Benjamin Mitchell (tennis)

Benjamin Mitchell

Country	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	$169,665
Singles
Highest ranking	209 (20 February 2012)
Current ranking	262 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
Australian Open Junior	QF (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	F (2010)
Doubles
Career titles	1-0
Highest ranking	303 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking	303 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014) with Jordan Thompson
Last updated on: 28 January 2014.

Benjamin "Ben" Mitchell (born 30 November 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player who as of 27 January 2014 is ranked World No. 262 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). As a junior, Mitchell enjoyed a successful career in which he reched one junior grand slam singles final at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and reched 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 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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 have 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 will next take on third seed Tatsuma Ito in the second round.

Career statistics

Singles titles (7)

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.	05 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)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	02013-10-2121 October 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Andrew Whittington Alex Bolt	6-3, 6-2

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

References

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Australian male singles tennis players, as of 3 February, 2014 1. Lleyton Hewitt (40 1) 2. Marinko Matosevic (541) 3. Matthew Ebden (62 1) 4. Bernard Tomic (66 1) 5. James Duckworth (143 1) 6. Nick Kyrgios (167 5) 7. Samuel Groth (165 6) 8. Matt Reid (183 50) 9. J P Smith (217 4) 10. Benjamin Mitchell (248 14)