Benjamin Mitchell (tennis)

Benjamin Mitchell

Mitchell at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Born	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$276,396
Singles
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 204 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking	No. 239 (20 June 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013)
French Open	Q1 (2012, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015)
US Open	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 303 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 827 (20 June 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
Last updated on: 20 June 2016.

Benjamin "Ben" Mitchell (born 30 November 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player who as of 2 March 2015 is ranked World No. 204 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).^[1] As a junior, Mitchell enjoyed a successful career in which he reached one junior grand slam singles final at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and reached a ranking of World No. 20. In January 2012, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the Brisbane International.

Personal life

Mitchell is the younger brother of former Home and Away actor, Luke Mitchell. Mitchell comes from a tennis loving family and also has two other brothers and one sister.

Junior career

Mitchell competed in his first junior ITF under 18 event in December 2005 as a 13-year-old, he was beaten soundly in the first round by James Wong 6-3 6-1. Mitchell had varying success between Australian and New Zealand tournaments through 2006-2008 which included his first final in Darwin. Mitchell stopped playing junior tournaments in 2009 to focus on senior tournaments and in doing so entered his last season as a junior in 2010 without a ranking. Tennis Australia provided wildcards into the Traralgon International and the Australian Open junior event and Mitchell did not disappoint. He reached the final of the Traralgon International and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open juniors event. Following his successful Australian summer Mitchell won his first and only junior title in Nonthaburi, Thailand where he defeated Suk-Young Jeong in the final 7-5 6-3.

In the last event Mitchell ever entered he recorded his best result as he went through qualifying to reach the final of the 2010 Junior Wimbledon Championships where he lost in straight sets to Márton Fucsovics 4-6 4-6.^[2]

Junior singles titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	13 March 2010	Nonthaburi	Hard	Suk-Young Jeong	7–5, 6–3

Professional career

2010

In June, Mitchell participated in a futures tournament in Australia, where he lost in straight sets in the first round to Krishananth Balakrishnan of Australia.^[3] In November 2010, Mitchell entered the Australian Open Wild Card Play-offs, hoping to win himself a main draw wild card for the 2011 Australian Open. However, Mitchell lost to fellow Australian and fourth seed, Matthew Ebden in the quarterfinals.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, Mitchell received a wild card into the Men's Doubles along with James Duckworth, but they were defeated in the first round by Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.^[4]

Mitchell won his first futures title in February (Australia F2) against Michael Look.

2012

Mitchell played in the 2012 Australian Open but lost in the first round to John Isner 4-6, 4-6, 6-7.

2013

Mitchell started his year at the 2013 Brisbane International after he was awarded a wildcard. he lost in the first round to Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. Mitchell received a wildcard into the 2013 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff. He lost to countrymen James Duckworth in the first round in five sets. Mitchell then had two consecutive first round losses. The first at the 2013 McDonald's Burnie International to top seed John Millman and then at the 2013 Charles Sturt Adelaide International to Suk-Young Jeong.

In October, Mitchell won the Melbourne Challenger pairing Thanasi Kokkinakis. This was his first challenger title. However he lost in the opening round of the singles to Bradley Klahn in straight sets. Mitchell then reached the quarterfinals of the Traralgon Challenger where he lost to James Duckworth.

2014

Mitchell began his year at the 2014 Brisbane International in qualifying where he defeated seventh seed Wayne Odesnik in the first round in straight sets. He lost in the second round in a third set tiebreak to Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Mitchell then played in qualifying at the 2014 Australian Open where he lost in the first round against John-Patrick Smith in straight sets. Mitchell partnered with Jordan Thompson in the Men's Doubles where they won their first round over Carlos Berlocq and Alejandro González in three sets. This marked the first match win that Mitchell or Thompson had at a Grand Slam. They lost in the second round against 14th seeds and eventual champions Łukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt. Mitchell then competed at the Burnie International where he defeated Luke Saville in the first round. He retired in the quarter finals. Mitchell lost in the first round of qualification for Wimbledon to Marius Copil. On July 6, Mitchell won his first title of the year at the Canada F4, defeating the #1 seed Filip Peliwo 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

2015

Mitchell lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open to eventual qualifier Illya Marchenko before playing two challengers in Tasmania where he made the semi-final in Burnie and quarter final in Launceston. In late February, Mitchell made the second round of the Shimadzu Challenger where he won the doubles with Jordan Thompson. In March, Mitchell played two events in China. He lost to eventual winner Kimmer Coppejans in round 1 of Guangzhou challenger and retired with a back injury in round 1 of the Shenzhen challenger. Mitchell didn't play again until the 2015 French Open where he lost in round 1 of qualifying before turning to grass, where he lost in round 1 of the Manchester Challenger to eventual winner Sam Groth. Mitchell then attempted to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the second round. Mitchell won his first Challenger tournament, the Canberra International, defeating compatriot Luke Saville in the final 5-7 6-0 6-1.^[5]

Career statistics

Singles titles (10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 November 2010	F13, Australia, AUS	Hard	Samuel Groth	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Winner	2.	28 February 2011	Australia F2, Berri	Grass	Michael Look	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	20 June 2011	Spain F21,Melilla	Hard	Roberto Ortega-Olmedo	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	25 July 2011	Great Britain F11, Great Britain	Hard	Chris Eaton	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	5 September 2011	Australia F5 Australia	Hard	Michael Look	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	12 September 2011	Australia F6, Australia	Hard	James Lemke	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	7.	3 October 2011	Australia F7, Esperance	Hard	Matt Reid	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	10 October 2011	Australia F9 Australia	Hard	Brydan Klein	5–7, 3–6
Winner	9.	14 November 2011	Australia F12, Traralgon	Hard	Michael Venus	7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 6–0
Runner-up	10.	21 November 2011	Australia F13, Australia	Hard	Matt Reid	6–7(6), 6–4, 1–6
Winner	11.	22 October 2012	Australia F11, Traralgon	Hard	Luke Saville	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	29 October 2012	Australia F12, Australia	Hard	John Millman	3–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	25 May 2013	Thailand F1 Bangkok	Hard	Karunuday Singh	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	14.	9 June 2013	Korea F5 Gyeongsan	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Winner	15.	6 July 2014	Canada F4 Kelowna	Hard	Filip Peliwo	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	16.	000000002015-11-08-00008 November 2015	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Luke Saville	5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Winner	17.	000000002015-11-15-000015 November 2015	Australia F10, Wollongong	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	000000002013-10-21-000021 October 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Andrew Whittington Alex Bolt	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	000000002015-03-01-00001 March 2015	Shimadzu, Japan	Carpet	Jordan Thompson	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	000000002015-08-09-00009 August 2015	Thailand F6 Futures, Thailand	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Toshihide Matsui Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 3-6, [9-11]

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

References