68 Facts About Luke Saville

Luke Saville was born on 1 February 1994 and is an Australian former professional tennis player.

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

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

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

Luke Saville has a brother Troy and a sister Katie, who play club tennis.

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

Luke Saville is a cousin of Shannon Nettle, a former tennis player.

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

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

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

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

Luke Saville had a great start to the 2011 with a run against Adam Pavlasek, Dominic Thiem, Nikola Milojevic, Lucas Pouille, and Roberto Carballes to reach the final of the 2011 Australian Open, but losing to Jiri Vesely in straight sets in the final.

Luke 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.

Luke Saville then defeated home player Liam Broady in three sets.

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

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

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

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

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

On return to Australia Luke 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.

Luke Saville would reach the second round of both tournaments.

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

Luke Saville 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.

Luke Saville would hit some form at the end of 2011 where he made his first ever professional quarterfinal in the last future tournament of the year held in Australia.

Luke Saville was awarded qualifying wildcards into the events held in Brisbane, Sydney, and the Australian Open.

Luke Saville began his year by losing in the opening rounds of qualifying at both the 2013 Brisbane International and Sydney International to John Millman and Tatsuma Ito, his first top 100 opponent.

Luke Saville was awarded a wildcard into the 2013 Australian Open for his Grand Slam debut.

Luke Saville reached the semifinal at the F6 event in Toowoomba, going down to Andrew Whittington in three sets.

Luke Saville lost to Jordan Thompson in a third set tiebreak.

Luke Saville defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in a three set final.

Luke Saville was forced to withdraw from his match with Jordan Thompson with a hamstring injury.

Luke Saville then returned to the challenger circuit with first round and second round losses in the 2013 Melbourne Challenger and the Traralgon ATP Challenger.

Luke Saville lost to Uchiyama again in round 2 the following week in the Thailand F5.

Luke Saville finished his year with a semifinal loss at the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff to Ben Mitchell in straight sets.

Luke Saville was given a wildcard into qualifying at the 2014 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Paul Capdeville in three sets.

Luke Saville then lost in the first round of the 2014 Burnie International and the second round of the 2014 Charles Sturt Adelaide International.

Luke Saville next competed in the Australia 2014 Futures F1 event in Happy Valley where he reached the final, and went down in straights sets to Jarmere Jenkins.

The next week in the Australia F2 in Port Pirie, Luke Saville went on to win the title against Jordan Thompson after he was forced to withdraw while Luke Saville led by a set and a break.

Luke Saville then claimed another title in the Australia F3 event in Mildura with a three set win over Dane Propoggia.

Luke Saville defeated Alex Bolt in the final in a match where he was forced to save multiple match points.

Luke Saville's run of form in the futures tournaments lifted his ranking from World No 397 to No 250.

Luke Saville scored his first top 100 win against top seed Thomaz Bellucci in the first round of qualifying at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Luke Saville lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the second round.

Luke Saville played his final grass court tournament for the year at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.

Luke Saville defeated Sarvar Ikramov and Hiroki Moriya to qualify for his third ATP main draw.

Luke Saville defeated Peter Polansky in straight sets before losing to Nicolas Mahut in the second round.

Luke Saville reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Traralgon ATP Challenger 1, going down to John-Patrick Smith, after taking the first set.

Luke Saville then reached the semifinals of the 2014 Traralgon ATP Challenger 2, before losing to eventual champion John Millman.

Luke Saville lost in the first round of the Toyota Challenger in a third set tiebreak to Mao-Xin Gong.

Luke Saville finished the year at the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff where he reached the semifinal.

Luke Saville was forced to withdraw from his match with Jordan Thompson with a hamstring injury.

Luke Saville finished the year with a ranking of World No 164.

Luke Saville was given a wild card into the 2015 Australian Open, where he lost in round 1 to Tim Smyczek in straight sets.

In February, Luke Saville reached the quarter final of the 2015 Delhi Open.

Luke Saville lost in the first round to 21st seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets.

Luke Saville finished the year with a ranking of world number 174.

Luke Saville lost in round one of qualifying for the 2016 Apia International Sydney and 2016 Australian Open.

In February, Luke Saville made the semi-final of the 2016 Launceston Tennis International before heading to Asia where he played in a number of Challenger tournaments, with limited success.

In May, Luke Saville lost in round 1 of qualifying for the 2016 French Open.

In June, Luke Saville made the quarter final of the Surbiton Challenger before qualifying for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships for the third year in a row Luke Saville finished the year with a ranking of world number 266.

Luke Saville failed to feature in a grand slam main draw since 2012.

Luke Saville finished the season ranked World No 130 in doubles.

Luke Saville commenced the 2018 year on the Australian Challenger circuit, with limited success.

Luke Saville travelled to Asia and qualified for 2 Challenger main draws from 5 attempts.

At the Olympics, Luke Saville was entered as a last-minute alternate for Hungarian Marton Fucsovics who had withdrawn due to right shoulder injury.

Luke Saville participated in the doubles competition with John Millman.

Luke Saville announced his retirement from professional tennis in January 2025, with a final appearance at the 2025 Australian Open where he partnered Li Tu as a wildcard pair.

Luke Saville played his last match after reaching the third round, losing to Sem Verbeek and Andre Goransson.