Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 167 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 139 achieved on 6 May 2024.
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.[2]
Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019[3] 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.[4]
He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wildcard into the main draw.[5] He lost in straight sets to Botic van de Zandschulp.
In September 2021, Schoolkate won his first ITF singles title in Plaisir, France.[6]In October 2021, he won his first ITF doubles title.[7]
Schoolkate lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[8]
In April 2022, he achieved a new career-high ranking of No. 504, after reaching the final at the ITF M25 Canberra tournament.[9]
He lost in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.
At the 2024 Guangzhou International Challenger he 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.[10] As a result he reached the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 187 on 6 May 2024.
At the 2024 Winston-Salem Open, he qualified for the main draw but lost to fellow qualifier Learner Tien.
Ranked No. 195, for his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 US Open and defeated Taro Daniel, recording his first Major win.[11]
Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current after the 2024 US Open.
Current after the 2024 US Open.