GB RANKING1
WORLD RANKING12
CAREER HIGH
04/04/2022 1
ATP TITLES17
ITF TITLES19
DAVIS CUP TIES 6
Last updated: 03/10/2024
FAVOURITE
SURFACE: Grass
SHOT: Overhead smash
COACH
Dave O’Hare & Justin Sherring
AGE32
HEIGHT193 cm
PLAYSRight-handed
BACKHANDOne-handed
LTA SUPPORT Elite Players
TURNED PRO2014
FAVOURITE
SURFACE:Grass
SHOT:Overhead smash
COACH
Dave O’Hare & Justin Sherring
Get to know Joe Salisbury
About
As a Top 100 singles/Top 32 doubles player, Joe receives LTA Elite Support
Quick-fire facts
- Nickname: Smokin’ Joe
- Place of birth: London
- Lives: London
- Trains: NTC
- Family: Father, Matthew; mother, Carolyn; brother, Chris; sister, Katie.
- Likes: Played many sports as a child and supports Fulham FC. Also enjoys playing golf and backgammon.
- Favourite tournament: Wimbledon
- Tennis idols: Roger Federer
Tennis beginnings
Began playing tennis at the age of three and started working with his current coach, Justin Sherring, at age six.
Tennis Career
Highlights
- Selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
- Won his first title of the season and 15th with Rajeev Ram at the Adelaide International. They beat Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the final 7-5, 5-7, 11-9
Results
Tournament | Round |
August | |
Cincinnati Open (with Rajeev Ram) | Quarter-final |
National Bank Open (with Rajeev Ram) | Runners-up |
Olympics (with Neal Skupski) | First round |
July | |
Wimbledon (with Rajeev Ram) | Second round |
June | |
Rothesay International Eastbourne (with Rajeev Ram) | Round of 16 |
cinch Championships (with Rajeev Ram) | Quarter-final |
Roland Garros (mixed doubles, with Heather Watson) | Second round |
Roland Garros (with Rajeev Ram) | Quarter-final |
May | |
Italian Open (with Rajeev Ram) | Quarter-final |
Mutua Madrid Open (with Neal Skupski) | Second round |
April | |
Barcelona Open (with Rajeev Ram) | First round |
Rolex Monte Carlo Masters (with Rajeev Ram) | Second round |
March | |
Miami Open (with Rajeev Ram) | Quarter-final |
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells (with Rajeev Ram) | Second round |
February | |
Rio Open (with Rajeev Ram) | First round |
January | |
Australian Open (with Rajeev Ram) | Third round |
Adelaide International (with Rajeev Ram) | Champion |
November
The British, American duo continued to build up momentum as they reached the semi-final of the Rolex Paris Masters before being ousted by Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Santiago Gonzalez, 6-3, 6-3.
Salisbury and Ram capped off another impressive year by being crowned Nitto ATP Finals doubles champions for the second year in a row. In the final, the pair defeated Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, 6-3, 6-4 - extending their match winning streak in Turin to 10 matches.
Salisbury was selected to join the Lexus Great Britain Davis Cup team at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga.
October
Salisbury and Ram picked up their 13th title together at the Erste Bank Open, where they defeated American duo Lammons and Withrow 6-4, 5-7, 12-10 to lift the title.
September
Salisbury and Ram made history after becoming the pair to win three consecutive US Open men's doubles title in the Open Era.
The British, American duo defeated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final to lift their third title in Flushing Meadows in as many years.
August
Reigning champions Salisbury and Ram got their US Open title defence off to a flying start, after beating Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli 6-3, 7-6(2) followed by a second round win over Ben McLachlan and Yoshihoto Nishioka. Next up they face Mackenzie McDonald and Andreas Mies.
Salisbury and Ram finished runners-up at the National Bank Open, having advanced to their fifth career ATP Masters 1000 final together. The pair eventually lost 6-3, 6-1 to the reigning Delray Beach and Adelaide 2 doubles champions, Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Roger.
July
Third seeds Salisbury and Rajeev Ram were upset by Tallon Griekspoor and Ben Stevens 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon.
Salisbury then moved on to the mixed doubles where he competed alongside Heather Watson. The pair sprinted to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Nathaniel Lammons and Guiliana Olmos before they lost out to Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) in the second round.
June
With the grass court season now underway, Salisbury and Ram headed to the cinch Championships where they reached the quarter-final before being knocked out Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-7(2), 11-9.
