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Alex Bolt
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Australia
Born	5 January 1993 (age 31)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	13–22
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 296 (12 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 372 (28 April 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013)
Wimbledon	N/A
US Open	N/A
Doubles
Career record	13–15
Highest ranking	No. 96 (3 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 101 (28 April 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2014)
French Open	N/A
Wimbledon	N/A
US Open	N/A
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	N/A
	Last updated on: 28 April 2014.

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Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is a professional Australian tennis player who as of 13 January 2014 is ranked World No. 471 in singles and World No. 155 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.^[1].

Career

2010

Bolt made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round.

2011

Bolt competed on the Futures circuit in 2011, and his best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.

2012

Bolt lost in the first round of 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 the Happy Valley; this was his first career title. Bolt made 4 finals from October-December; winning one. Bolt finished 2012 ranked #483.

2013

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 nuber 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. He finished 2013 with a ranking of #364.

2014

Bolt was given wild card’s into both the 2014 Brisbane International and 2014 Australian Open qualifying, but lost in round 1 in both. 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's won his first ATP Challenger Tour on May 3 at the China International against Nikola Mektić in straight sets. He also won the doubles, pairing with Andrew Whittington.

ATP Finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
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 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–5)

Titles by Surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 2012	Happy Valley, Australia	Hard	Adam Feeney	5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	7 October 2012	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Adam Feeney	6-3, 6-7, 2-6
Runner-up	3.	8 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Victor Baluda	4-6, 2-6
Winner	4.	15 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Victor Baluda	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	5.	22 December 2012	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	2-6, 6-1, 4-6
Runner-up	6.	22 September 2013	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Andrew Whittington	4-6, 4-6
Winner	7.	6 April 2014	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Blake Mott	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	8.	13 April 2014	Glen Iris, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	6-4, 6-7(4), 4-6
Winner	9.	3 May 2014	China International, China	Clay	Nikola Mektić	6-2, 7-5

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
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 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–0)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 May 2014	Anning, China	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Daniel Cox M Gong	6-4, 6-3

References

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External links

Alex Bolt at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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 ==Career==
-===2014===
+===2010===
+Bolt made his ITF debut in October 2010 at the Australia F8, where he made the second round.
+===2011===
+Bolt competed on the [[ITF_Men%27s_Circuit|Futures]] circuit in 2011, and his best performance was a semi final result in the Australian F7 in September. Bolt finished 2011 with a ranking of 897.
+===2012===
+Bolt lost in the first round of 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 the [[Happy_Valley,_South_Australia|Happy Valley]]; this was his first career title.
+Bolt made 4 finals from October-December; winning one.  Bolt finished 2012 ranked #483.
+===2013===
+Bolt entered the qualifying rounds of [[2013_Apia_International_Sydney|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 nuber 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 (tennis)|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. He finished 2013 with a ranking of #364.
+===2014===
+Bolt was given wild card’s into both the [[2014 Brisbane International]] and [[2014 Australian Open]] [[2014_Australian_Open_–_Men%27s_Singles_Qualifying|qualifying]], but lost in round 1 in both. In February, he made the quarter final of the [[2014_McDonald%27s_Burnie_International_–_Men%27s_Singles|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's won his first [[ATP Challenger Tour]] on May 3 at the [[2014_ATP_Challenger_China_Int%27l|China International]] against [[Nikola Mektić]] in straight sets. He also won the doubles, pairing with [[Andrew_Whittington_(tennis)|Andrew Whittington]].