# Tristan Schoolkate

Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.

## Personal life

Schoolkate began playing tennis at age four and was initially coached by his father, who was a tennis coach at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club.
In August 2015, he represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

## Career
### 2019–2021: Beginnings: ATP debut and first ITF titles

Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon.
In January 2021, Schoolkate made the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, losing to Bernard Tomic. He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in straight sets to Botic van de Zandschulp.
In September 2021, Schoolkate won his first ITF singles title in Plaisir, France. In October 2021, he won his first ITF doubles title.

### 2022–2025: First Challenger title, Major debut & first wins, top 150

Schoolkate lost in the first qualifying round at the 2022 Australian Open. In April 2022, he achieved a new career-high ranking of No. 504, after reaching the final at the ITF M25 Canberra tournament.
Ranked No. 241 at the 2024 Guangzhou International, Schoolkate defeated compatriot and third seed Adam Walton to lift his first Challenger singles trophy. At the same tournament he won the doubles title with Blake Ellis. As a result he reached the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 187 on 6 May 2024. At the 2024 Winston-Salem Open, he qualified for the main draw, but lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Learner Tien.
Ranked No. 193, for his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 US Open and defeated Taro Daniel in five sets, recording his first Major win. He lost to Jakub Menšík in the second round in a match which went to a fifth set tiebreak.
He also received a main draw wildcard for the 2025 Australian Open for his debut at his home Slam and again defeated Taro Daniel, this time in four sets. As a result he reached the top 150 at a new career-high of world No. 146 on 27 January 2025. He lost in the second round to world No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner also in four sets.
Schoolkate won his second Challenger title at the 2025 Queensland International, defeating Marek Gengel in the final in straight sets.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current after the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Year-end ranking | 839 | 623 | 367 | 260 | 171 | | $673,045 | $673,045 | $673,045 |

### Doubles

Current after the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Career statistics ||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 3 | Career total: 3 | Career total: 3 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Year-end ranking | 494 | 210 | 159 | 135 | | | |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (2–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2021 | M25+H Plaisir, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Alexandre Reco | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2022 | M25 Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jason Kubler | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2022 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ignacio Monzon | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2022 | M25 Traralgon, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Edward Winter | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Feb 2023 | M25 Swan Hill, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Philip Sekulic | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–3 | May 2024 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | February 2025 | Brisbane, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Marek Gengel | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (7–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (11–7)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2021 | M25 Nevers, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Blake Ellis | Millen Hurrion Ben Jones | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2021 | M25 Sarreguemines, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Blake Ellis | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Hendrik Jebens | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2021 | M25 Saint-Dizier, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Blake Ellis | Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas | 4–6, 6–4 [7–10] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2021 | M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Blake Ellis | Alexander Donski Petros Tsitsipas | 6–7, 2–3 (ret.) |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2022 | M25 Bendigo, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Blake Ellis | Calum Puttergill Brandon Walkin | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | May 2022 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Colin Sinclair | David Pichler Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 2022 | M25 Cairns, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Blake Ellis | Aaron Addison Calum Puttergill | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–3 | Oct 2022 | Sydney, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Blake Ellis | Ajeet Rai Yuta Shimizu | 4–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2023 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville | Marc Polmans Max Purcell | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2023 | M25 Burnie, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Luke Saville | Calum Puttergill Adam Walton | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–4 | Feb 2023 | M25 Swan Hill, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Luke Saville | Blake Bayldon Edward Winter | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 8–4 | Feb 2023 | M25 Swan Hill, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Luke Saville | Blake Ellis Matthew Christopher Romios | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–4 | Jul 2023 | Bloomfield Hills, United States | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton | Blake Ellis Calum Puttergill | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–5 | Jul 2023 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton | Christian Harrison Mikelis Libietis | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–6 | Oct 2023 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Blake Ellis | Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–7 | Feb 2024 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton | Alex Bolt Luke Saville | 7–5, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Win | 10–7 | Feb 2024 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton | Dan Added Chung Yun-seong | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 10–8 | Mar 2024 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Adam Walton | Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac | 7–5, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 11–8 | May 2024 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Blake Ellis | Nam Ji-sung Patrik Niklas-Salminen | 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [10–4] |
| Win | 12–8 | Sep 2024 | Charleston, United States | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville | Calum Puttergill Dane Sweeny | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–1, [10–3] |
| Win | 13–8 | Sep 2024 | Tiburon, United States | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville | Patrick Kypson Eliot Spizzirri | 6–4, 6–2 |