Salisbury and Ram reached the semi-finals of the Rothesay International Eastbourne for the second time but lost to eventual champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic.
May
The British, American duo enjoyed a run to the quarter-final at the Italian Open where they just missed out on a spot in the semi-final to Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers 6-4, 5-7, 10-6.
Salisbury and Ram won their first title of the season at the Lyon Open. They took out Nicolas Barrientos and Albano Olivetti 7-6(4), 6-3 in the semi-final before storming to an emphatic 6-0, 6-3 final victory over third seeds Nicolas Mahut and Matwe Middelkoop in the final.
They then moved on to Roland Garros where they were knocked out in the third round to Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
April
Salisbury and Ram then moved on to Barcelona where they made it to the quarter-final of the ATP 500 event. Here, they faced fellow Brit Lloyd Glasspool and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara and missed out in a 7-6(7), 7-5 defeat.
March
After suffering a first round defeat against Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz at Indian Wells, Salisbury and Ram headed to the Phoenix Challenger. Here, they made it to the quarter-final where they suffered a 6-3, 6-2 defeat against all-British duo Henry Patten and Julian Cash.
February
Salisbury was selected to represent Great Britian in the Davis Cup qualifying tie against Colombia.
January
In only the first week of 2023, Salisbury managed to reach the semi-final of the Maharashtra Open alongside doubles partner Rajeev Rambut were knocked out by Joran Vliegen and Sander Gille 7-6(3), 7-6(4).
The second seeds made it through to the third round of the Australian Open, but failed to make it past Monaco's Hugo Nys and Poland's Jan Zielinski in a 6-7(4) 7(6)-6, 6-2 loss.
November
Salisbury and Ram looked set for another Masters semi-final but Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek came back to win 3-6, 6-4, 10-6.
Salisbury made history when he became the first British doubles champion at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. The US Open champions sailed through their Round Robin matches and overcame Croatian duo Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final to be crowned champions and finish the tournament unbeaten.
August
Salisbury made a fierce return in Cincinnati where he and Ram capped a memorable week with a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) victory over last year’s Paris Masters champions, Tim Puetz and Michael Venus. This marked the duo’s second ATP Masters 1000 title of the season, and third overall.
The duo’s triumph during the hard court season continued as they successfully defended their US Open title after defeating Britain’s Neal Skupski and his partner Wesley Koolhof, 7-6(4), 7-5. Not only did Salisbury earn back-to-back wins at the US Open, but he also superseded Jamie Murray and Roger Taylor in becoming Britain’s most successful doubles player of all-time with three Grand Slam titles to his name.
July
Salisbury advanced to the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the third time in his career alongside Ram. Comfortably storming into the third round, the world No.1 and No.2 beat 12th seeds, Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, in a five-set epic before losing to eventual champions Max Purcell and Matthew Ebden in the semis.
April
Third time lucky for Salisbury and Ram in Monacco as the duo won their first title of the season after defeating Colombian pair, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 at the Monte Carlo Masters.
March
Salisbury and Ram defeated compatriot Neal Skupski and the Netherlands’ Wesley Koolhof 7-6(4), 7-5 in the quarter-finals of Indian Wells. Their final hopes came to an end against French, Mexican duo Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Santiago González in the semi-final, losing 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Salisbury and Ram had a very successful start to the Miami Open, beating Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool and New Zealand’s Michael Venus and booking themselves a spot in the second round where they narrowly beat world No.5, Stefanos Tsitsipas and partner, Feliciano Lopez 7-5, 7-6(2). Both victories saw Salisbury rise to world No.1, becoming only the third Brit to do so in the Open Era.
They then met wild card pairing John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. The match ended in a defeat for the new world No.1 with the eventual champions edging through 7-6(7), 6-3.
January
Salisbury started the season with the British team at the ATP Cup - playing only one rubber with Jamie Murray, where they lost to Canadian partnership Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.
Returning to the Australian Open after reaching back-to-back finals in 2020 and 2021, Salisbury and Ram progressed to the semi-finals without dropping a set before losing to Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in 6-3, 7-6(9).
