John Peers

John Peers
John Peers 2016
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	July 25, 1988
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	84 kg
1st professional season:	2011
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 3,381,643
singles
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	456 (June 11, 2012)
Double
Career record:	229: 133
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	2 (April 3, 2017)
Current placement:	4th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: August 13, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

John Peers (born July 25, 1988 in Melbourne ) is an Australian tennis player .

Career

In 2011 and 2012 John Peers played mainly on the ITF Future Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour in doubles with various partners. With his compatriot John-Patrick Smith , he has already won five titles on the Challenger Tour and three more with other partners. Since the 2013 season he has also been a regular participant in ATP World Tour tournaments . He played at tournaments in Brisbane, the Australian Open and Montpellier, among others. At the Australian Open , he made it to the second round with his partner after they defeated the number eight duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the first round .

On April 14, 2013 he won his first World Tour tournament in Houston together with Jamie Murray . In the final they defeated the world number one Bob and Mike Bryan . In July 2013, the second tournament victory in this category followed, also alongside Jamie Murray. Together they won the tournament in Gstaad against the Spanish duo Pablo Andújar and Guillermo García-López . In September 2013, the third joint title followed in Thailand , and one month later they reached the final in Tokyo . In the 2014 season, John Peers won the tournament in Munich with Jamie Murray and was also in the finals at Queen's Club , in Winston-Salem and Kuala Lumpur . In 2015, he and Murray started the season with a tournament victory in Brisbane . In Wimbledon , the two reached their first Grand Slam final and repeated this success at the US Open . In both finals, however, they did not win a set.

For season 2016 Murray and Peers parted; Henri Kontinen became the new double partner . With Kontinen, he won a total of five titles in 2016, including the ATP World Tour Finals and the Paris Masters , and reached another final. At the beginning of 2017, the two celebrated their first Grand Slam title in doubles by winning the Australian Open . On April 3, he reached second place, his highest position in the double world rankings .

In 2016 John Peers made his debut for the Australian Davis Cup team .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) ATP World Tour Finals (2) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3) ATP World Tour 500 (5) ATP World Tour 250 (9) ATP Challenger Tour (8)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (12) Sand (6) Grass (2)

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 14, 2013	Houston	sand	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1: 6, 7: 6 3 , [12:10]
2.	July 28, 2013	Gstaad	sand	Jamie Murray	Pablo Andújar Guillermo García-López	6: 3, 6: 4
3.	29th September 2013	Bangkok	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Tomasz Bednarek Johan Brunström	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 6]
4th	May 4, 2014	Munich (1)	sand	Jamie Murray	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	January 11, 2015	Brisbane (1)	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Oleksandr Dolhopolow Kei Nishikori	6: 3, 7: 6 4
6th	2nd August 2015	Hamburg (1)	sand	Jamie Murray	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
7th	January 10, 2016	Brisbane (2)	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	James Duckworth Chris Guccione	7: 6 4 , 6: 1
8th.	May 1, 2016	Munich (2)	sand	Henri Kontinen	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]
9.	17th July 2016	Hamburg (2)	sand	Henri Kontinen	Daniel Nestor Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7: 5, 6: 3
10.	November 6, 2016	Paris	Hard court (i)	Henri Kontinen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 6]
11.	20th November 2016	London (1)	Hard court (i)	Henri Kontinen	Rajeev Ram Raven Klaasen	2: 6, 6: 1, [10: 8]
12.	January 28, 2017	Australian Open	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 5, 7: 5
13.	August 6, 2017	Washington, DC	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
14th	October 8, 2017	Beijing	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	John Isner Jack Sock	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]
15th	15th October 2017	Shanghai	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 4, 6: 2
16.	19th November 2017	London (2)	Hard court (i)	Henri Kontinen	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	January 7, 2018	Brisbane (3)	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Leonardo Mayer Horacio Zeballos	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 2]
18th	June 24, 2018	Queen's Club	race	Henri Kontinen	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6: 4, 6: 3
19th	August 12, 2018	Toronto	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6: 2, 6: 7 7 , [10: 6]
20th	June 16, 2019	Stuttgart	race	Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Denis Shapovalov	7: 5, 6: 3
21st	February 29, 2020	Dubai	Hard court	Michael Venus	Raven Klaasen Oliver Marach	6: 3, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th February 2012	Burnie	Hard court	John-Patrick Smith	Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan	6: 2, 6: 4
2.	February 11, 2012	Caloundra	Hard court	John-Patrick Smith	John Paul Fruttero Raven Klaasen	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
3.	April 15, 2012	Leon	Hard court	John-Patrick Smith	César Ramírez Bruno Rodríguez	6: 3, 6: 3
4th	July 29, 2012	Lexington	Hard court	Austin Krajicek	Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams	6: 1, 7: 6 4
5.	August 12, 2012	Aptos	Hard court	Rik De Voest	Chris Guccione Frank Moser	6: 7 5 , 6: 1, [10: 4]
6th	October 6, 2012	Belém	Hard court	John-Patrick Smith	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6: 3, 6: 2
7th	4th November 2012	Charlottesville	Hard court	John-Patrick Smith	Jarmere Jenkins Jack Sock	7: 5, 6: 1
8th.	June 8, 2013	Nottingham	race	Jamie Murray	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6: 2, 6: 7 3 , [10: 6]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 6, 2013	Tokyo	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6: 7 5 , 4: 6
2.	15th June 2014	Queen's Club	race	Jamie Murray	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , [4:10]
3.	23rd August 2014	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	September 28, 2014	Kuala Lumpur	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Marcin Matkowski Leander Paes	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , [5:10]
5.	February 15, 2015	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]
6th	April 26, 2015	Barcelona	sand	Jamie Murray	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	3: 6, 7: 6 6 , [9:11]
7th	July 11, 2015	Wimbledon	race	Jamie Murray	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	6: 7 5 , 4: 6, 4: 6
8th.	September 12, 2015	US Open	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4: 6, 4: 6
9.	October 25, 2015	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 4, 6: 7 3 , [6:10]
10.	November 1, 2015	Basel	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	5: 7, 5: 7
11.	October 16, 2016	Shanghai	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	John Isner Jack Sock	4: 6, 4: 6
12.	January 27, 2019	Australian Open	Hard court	Henri Kontinen	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4: 6, 6: 7 1

Web links

Commons : John Peers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of John Peers (English)
• ITF Profile of John Peers (English)
• Davis Cup stats by John Peers (English)