Luke Saville

Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player.

He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021.

He became the first Australian to win the Australian Open juniors title since Bernard Tomic in 2008.

Saville entered his first professional event in October 2008 as a 14-year-old.

The event was held in his home state of South Australia.

Saville was awarded a bye in the first round of qualifying but lost in the second round to Ben Mitchell 5–7, 0–6.

Saville began to compete in big junior events at the start of 2009, when he was given wildcards into G1 tournaments in Australia.

He managed to reach the round of 16 in both tournaments, being taken out by James Duckworth and Nikala Scholtz.

He beat Greivis Valadziemer in the 2009 Australian Open, but then lost to Dino Marcan in three sets.

Later in 2009, Saville was a part of the victorious Australian Junior Davis Cup Team with teammates Jason Kubler and Joey Swaysland.

Saville competed in his first main draw of a futures tournament in February 2009 when he was awarded a wildcard into a futures tournament in Mildura, he fell in the first round to Miles Armstrong 5–7, 0–6.

The following week he was awarded a second wildcard into the main draw of a futures tournament held in Berri, South Australia, the birthplace of Saville.

He would lose in the first round to Matt Reid 4–6, 4–6.

In preparation for the junior Davis Cup finals Saville was awarded his third wildcard into a futures event held in Darwin.

As a fifteen-year-old he won his first round against Steven Goh 7–6(3), 6–3 and in doing so earned his first ever ATP ranking points as well as becoming the youngest player on the ATP rankings.

Saville would go on to lose to John Millman in the second round 2–6, 0–6.

Saville was awarded a wildcard into the 2010 Australian Open qualifying draw where he fell in the first round to Frenchman Alexandre Sidorenko 1–6, 1–6.

Following the Australian Open Saville was awarded a wildcard into his first ever challenger event in Burnie, he went down gallantly in three sets to Dayne Kelly 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

In March Saville traveled to Spain to train at the AIS headquarters and in doing so entered a Spanish futures tournament, he would lose in the first round of qualifying.

On return to Australia Saville continued to play clay court tournaments leading up to the Roland Garros juniors by receiving wildcards into future tournaments in Ipswich and Bundaberg respectively.

He would reach the second round of both tournaments.

Saville entered three more Australian future tournaments later that year but failed to make it past the first round.

Saville once again began his year with a wildcard into the Australian Open qualifying but failed to make it past the first round after losing to Nicolas Mahut in the first round.

Following his runner up appearance at the Australian Open juniors he was once again granted a wildcard into the challenger held in Burnie but fell in the first round to Paolo Lorenzi.

Throughout the rest of the year Saville competed in futures tournaments across Australia, Thailand, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain and USA but failed to make it past the first round of the main draw in all tournaments.

As a junior, Saville enjoyed a successful career in which he won two junior grand slam singles titles at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and 2012 Australian Open.

Saville is also a former junior World No. 1 and an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Saville had a great start to the 2011 with a run against Adam Pavlásek, Dominic Thiem, Nikola Milojević, Lucas Pouille, and Roberto Carballés to reach the final of the 2011 Australian Open, but losing to Jiří Veselý in straight sets in the final.

Saville then won the junior 2011 Wimbledon title, beating Lucas Vrnac, Evgyny Lovskiy, Thiago Moura Monteiro, Joris De Looreand, and Kaichi Uchida on his way to the final.

He then defeated home player Liam Broady in three sets.

In 2012, Saville once again made it to the final of the junior Australian Open, where he beat opponent Filip Peliwo in three sets.

Later that year, Saville reached the final of 2012 Wimbledon Championships, where he again faced Filip Peliwo.

He lost in straight sets.

As a junior, Saville posted a singles win–loss record of 96–39 (and 65–38 in doubles), reaching the no. 1 combined world ranking in January 2012.

In January 2013, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the 2013 Australian Open, but has struggled in transitioning from Juniors onto the professional circuit, reaching his highest singles ranking of World No. 152.

Saville was born in Berri, South Australia.

He is a keen supporter of the Carlton in the Australian Football League.

He has a brother Troy and a sister Katie, who also play club tennis.

His relationship with now-wife Russian-born Australian tennis player, Daria Gavrilova influenced her decision to become an Australian citizen.

Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering with fellow Australian Max Purcell.