Heath Davidson

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I always love coming out to Hume and playing in the two weeks leading into the AO.

Heath Davidson, 13 Dec 2024
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Biography

On Court

  • Began playing tennis at age 14
  • Prefers hard courts
  • Goal is to become one of the world’s best quad players and win a Paralympic medal
  • Achieved the second of those goals when he combined with Dylan Alcott to win Paralympic gold for Australia in the quad doubles final at Rio 2016
  • Achieved the first of those goals when he peaked at world No.3 in the ITF quad singles rankings in November 2022
  • Is a four-time Grand Slam doubles champion, winning four straight Australian Open quad doubles trophies with Alcott (2018-2021)
  • Also a quad doubles finalist at the US Open (2021, with Alcott) and Roland Garros (2022, with Silva)
  • Best tennis memories were being there to watch Lleyton Hewitt defeat Roger Federer in the 2003 Davis Cup semifinals in Melbourne, and winning the World Team Cup doubles title with Alcott in 2016
  • Made the Wimbledon singles final in 2023 and the doubles final with Robert Shaw, with whom he also made the Roland Garros doubles final that year
  • Won three ITF singles titles and three doubles trophies in 2024 
  • Notched another five ITF doubles titles in 2025, and a further singles title.

Off Court

  • Sporting heroes are Roger Federer, Steph Curry and Dustin Martin
  • If not a tennis player, would be a personal trainer.

Statistics

Key statistics

Born9 May 1987
Birth PlaceRosebud, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
CoachMarco Persi and Francois Vogelsberger

Singles titles 

  • 2025: College Park 
  • 2024: Daegu, Emilio Sanchez Vicario Foundation Tournament, Eastbourne 
  • 2023: Victorian Wheelchair Open, Jambes 
  • 2022: Geneva 
  • 2018: Daegu 
  • 2017: Seoul, Daegu, Mississauga 

Singles finals 

  • 2025: Victorian Wheelchair Open, Melbourne Wheelchair Open 
  • 2024: Victorian Wheelchair Open, Seoul 
  • 2023: Wimbledon, Georgia, Daegu 
  • 2022: Annecy, Nottingham 
  • 2021: Victorian Wheelchair Open, La Couarde Sur Mer, Alghero 
  • 2019: Baton Rouge, Daegu, Toronto 
  • 2018: Jambes 
  • 2017: Busan, Geneva, Jambes, US Open 

Doubles titles 

  • 2025: French Riviera, College Park, Queensland Wheelchair Open, Baton Rouge, Georgia 
  • 2024: Iizuka, Barcelona, Royan 
  • 2023: Georgia, Daegu, Seoul, Geneva, Jambes 
  • 2022: Victorian Wheelchair Open, Geneva 
  • 2021: Australian Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Victorian Wheelchair Open, La Couarde Sur Mer, Alghero 
  • 2020: Australian Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Melbourne Wheelchair Tennis Open 
  • 2019: Australian Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Seoul, Iizuka, Paris, Wheelchair Doubles Masters 
  • 2018: Australian Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Sydney Wheelchair Tennis Open, Baton Rouge, Seoul, Iizuka, Jambes 
  • 2017: Iizuka, Busan 
  • 2016: Rio Paralympics (w/ Dylan Alcott), Queensland Wheelchair Tennis Open, Johannesburg, Geneva, Rio Paralympics 

Doubles finals 

  • 2025: Victorian Wheelchair Open, Melbourne Wheelchair Open 
  • 2024: Daegu, Biot, Eastbourne 
  • 2023: Wimbledon (w/ Robert Shaw), French Open (w/ Robert Shaw), Melbourne Wheelchair Open, Baton Rouge, Iizuka, Biot, Nottingham, Wheelchair Doubles Masters 
  • 2022: French Open (w/ Ymanitu Silva), Baton Rouge, Nottingham, Wheelchair Doubles Masters 
  • 2021: US Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Tokyo Paralympics (w/ Dylan Alcott) 
  • 2020: Tweed Heads 
  • 2019: Georgia, Baton Rouge, Daegu 
  • 2018: US Open 
  • 2017: Australian Open (w/ Dylan Alcott), Tucson, Daegu, Geneva, Berlin, Jambes, Mississauga, US Open, Bath 
  • 2016: Johannesburg

Year-end singles ranking history

YearWorld ranking
202510
20248
20236
20223
20217
20207
20197
20185
20175
201621

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