Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 3 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.[2]

Tristan Schoolkate
Schoolkate at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidencePerth, Australia
Born (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23)
Perth, Australia[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachAndrew Roberts
Prize moneyUS$ 673,045
Singles
Career record2–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (3 February 2025)
Current rankingNo. 135 (3 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2025)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 120 (27 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 120 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022, 2025)
Last updated on: 31 January 2025.

Personal life

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Schoolkate began playing tennis at age four and was initially coached by his father, who was a tennis coach at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club.[1]

In August 2015, he represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic.[3]

Career

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2019–2021: Beginnings: ATP debut and first ITF titles

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Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019[4] and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon.

In January 2021, Schoolkate made the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, losing to Bernard Tomic.[5] He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wildcard into the main draw.[6] He lost in straight sets to Botic van de Zandschulp.

In September 2021, Schoolkate won his first ITF singles title in Plaisir, France.[7] In October 2021, he won his first ITF doubles title.[8]

2022–2025: First Challenger title, Major debut & first wins, top 150

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Schoolkate lost in the first qualifying round at the 2022 Australian Open.[9] In April 2022, he achieved a new career-high ranking of No. 504, after reaching the final at the ITF M25 Canberra tournament.[10][2]

Ranked No. 241 at the 2024 Guangzhou International, Schoolkate defeated compatriot and third seed Adam Walton to lift his first Challenger singles trophy. At the same tournament he won the doubles title with Blake Ellis. As a result he reached the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 187 on 6 May 2024.[11][12][2] At the 2024 Winston-Salem Open, he qualified for the main draw, but lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Learner Tien.[13]

Ranked No. 193, for his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 US Open and defeated Taro Daniel in five sets, recording his first Major win.[14] He lost to Jakub Menšík in the second round in a match which went to a fifth set tiebreak.[15]

He also received a main draw wildcard for the 2025 Australian Open for his debut at his home Slam and again defeated Taro Daniel, this time in four sets. As a result he reached the top 150 at a new career-high of world No. 146 on 27 January 2025.[16][2][17] He lost in the second round to world No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner also in four sets.[18]

Schoolkate won his second Challenger title at the 2025 Queensland International, defeating Marek Gengel in the final in straight sets.[19]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Current after the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon NH A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 1 Career total: 2
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Year-end ranking 839 623 367 260 171 $673,045

Doubles

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Current after the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 1 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Year-end ranking 494 210 159 135

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2021 M25+H Plaisir, France World Tennis Tour Hard (indoor)   Alexandre Reco 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Mar 2022 M25 Canberra, Australia World Tennis Tour Clay   Jason Kubler 6–7(3–7), 1-6
Loss 1–2 May 2022 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay   Ignacio Monzon 1–6, 1-6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2022 M25 Traralgon, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Edward Winter 4–6, 2-6
Win 2–3 Feb 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass   Philip Sekulic 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–3 May 2024 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard   Adam Walton 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–3 February 2025 Brisbane, Australia Challenger Hard   Marek Gengel 7-6(7-3), 7-6(7–4)

Doubles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (7–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–7)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 M25 Nevers, France World Tennis Tour Hard (indoor)   Blake Ellis   Millen Hurrion
  Ben Jones
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 M25 Sarreguemines, France World Tennis Tour Hard (indoor)   Blake Ellis   Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
  Hendrik Jebens
7–6(7–5), 3-6, [10–5]
Loss 2–1 Nov 2021 M25 Saint-Dizier, France World Tennis Tour Hard (indoor)   Blake Ellis   Alexander Donski
  Petros Tsitsipas
4–6, 6–4 [7-10]
Loss 2–2 Nov 2021 M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, France World Tennis Tour Hard (indoor)   Blake Ellis   Alexander Donski
  Petros Tsitsipas
6-7, 2–3 (ret.)
Loss 2–3 Feb 2022 M25 Bendigo, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Blake Ellis   Calum Puttergill
  Brandon Walkin
2-6, 3–6
Win 3–3 May 2022 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay   Colin Sinclair   David Pichler
  Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
6-1, 7–5
Win 4–3 Oct 2022 M25 Cairns, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Blake Ellis   Aaron Addison
  Calum Puttergill
6-4, 6–1
Win 5–3 Oct 2022 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard   Blake Ellis   Ajeet Rai
  Yuta Shimizu
4–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Loss 5–4 Feb 2023 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard   Luke Saville   Marc Polmans
  Max Purcell
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 6–4 Feb 2023 M25 Burnie, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Luke Saville   Calum Puttergill
  Adam Walton
7–5, 6–4
Win 7–4 Feb 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass   Luke Saville   Blake Bayldon
  Edward Winter
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 8–4 Feb 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Luke Saville   Blake Ellis
  Matthew Christopher Romios
6–3, 6–4
Win 9–4 Jul 2023 Bloomfield Hills, United States Challenger Hard   Adam Walton   Blake Ellis
  Calum Puttergill
7–5, 6–3
Loss 9–5 Jul 2023 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Adam Walton   Christian Harrison
  Mikelis Libietis
4–6, 3–6
Loss 9–6 Oct 2023 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard   Blake Ellis   Ryan Seggerman
  Patrik Trhac
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 9–7 Feb 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard   Adam Walton   Alex Bolt
  Luke Saville
7–5, 3–6, [10–12]
Win 10–7 Feb 2024 Pune, India Challenger Hard   Adam Walton   Dan Added

  Chung Yun-seong

7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 10–8 Mar 2024 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay   Adam Walton   Ryan Seggerman

  Patrik Trhac

7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 11–8 May 2024 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard   Blake Ellis   Nam Ji-sung

  Patrik Niklas-Salminen

6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Win 12–8 Sep 2024 Charleston, United States Challenger Hard   Luke Saville   Calum Puttergill
  Dane Sweeny
6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–3]
Win 13–8 Sep 2024 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard   Luke Saville   Patrick Kypson
  Eliot Spizzirri
6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tristan Schoolkate Bio". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tristan Schoolkate Rankings history".
  3. ^ "Future Stars Ready for World Tour Finals". Tennis Australia. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Schoolkate debuts in Darwin". 24 September 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Aussie's March on in Australian Open 2021 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Draws are now set for the Melbourne Summer Series". Tennis Australia. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ Rogers, Leigh (20 September 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Social Round Up". Tennis Australia. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Aussie Men Exit Australian Open Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ^ "RANKING MOVERS: SAVILLE, KOKKINAKIS AND KYRGIOS CONTINUE RESURGENCES". Tennis Australia. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Schoolkate Soars to Guangzhou Challenger Title". tennistourtalk.com. 5 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Navone notches biggest career title at Cagliari Challenger". ATPTour. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Tien edges fellow qualifier to reach second round in Winston-Salem". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Wildcard Tristan Schoolkate achieves major breakthrough at US Open 2024". 28 August 2024.
  15. ^ "US Open: Mensik stages dramatic comeback against Schoolkate". Tennis. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  16. ^ @AustralianOpen (13 January 2025). "Soak it in Tristan, soak it in! Aussie wild card Schoolkate is through to the second round, defeating Taro Daniel 6-7 7-6 (4) 6-1 6-4 😍 @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Australian Open: Schoolkate sets a date with Sinner in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Reigning champion Jannik Sinner passes Melbourne exam set by Tristan Schoolkate". The Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Schoolkate Secures Brisbane QTC Tennis International Crown". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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