PLAYER PROFILE

Alex Bolt

“What an unbelievable feeling. This is just my second tournament back and I’ve managed to qualify for a Grand Slam. It’s unreal.”

started playing tennis at the age of seven
first realised at age 17 that he was good enough to become professional
as a 14-year-old in 2007 he was a member of the winning South Australian team at the Foundation Cup; at the same event, he was awarded the John Fitzgerald prize for good nature and outstanding effort
moved to Canberra in February 2010 to join the elite AIS Pro Tour Program as a full scholarship holder; when told of his inclusion in the program, he described the feeling of being selected as “overwhelming”
after recovering from injury in the first half of 2009, he made the final of his first tournament back – at the Darwin Junior ITF International
feels his game most closely resembles that of Fernando Verdasco
names Jurgen Melzer and Feliciano Lopez as the toughest opponents he’s ever faced
professional goal is to be a top 10 player and represent Australia in Davis
if he was playing a match at Rod Laver Arena, he’d have the entire town of Murray Bridge in his players’ box

had he not been a tennis player, would have followed a career in basketball or Australian Rules football
supports the Port Adelaide Power

2014 Melbourne F4 ITF, An-Ning Challenger

2012 Happy Valley F7 ITF, Hong Kong F2 ITF

2017 Ilkley Challenger

2015 Burnie Challenger, Cairns F7 ITF

2014 Glen Iris F5 ITF

2013 Cairns F7 ITF

2012 Esperance F9 ITF, Hong Kong F1 ITF