Salisbury kick started his year reaching the Australian Open mens doubles final with partner Rajeev Ram, losing to Dodig and Polasek in straight sets but defeating Jamie Murray in the semis. The pair reached the semi-finals in Acapulco and Miami and Barcelona. Their strong start to the year continued as they reached the ATP Masters 1000 Rome final - narrowly losing to world no.1 Mate Pavic and no.4 Nikola Mektic. He then joined up with Desirae Krawczyk to lift his second Grand Slam title in the French Open mixed doubles.
Salisbury and Ram also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, with the Brit also making the final of the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart. Later that month he joined forces with Andy Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
In August, Salisbury and Ram won their maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto, ending Pavic and Mektic's 18-match unbeaten run to lift the trophy.
The British, American duo then turned their attention to the US Open, where they secured their second men's doubles Grand Slam title together, beating Murray and Bruno Soares in three-sets. The next day, Salisbury returned to court in the mixed doubles final with Krawczyk, where he won fourth career title. He became the first man since Bob Bryan in 2011 to win both the US Open men's and mixed doubles titles.
Salisbury's strong season continued late into the year - he backed up his US Open double by winning the ATP 250 San Diego title with Neal Skupski. Salisbury and Ram then returned to Vienna where they won their first title together, reaching the final once again but losing out to Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
Won first Grand Slam title at Australian Open alongside Rajeev Ram. Alongside Harriet Dart, clinched victory for British Bulldogs in Battle of the Brits team tennis event with a match tie break win over Jamie Murray and Heather Watson. Continued his impressive partnership with Ram by reaching the semi-finals of the US Open and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Advanced to the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals alongside Rajeev Ram and finished the season as the second best doubles team in the world, according to the ATP Tour Rankings.
Losing finalist at Queen’s alongside Rajeev Ram as Andy Murray and Feliciano Lopez won the title. Reached the quarter-final at Roland Garros with Ram, losing out to home favourites Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin. Won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in March, defeating Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff in the final.
- Six-time Grand Slam champion – winning the men’s doubles titles at the Australian Open (2020) and US Open (2021, 2022 and 2023) with Rajeev Ram. Salisbury has also clinched the mixed doubles crown at the French Open (2021) and US Open (2021) with Desirae Krawczyk.
- Two-time Nitto ATP Finals champion (2022, 2023) alongside Rajeev Ram.
- In April 2022, Salisbury rose to world No.1 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Miami Open, becoming only the third Brit to do so in the Open Era.
- He made his breakthrough on the tour by reaching the semi-finals in the 2018 Wimbledon men's doubles thanks to a wild card, where he partnered Frederik Nielsen. Playing alongside Ben McLachlan, he won his first ATP Tour title later that year at the 2018 Shenzhen Open.
Men's doubles:
- Australian Open: Champion (2020) with Rjaeev Ram
- Roland Garros: Quarter-final (2019, 2020, 2022)
- Wimbledon: Semi-final (2018, 2021, 2022)
- US Open: Champion (2021, 2022, 2023) with Rajeev Ram
Mixed doubles:
- Australian Open: Semi-final (2021)
- Roland Garros: Champion (2021) with Desirae Krawczyk
- Wimbledon: Runner-up (2021) with Harriet Dart
- US Open: Champion (2021) with Desirae Krawczyk
Who is Joe Salsibury’s coach?
Salisbury's currently coached by Justin Sherring and Rob Morgan.
What has Joe Salisbury won?
Salisbury is a five-time Grand Slam champion:
- Australian Open (2020) mens doubles title with Rajeev Ram (USA)
- US Open (2021) men's doubles title with Rajeev Ram (USA)
- French Open (2021) mixed doubles title with Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
- US Open (2021) mixed doubles titles with Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
- US Open (2022) mens doubles title with Rajeev Ram (USA)
In addition, Salisbury has also won three Masters 1000 titles, the Nitto ATP Finals doubles title in 2022 alongside Ramand five other tour-level doubles titles.
When did Joe Salisbury start playing tennis?
Salisbury began playing tennis at the age of three and started working with his current coach, Justin Sherring, at age six.
Has Joe Salisbury played for Great Britain in the Davis Cup?
Salisbury has played in three ties for Great Britain in the Davis Cup. He made his debut in 2021 against France, teaming up with Neal Skupski in a doubles match.
When did Joe Salisbury win his first title?
Salisbury's first doubles title came at an ITF Futures event in Sweden during 2014. He won his first ATP doubles title at Shenzhen in 2018 with Ben McLachlan (JPN).
*ATP Challenger and ITF titles have been combined in the overall ITF titles on this page