Brandon Walkin (born 16 August 1994) is an Australian-born British tennis player. Walkin has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 204 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a career high singles ranking of No. 702 achieved on 17 February 2020.
Walkin made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Adelaide International 2 after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Harry Bourchier.
Career 2013–2017: Career beginnings on ITF and Challenger Tour Walkin made his ITF debut in March 2013 at the Australia F4, where he made the second round. It was his only singles tournament of the year.
In 2014 and 2015 Walkin played on the ITF in Australia and Europe, with the second round being his best performance in singles and semi-finals in doubles.
In September 2016 Walkin reached the quarter-final of the Australia F5.
In October 2016 Walkin debuted on the ATP Challenger Tour after he qualified for Traralgon ATP Challenger.
In February 2017 Walkin reached his first ITF finals in doubles in Anning, China. Walkin also won his first ITF title in Anning, partnered with Thomas Fancutt. Walkin played his last match on the ITF circuit in April 2017 for almost two years.
2019–2021 In February 2019 following a two-year injury lay off, Walkin played his first match on the ITF circuit since April 2017 and throughout 2019, made 8 ITF doubles finals. In May 2019, Walkin reached his first singles ITF final in M15 Cancun, which saw him re enter the ATP top 1000 rankings. Walkin returned to Australia and played several ITF and challenger events, finishing 2019 with a singles ranking of 782 and a doubles rank of 334. Walkin also competed in the Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs in 2019 losing to eventual winner J.P Smith
Walkin started 2020 playing in the North American ITF Circuit, achieving a semi-final run at Cancun, Mexico, before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped play in March 2020.
2022: ATP debut Walkin began 2022 at the 2022 Traralgon International following yet another injury lay off. He reached the second round. Walkin made his ATP Tour debut at the 2022 Adelaide International 2, playing doubles alongside Harry Bourchier. Walkin also competed in the singles qualifying event.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (0 title) Legend$25,000 tournaments (0–1)$15,000 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateLevelTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Jun 2019M15Cancún, MexicoHard Jordi Arconada5–7, 4–6Loss0–2Apr 2023M25Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Yankı Erel3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 29 (17 titles) Legend$25,000 tournaments (12–3)$15,000 tournaments (5–9)Finals by surfaceHard (8–8)Clay (8–4)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateLevelTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15Anning, ChinaHard Thomas Fancutt Marco Bortolotti Nino Serdarušić 6–7, 6–3, [8–10]Winner1–1M15Anning, ChinaHard Thomas Fancutt Bai Yan Zhao Cai 6–4, 6–4Winner2–1M25Mildura, AustraliaGrass Calum Puttergill Brydan Klein Scott Puodziunas 7–6, 6–7 [18–16]Winner3–1M25Mornington, AustraliaClay Calum Puttergill Thomas Fancutt Dane Sweeny 6–1, 7–5 Winner4–1M25Mornington, AustraliaClay Calum Puttergill Aaron Addison Karunuday Singh 1–6 6–3 [10–8]Winner5–1M15Cancún, MexicoHard Matthew Christopher Romios Alexios Halebian Paul Oosterbaan 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]Loss5–2M15Cancún, MexicoHard Felix Corwin Jaimee Floyd Angele Ronan Joncour 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Loss5–3M15Cancún, MexicoHard Tyler Mercier Joshua Ortlip Breno Souza Plentz 6–3, 6–7, [5–10]Loss5–4M15Cancún, MexicoHard Isaac Stoute Shintaro Mochizuki Thiago Agustin Tirante 6–7, 7–5, [4–10]Winner6–4M25Cairns, AustraliaHard Calum Puttergill Vladyslav Orlov Rhett Purcell 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]Loss6–5M15Cancún, MexicoHard Gabriel Petit Simon Carr Ajeet Rai 4–6, 2–6Winner7–5M15Cancún, MexicoHard Igor Marcondes Francisco Comesaña Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallén 6–3, 6–4Loss7–6M15Cancún, MexicoHard Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Arklon Huertas del Pino Conner Huertas del Pino 4–6, 4–6Win8–6M25Bendigo, Australia Hard Calum Puttergill Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate6–2, 6–3Loss8–7M15Antalya, TurkeyClay Matthew Christopher Romios Vladimir Korolev Maxim Ratniuk 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [5–10]Win9–7M25Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Matthew Christopher Romios Mattia Bellucci Rémy Bertola 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss9–8M15Bytom, PolandClay Matthew Christopher Romios Jakub Mensik Olaf Pieczkowski 6–7(3–7), 5–7Win10–8M15Velenje, SloveniaClay Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Jiri Barnat Filip Duda 6–1, 6-2Win11–8M25Padua, ItalyClay Jason Taylor Duje Ajdukovic Frane Nincevic 7–6(7–3), 6-0Win12–8M25Poznań, PolandClay Jason Taylor Michal Dembek Georgii Kravchenko 7–5, 7–5Loss12–9M25Rodez, FranceHard Zvonimir Babić Mats Hermans Mick Veldheer 3–6, 4–6Win13–9M25Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Thomas Fancutt Sun Fajing Seita Watanabe 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]Loss13–10M25Canberra, AustraliaClay Matthew Christopher Romios Taisei Ichikawa Daisuke Sumizawa 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [3–10]Win14–10M25Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Matthew Christopher Romios Ray Ho Parikshit Somani 7–5, 6–4Win15–10M15Brčko, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay George Goldhoff Lukáš Pokorný David Pichler 7–6(7–4), 6–3Win16–10M25Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Matthew Christopher Romios Stefan Latinović Andrej Radojicic 6–2, 6–3Loss16–11M15Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Matthew Christopher Romios Juan Bautista Otegui Matias Zukas 6–7(0–7), 3–6Loss16–12M25Darwin, AustraliaHard Blake Bayldon Thomas Fancutt Ajeet Rai1–6, 4–6Win17–12M25Brisbane, AustraliaHard Colin Sinclair Joshua Charlton Emile Hudd7–6(7–3), 6–3
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