfinals of both the Burnie International and Launceston International, but reached the finals in the Launceston doubles with Andrew Whittington. In February, Bolt travelled to Asia but failed to qualify for any Challenger events in singles, before returning to the futures tour in Australia. In May, Bolt travelled to Europe, where he qualified for and made the final of the Ilkley Trophy, losing to Marton Fucsovics in straight sets. This was Bolt's first appearance in a Challenger final for two years. With the result, his ranking jumped from 438 to 306 in the world. In October, Bolt made his second Challenger tour final of the season at Traralgon where he lost to fellow Aussie Jason Kubler in three tight sets.
In December, Bolt competed in the Australian Wildcard Playoff for a spot in the 2018 Australian Open. Despite losing to Alex De Minaur in the final, Bolt's performance throughout the tournament and strong 2017 earned him a discretionary wildcard into the Australian Open. He also received a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles with partner Bradley Mousley, who he made the quarter-finals with in 2017.
Bolt finished the year with a singles ranking of No. 192, an improvement of almost 400 places from the end of 2016. Bolt also had a handy year on the doubles circuit, making five Challenger finals with three victories to finish the season ranked No. 86, a career high doubles ranking.
Bolt received a wildcard into the 2018 Sydney International in both singles and doubles, partnering compatriot Jordan Thompson. In the singles draw, Bolt lost in the first round to Ričardas Berankis.
At the Australian Open Bolt lost to Viktor Troicki as a wildcard in the first round in 5 sets. Bolt partnered Brad Mousley for doubles and lost in round 1 in 3 sets. In March, Bolt qualified for and won the Zhuhai Challenger.
In June, Bolt won his first ATP World Tour match at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, defeating Vasek Pospisil in round 1.
At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships Bolt qualified for the first time for the singles main draw of this Grand Slam. He lost to 21st seed Kyle Edmund in the first round. Bolt also partnered 2002 Men's singles Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt in doubles after the pair received a wildcard. The pair lost also in the first round. In July, Bolt qualified for Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Atlanta and Washington but lost in first round of all three. In August, Bolt lost in the final round of qualifying for the US Open.
He was awarded a wildcard into the 2020 Australian Open and played Albert Ramos Viñolas in the first round, winning in five sets, before losing in the second round in five sets to eventual finalist, Dominic Thiem. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 171.
In June, Bolt won the 2021 Nottingham Trophy Challenger as a qualifier defeating Kamil Majchrzak. Following this successful run, Bolt received a wildcard to the Wimbledon main draw, where he defeated Filip Krajinović, before losing to Cameron Norrie in the second round.
In July, Bolt reached his second ATP Tour singles quarterfinal at Los Cabos. Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 137.
Bolt finished the year with a ranking of World No. 636.
Bolt made it through qualifying at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open going on to defeat Jakub Menšík and fifth seed Brandon Nakashima before losing to second seed and eventual champion Marcos Giron in the quarterfinals.
In May, Bolt reached a Challenger final at the Wuxi Open, losing to Sun Fajing. The following month he qualified for the Queen's Club Championships, but lost to Jacob Fearnley in the first round.
Bolt is an avid supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
He is in a relationship with British professional tennis player Katie Swan.
| {class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (singles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (3–8) |
| ITF Futures Tour (8–8) |
| Hard (6–14) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (3–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Win | 1–0 | Australia F7, Happy Valley | Futures | Hard | Adam Feeney | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Australia F9, Esperance | Futures | Hard | Adam Feeney | 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | Victor Baluda | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | Victor Baluda | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 2–3 | Hong Kong F3, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | Miliaan Niesten | 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 2–4 | Australia F7, Cairns | Futures | Hard | Andrew Whittington | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 3–4 | Australia F4, Melbourne | Futures | Clay | Blake Mott | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–5 | Australia F5, Glen Iris | Futures | Clay | Luke Saville | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | |
| Win | 4–5 | Kunming Open, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | Nikola Mektić | 6–2, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 4–6 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Chung Hyeon | 2–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 4–7 | Australia F7, Cairns | Futures | Hard | Finn Tearney | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 4–8 | Ilkley Trophy, UK | Challenger | Grass | Márton Fucsovics | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 4–9 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Jason Kubler | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7) | |
| Win | 5–9 | Zhuhai Open, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Hubert Hurkacz | 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | |
| Loss | 5–10 | Fairfield, USA | Challenger | Hard | Bjorn Fratangelo | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 5–11 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jannik Sinner | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 5–12 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Mohamed Safwat | 6–75–7, 1-6 | |
| Win | 6–12 | Nottingham, UK | Challenger | Grass | Kamil Majchrzak | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 7–12 | M25 Cairns, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Colin Sinclair | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 7–13 | M25 Burnie, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Yuta Shimizu | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 8–13 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Adam Walton | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) | |
| Win | 9–13 | M25 Bakersfield, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kyle Kang | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
