John-Patrick Smith

On court

• Started playing tennis aged seven.
• Trains at the Knoxville Racquet Club in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• Enjoyed a successful junior career, peaking at No.6 in the ITF Junior rankings.
• Represented the University of Tennessee from 2007 to 2011.
• Named an All-American in singles and doubles for four straight years, one of only two players in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to achieve the feat.
• Ranked No.1 in both singles and doubles during his American college career.
• Named Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year in 2011.
• Won his first ITF Futures Pro Circuit event in 2011, securing the Oklahoma F19 title.
• Broke into the world’s top 300 for the first time in May 2012.
• Won his first Challenger title at the 2012 Winnetka Challenger.
• Tennis idol is Andre Agassi.
• Favourite surface is hard courts.

Off court

• Nickname is “JP”
• Enjoys rugby, surfing, and swimming.
• Graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Economics.

Year-end singles ranking history