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Revision as of 06:54, 9 July 2011
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| Full name | Luke Saville |
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| Country (sports) |  Australia |
| Residence | Cobdogla, South Australia |
| Born | February 1, 1994 Berri, South Australia |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $9,397 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–8 |
| Highest ranking | 1191 (5 July 2010) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | F (2011) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2011) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 55–77 |
| Highest ranking | 1299 (16 May 2011) |
| Current ranking | 1331 (19 June 2011) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 2R (2009) |
| French Open Junior | 2R (2011) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2011) |
| Last updated on: 2 July 2011. | |
Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian junior tennis player. Saville is most famous for winning the boys singles at the Wimbledon Championships, and was also runner up in the boys singles at the Australian Open.
Junior career
Saville had no titles at the start of the Australian Open 2009 beating Greivis Valadziemer but losing to Dino Marcan in three sets.
In the 2010 Australian Open he beat Vadik Munshaw, but lost to Arthur De Greef.
Saville had a great start to the 2011 with a run against Adam Pavlesk, Dominic Thiem, Nikola Milojevic, Lucas Pouille, Roberto Carballes to reach the final of the 2011 Australian Open losing to Jiri Veselyin straight sets: 6–0, 6–3.[1]
At the Roland Garros (French Open) he had a loss only getting to the first round losing to Kaichi Uchida in three sets: 7–6, 5–7, 6–4.
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.[2]
References
External links
- Luke Saville at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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- Template:ITF junior profile
- Luke Saville at the Australian Open
- Luke Saville at the French Open
- Luke Saville at The Championships, Wimbledon