Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | Brisbane, Australia |
Born |
Brisbane, Australia |
14 June 1989
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,014,917 |
Singles | |
Career record | 26–34 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 60 (16 May 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 84 (28 November 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2016) |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2016) |
US Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–9 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 281 (15 April 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 832 (22 August 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2013) |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
Last updated on: 22 August 2016. |
John H. Millman (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 60 in May 2016. He is coached by Australian Gary Stickler.
Millman was born in Brisbane, Australia, into a family of five children (four girls) and is the second youngest. During his schooling years he attended Brisbane Grammar School then the Anglican Church Grammar School. Outside tennis he enjoys soccer and supports Liverpool Football Club who compete in the English Premier League.
Millman made his ITF junior tournament debut in Darwin as a 15-year-old in 2004 and reached the quarterfinals. He made his junior Grand Slam debut at the 2006 Australian Open. He won his first junior tournament in June 2006 at a tournament held in New Caledonia. He then won his next two tournaments in a row held in Fiji and New Zealand respectively. He competed in his last junior tournament at the 2007 Australian Open.
In 2008, Millman won the F8 Futures in Australia, was runner-up at an F1 in Romania losing to Răzvan Sabău and made the semis of a Morocco F5 tournament. In 2009, Millman's success on the junior circuit continued, making the final of an F2 in Bulgaria and claiming semi-final appearances in two Italian tournaments and another Bulgarian one. In the same year, Millman injured his back while training with the Australian junior Davis Cup team. Millman improved his career ranking from close to 1,000 to the 300s in 2009. He achieved this by a semi-final performance in a Challenger tournament in Burnie, Tasmania. He won his second Futures event in Kalgoorlie defeating Matthew Ebden and Millman also made the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open.