Adam Walton

Canberra- 1 January 2023 - Australia's Adam Walton (WC)- in a round one qualifying match at the Canberra International ATP 100 Challenger tournament.

Adam Walton (born 17 April 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Walton has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 20 October 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 134 achieved on 18 March 2024. He has won four singles and four doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Walton was born and raised in Home Hill in North Queensland. He began playing tennis at five years old and moved to Brisbane at 14 when he received a tennis scholarship to attend Anglican Church Grammar School for the final three years of his schooling. The move allowed him to begin training in the National Academy at the Queensland Tennis Centre.

Walton played college tennis at the University of Tennessee, where he won the 2021 NCAA doubles title with Patrick Harper.

Walton won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the San Luis Open Challenger with Colin Sinclair. He won his first singles Challenger in August at the Atlantic Tire Championships in Cary, North Carolina.

For his Grand Slam main-draw debut, he received a wildcard for the Australian Open, but lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the first round.

Ranked No. 150, he qualified for the Miami Open making his Masters debut, losing in the first round to Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Following his third singles title at the Taipei Challenger, with a win over Illya Marchenko he reached the top-100 at world No. 95 on 20 May 2024.

Walton received a wildcard entry for the French Open, but lost to Arthur Rinderknech in the first round. He recorded his first ATP main-draw win at the Mallorca Championships defeating Yannick Hanfmann,before losing to Paul Jubb in the second round.

He qualified Wimbledon making his debut and recorded his first Major win over Federico Coria, before losing to Francisco Comesaña in the second round.

At the Australian Open, where he gained direct entry into the main-draw due to his ranking, Walton lost in the first round to Quentin Halys in five sets.

In March at the Indian Wells Open, he defeated Giulio Zeppieri for first at the Masters-level win, before losing to 27th seed Denis Shapovalov in the second round.

At the 2025 Miami Open, where he entered the main-draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, replacing Hubert Hurkacz after his late withdrawal, Walton defeated Luciano Darderi and wildcard entrant Coleman Wong to reach his first Masters fourth round, at which point he lost to third seed Taylor Fritz.

In July, Walton reached his first ATP Tour semifinal at the 2025 Los Cabos Open. He lost to third seed Denis Shapovalov in the semifinal.

At the Cincinnati Open, he defeated qualifier Mariano Navone and 12th seed Daniil Medvedev to make it into the third round, where his run was ended by 22nd seed Jiří Lehečka.

At the Australian Open, Walton lost to world No. 1 and eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in the first round.

In March, reached back-to-back Masters' tournament second rounds at Indian Wells, where he defeated Quentin Halysand before losing to 25th seed Learner Tien, followed by the Miami Open, where he qualified and overcame Sebastián Báez and then lost to 12th seed Jakub Menšík.

• Adam Walton at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adam Walton at the International Tennis Federation