PLAYER PROFILE

Hayden Jones

  • Age17
  • Born30 August 2006
  • Birth PlaceGold Coast, QLD
  • LivesGold Coast, QLD
  • PlaysRight-handed
  • CoachDes Tyson

On Court

  • Started playing at age six after the local coach, John Dutton, invited him to join a tennis squad
  • Took out the 12/u National Claycourt Championships in 2019
  • Won first professional-level match at the Australian Pro Tour event in Canberra in February 2022
  • Proudest moment so far is representing Australia at the 2022 Junior Davis Cup
  • Won the 2022 Oceania Junior Championships
  • Favourite surface to play on is grass after competing in the 2022 Wimbledon junior competition
  • Names his coaches, Clint Letcher, Heath Denman and John Dutton as his biggest influences
  • Named orange boy for the Australian Davis Cup team for the round-robin stage of the 2022 finals.
  • Cracked ITF world junior top 25 in early 2023
  • Trains at KDV Tennis Academy on the Gold Coast
  • Advanced to the boys’ doubles semifinals at US Open 2023 alongside American Alexander Razeghi.

Off Court

  • His mother, Loretta Harrop, was an Olympic silver medalist in triathlon and his father, Brad Jones, a QAFL Grogan medalist
  • Has a younger sister, Emerson, who is also a top junior tennis player
  • Hobbies include fishing and hanging out with family and friends
  • Favourite food is mud crab
  • Male Junior Athlete of the Year finalist at the 2022 Australian Tennis Awards.

Year-end ranking history

2022 1401

Hayden Jones in the news

Aussie weekly wrap: Rising Australians soar to new heights
Hayden Jones, Gabriella Da Silva Fick, Talia Gibson and Adam Walton all recorded career-best results this week.
25 March, 2024

Hayden Jones, Gabriella Da Silva Fick, Talia Gibson and Adam Walton all recorded career-best results this week.
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Bolt scoops back-to-back Australian Pro Tour singles titles
Alex Bolt in action on the Australian Pro Tour. Picture: Tennis Australia
24 March, 2024

Australian Alex Bolt was crowned the men's singles champion at this week's Swan Hill Tennis International in regional Victoria.
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Aussie weekly wrap: Celebrating winners aged from 15 to 83
Alicia Smith and Tahlia Kokkinis celebrate winning an Australian Pro Tour title in Mildura. Picture: Tennis Australia
18 March, 2024

Tahlia Kokkinis, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, was among 10 Australian players to win a professional title this week.
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Hayden Jones verging on world’s top 10 in junior rankings
Hayden Jones in action at Australian Open 2024. Picture: Tennis Australia
13 March, 2024

Gold Coast talent Hayden Jones sits at a career-high world No.11 in the latest ITF World Tennis Tour junior boys' rankings.
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