1. John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith was born on 24 January 1989 and is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
32 Facts About John-Patrick Smith
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John-Patrick Smith reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of No 52 on 11 September 2017.
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John-Patrick Smith played No 1 in the singles and doubles lineups nearly his entire career.
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John-Patrick Smith was voted the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011 as a junior and senior.
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John-Patrick Smith eventually became the Vols' career combined wins leader with 298.
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John-Patrick Smith was consistently among the top tennis players year in, year out.
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John-Patrick Smith finished his career as the second player in college tennis history to earn singles and doubles ITA All-America honors all four years of his career, joining eventual world No 1 doubles player Rick Leach of Southern California.
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John-Patrick Smith swept the singles and doubles titles at the 2009 ITA All-American Championships, one of college tennis' "Grand Slams".
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John-Patrick Smith was part of the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year with Davey Sandgren in 2009 and Boris Conkic in 2011.
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John-Patrick Smith reached the NCAA finals in doubles with Sandgren in 2010 and 2011.
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John-Patrick Smith earned his undergraduate degree in economics in May 2011.
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John-Patrick Smith was an academic award winner for the Vols, year in, year out.
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John-Patrick Smith earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a three-time ITA Academic Scholar Athlete.
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John-Patrick Smith enjoyed a successful week in Tiburon; with his quarterfinal finish he vaulted 15 spots to a new career-high ranking of No 208.
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John-Patrick Smith made the second round of qualifying before losing to Denis Kudla in straight sets.
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John-Patrick Smith lost in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to Farrukh Dustov.
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John-Patrick Smith commenced 2015 at the inaugural Onkaparina Challenger, but lost in round one to Marcos Baghdatis.
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John-Patrick Smith then played and qualified for the Delray Beach main draw.
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John-Patrick Smith drew No 1 seed Kevin Anderson and lost in round one.
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John-Patrick Smith lost in round one of qualifying for Indian Wells before returning to the Challenger Tour, where he won the Drummondville Challenger over crowd favourite, Frank Dancevic.
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John-Patrick Smith reached a career-high ranking of No 108 on 28 September 2015.
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John-Patrick Smith began 2016 with a wildcard into the 2016 Brisbane International.
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John-Patrick Smith made the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open.
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John-Patrick Smith lost to Juan Martin del Potro in round two.
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John-Patrick Smith lost in the qualifying rounds of Mexican Open, Indian Wells and Miami Masters.
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John-Patrick Smith began 2017 narrowly missing out on qualifying for 2017 Brisbane International and 2017 Australian Open, before playing a number of Challengers in North America.
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In September, John-Patrick Smith reached the doubles quarterfinals 2017 US Open partnering Nicholas Monroe.
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John-Patrick Smith commenced the season qualifying for the 2018 Brisbane International.
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John-Patrick Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open.
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In July, John-Patrick Smith won his first ATP World Tour doubles title in Atlanta Open partnering again with American Nicholas Monroe with whom he reached earlier in February the final at the 2018 Delray Beach Open.
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John-Patrick Smith competed on the Challenger Tour for the rest of 2018 with limited success.
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In December 2019, John-Patrick Smith won the Australian Wildcard Playoff to earn direct entry in singles into the 2020 Australian Open.