| Loss | 9–14 | Feb 2024 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Omar Jasika | 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–15 | M25 Traralgon, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Li Tu | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 10–15 | M25 Mildura, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Luke Saville | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Win | 11–15 | M25 Swan Hill, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Rio Noguchi | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 11–16 | Nov 2024 | Matsuyama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
| {class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (doubles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (9–9) |
| ITF Futures Tour (11–4) |
| Hard (14–10) |
| Clay (5–2) |
| Grass (1–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Win | 1–0 | Italy F4, Vercelli | Futures | Clay | Andrew Whittington | Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi | 6–3, 7–6(11–9) | |
| Win | 2–0 | Slovenia F2, Maribor | Futures | Clay | Andrew Whittington | Miki Janković Nik Razboršek | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Win | 3–0 | Germany F6, Cologne | Futures | Clay | Andrew Whittington | Jan-Lennard Struff Mattis Wetzel | 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Australia F8, Port Pirie | Futures | Hard | Jack Schipanski | Jay Andrijic Adam Feeney | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Australia F9, Esperance | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Mitchell | Adam Feeney Zach Itzstein | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 5–1 | Australia F1, Melbourne | Futures | Hard | Nick Kyrgios | Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | |
| Loss | 5–2 | Sydney, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Nick Kyrgios | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia | 4–6, 6–4, 9–11 | |
| Loss | 5–3 | Italy F12, Padua | Futures | Clay | Sami Reinwein | Andrés Molteni Walter Trusendi | 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 5–10 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Peng Hsien-yin | Marco Crugnola Daniele Giorgini | 6–4, 5–7, 8–10 | |
| Win | 6–4 | Australia F6, Toowoomba | Futures | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Adam Feeney Gavin van Peperzeel | 6–1, 3–6, 10–7 | |
| Win | 7–4 | Australia F7, Cairns | Futures | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Isaac Frost Kento Takeuchi | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 8–4 | Australia F8, Alice Springs | Futures | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Adam Feeney Gavin van Peperzeel | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 8–5 | Melbourne, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Thanasi Kokkinakis Benjamin Mitchell | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 9–5 | Kunming Open, China | Challenger | Clay | Andrew Whittington | Daniel Cox Gong Maoxin | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 9–6 | Happy Valley, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Aleksandr Nedovyesov Andrey Kuznetsov | 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 9–7 | Australia F6, Alice Springs | Futures | Hard | Jordan Thompson | Gao Xin Li Zhe | 6–3, 3–6, 1–10 | |
| Win | 10–7 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | |
| Loss | 10–8 | Maui, USA | Challenger | Hard | Frank Moser | Jason Jung Dennis Novikov | 3–6, 6–4, 8–10 | |
| Win | 11–8 | Australia F1, Port Pirie | Futures | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Marc Polmans Rubin Statham | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | |
| Loss | 11–9 | Australia F2, Mildura | Futures | Grass | Andrew Whittington | Steven de Waard Marc Polmans | 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–10 | |
| Loss | 11–10 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Whittington | Bradley Mousley Luke Saville | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 12–10 | Australia F1, Mildura | Futures | Grass | Dane Propoggia | Harry Bourchier Gavin van Peperzeel | 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 11–9 | |
| Win | 13–10 | Italy F14, Frascati | Futures | Clay | Jason Kubler | Federico Maccari Andrea Vavassori | 6–1, 7–6(8–6) | |
| Win | 14–10 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Max Purcell | Tom Jomby Eric Quigley | 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 14–11 | Aptos, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jordan Thompson | Jonathan Erlich Neal Skupski | 3–6, 6–2, 8–10 | |
| Win | 15–11 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Mousley | Evan King Nathan Pasha | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 16–11 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Mousley | Luke Saville Andrew Whittington | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 17–11 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Mousley | Sekou Bangoura Nathan Pasha | 7–6(8–6), 6–0 | |
| Loss | 17–12 | Nanchang, China | Challenger | Clay (i) | Akira Santillan | Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 17–13 | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Matt Reid | Andrew Harris Marc Polmans | 0–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 18–13 | Jun 2023 | Tyler, United States | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Harris | Evan King Reese Stalder | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 19-13 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville | Rigele Te Yunchaokete Bu | 4–6, 6–3, 11–9 | |
| Win | 20–13 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville | Tristan Schoolkate Adam Walton | 5–7, 6–3, 12–10 |
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
| French Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | Q3 | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | NH | 2R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| US Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 10 | 5–10 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | NH | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Miami Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 17–33 | |
| Year-end ranking | 474 | 203 | 269 | 586 | 189 | 154 | 159 | 171 | 137 | 636 | 329 | 157 | |||
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | QF | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 11–11 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 13 | 11–13 |
| National representation | ||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | RR | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–0 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 16–20 | |
| Year-end ranking | 157 | 107 | 159 | 510 | 86 | 242 | 254 | 344 | 737 | 1272 | 175 | |||
| RR | 27 Nov 2021 | Turin | Hard (i) | Doubles (with John Peers) | Fábián Marozsán / Zsombor Piros | 6–3, 6–7(11–13), 6–3 |
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