PLAYER PROFILE

Heath Davidson

  • Age37
  • Born 9 May 1987
  • Birth PlaceRosebud, VIC
  • PlaysRight-handed
  • CoachMarco Persi and Francois Vogelsberger
“[This event is] a chance to provide opportunities for all members of our diverse community to play, compete and thrive within our sport.”

— Heath Davidson, 8 Oct 2024

» Winners crowned at 2024 Australian Tennis Championships

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.

Off court

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

Year-end rankings history (quad singles)

2022 3
2021 7
2020 7
2019 7
2018 5
2017 5
2016 21

Heath Davidson in the news

Winners crowned at 2024 Australian Tennis Championships
Competitors at the Australian Tennis Championships at Melbourne Park.
8 October, 2024

A record-breaking 70 players gathered at Melbourne Park to compete at the 27th staging of the Australian Tennis Championships, a key initiative in Tennis Australia's…
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Train with Heath Davidson: “Push hard and swing through the ball”
Heath Davidson in action. Picture: Tennis Australia
13 September, 2024

Australia's top-ranked wheelchair player Heath Davidson shares valuable advice in our "Train with the Pros" series.
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Tennis draws revealed for 2024 Paralympic Games
Anderson Parker and Ben Weekes during a training session at Roland Garros.
27 August, 2024

Anderson Parker and Ben Weekes will represent Australia in the wheelchair tennis events at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
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Australian Paralympic tennis team locked in for Paris 2024
August 30: Australian Paralympic tennis team for Paris 2024 L to R: Anderson Parker, Heath Davidson, Ben Weekes at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA
5 August, 2024

Anderson Parker, Heath Davidson and Ben Weekes will head to Paris as part of the Australian Wheelchair tennis team for the 2024 Paralympic Games.
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