# Adam Walton (tennis)

Adam Walton (born 17 April 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Walton has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 86 achieved on 5 August 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 4 March 2024. He has won two singles and three doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

## College career

Walton played college tennis at the University of Tennessee, where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper.

## Professional career
### 2023: First Challenger title

Walton won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger with Colin Sinclair. He won his first singles Challenger in August at the Atlantic Tire Championships in Cary, North Carolina.

### 2024: Masters and Major debuts and first wins, top 100

For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open. Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the 2024 Miami Open making his Masters debut.
Following his third singles title at the 2024 Taipei Challenger, with a win over Illya Marchenko he reached the top 100 at world No. 95 on 20 May 2024.
He also received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open. He recorded his first ATP main draw win at the 2024 Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann. He qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria, before losing to Francisco Comesana in the second round.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles: 17 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (9–8)
* Clay (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2019 | M15 Champaign, USA | World Tour | Hard | Axel Geller | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2022 | M15 Waco, USA | World Tour | Hard | Li Tu | 7–5, 0–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2022 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tour | Hard | Fernando Yamacita | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2022 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tour | Hard | Jorge Panta | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 2022 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tour | Hard | Andrés Andrade | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2023 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tour | Hard | Alex Bolt | 6–4, 1–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 4–3 | May 2023 | M15 Tbilisi, Georgia | World Tour | Hard | Orel Kimhi | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jun 2023 | M25 Tulsa, USA | World Tour | Hard | Nick Chappell | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–3 | Aug 2023 | Cary 1, USA | Challenger | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Oct 2023 | Tiburon, USA | Challenger | Hard | Zachary Svajda | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | Feb 2024 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Dane Sweeny | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 7–5 | Feb 2024 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Valentin Vacherot | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 7–6 | Apr 2024 | Acapulco, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | May 2024 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Schoolkate | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–7 | May 2024 | Santaizi, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Illya Marchenko | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 8–8 | Oct 2024 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Taro Daniel | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 9–8 | Feb 2025 | Brisbane, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Jason Kubler | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–8)
* Clay (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2022 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tour | Hard | Tyler Zink | Taisei Ichikawa Seita Watanabe | 6–1, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2022 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tour | Hard | Andrew Rogers | Blu Baker Kosuke Ogura | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2022 | M25 Darwin, Australia | World Tour | Hard | Joshua Charlton | Calum Puttergill Dane Sweeny | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2022 | M25 Cairns, Australia | World Tour | Hard | James McCabe | Colin Sinclair Kyle Seelig | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Feb 2023 | M25 Burnie, Australia | World Tour | Hard | Calum Puttergill | Tristan Schoolkate Luke Saville | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Feb 2023 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tour | Hard | Ezekiel Clark | Arklon Huertas del Pino Conner Huertas del Pino | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Apr 2023 | San Luis, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Colin Sinclair | Benjamin Lock Rubin Statham | 5–7, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Win | 3–5 | Jul 2023 | Bloomfield Hills, USA | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Schoolkate | Blake Ellis Calum Puttergill | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2023 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Schoolkate | Christian Harrison Miķelis Lībietis | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2023 | Cary 1, USA | Challenger | Hard | Miķelis Lībietis | Evan King Reese Stalder | 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–8 | Jan 2024 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Schoolkate | Alex Bolt Luke Saville | 7–5, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Win | 4–8 | Feb 2024 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Schoolkate | Dan Added Chung Yun-seong | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Mar 2024 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Tristan Schoolkate | Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac | 7–5, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 5–9 | Sep 2024 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Blake Ellis | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Arjun Kadhe | 3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2025 BNP Paribas Open.
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| French Open | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | | 1 / 1 | 1–1 |
| US Open | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1 / 5 | 1–5 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Miami Open | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Italian Open | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Canadian Open | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Career statistics ||||||
| | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 17 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Win/Loss | 0–0 | 3–11 | 1–6 | 4–17 | 4–17 |
| Win % | – | 21% | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| Year-end ranking | 176 | 90 | | CHR: 86 | CHR: 86 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| French Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Career statistics |||||
| | 2024 | 2025 | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Win/Loss | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Win % | 50% | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| Year-end ranking | 185 | | CHR: 134 | CHR: 134 |