Dane Sweeny | |
Birth Date: | 12 February 2001[1] |
Birth Place: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia[2] |
Residence: | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia |
Coach: | Clay Sweeny |
Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
Plays: | Right-handed (Two-Handed Backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | US$427,139 |
Singlesrecord: | 2–4 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 194 (12 February 2024) |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 237 (20 May 2024) |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (2024) |
Frenchopenresult: | Q1 (2024) |
Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (2023, 2024) |
Doublesrecord: | 2–3 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 160 (14 November 2022) |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 471 (20 May 2024) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 3R (2022) |
Australianopenmixedresult: | 1R (2024) |
Updated: | 20 May 2024 |
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 194 achieved on 12th Feb 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
In August 2015, Sweeny represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostějov, Czech Republic.[3]
Sweeny made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Mornington, Victoria in March 2018 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon.
In January 2021, Sweeny made the third and final round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[4]
Sweeny was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he made his ATP Tour main draw debut.[5] Sweeny defeated Nam Ji-sung in the first round before losing to Aljaž Bedene in round two.[6]
In August and September, Sweeny played in the ITF circuit in Monastir, reaching the semi-final in one. On 27 September 2021, Sweeny achieved a career high singles ranking of 533.[7] He broke into the world's top 500 on 15 November 2021. Sweeny ended 2021 with a singles ranking of 496.
Sweeny reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[8] [9] He made his debut in doubles as a wildcard pair partnering compatriot Li Tu reaching the third round where they lost to second seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury.
In February 2022, Sweeny won his first ITF titles in singles and doubles in Canberra.[10]
He made his top 250 debut on 3 October 2022 at world No. 247.
In October 2023, Sweeny qualified for a Masters 1000 at the Shanghai for the first time. He recorded his first main-draw win at this level against Taro Daniel, which was his first top 100 win also.[11]
He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut.[12]
Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current after the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Win % | |||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
US Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||
Shanghai Masters | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
Career statistics | ||||||||
style=text-align:left | Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 4 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | |
Year-end ranking | 496 | 251 | 256 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Loss | 0-1 | M25, Saint-Dizier, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (indoor) | Li Tu | 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 1-1 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Akira Santillan | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 | ||
Win | 2-1 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | James McCabe | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 | ||
Win | 3-1 | M15, Caloundra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Thomas Fancutt | 6–3, 6—4 | ||
Loss | 3-2 | M15, Caloundra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Dayne Kelly | 1–6, 6–1, 5–7 | ||
Win | 4-2 | M25, Darwin, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kyle Seelig | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Win | 5-2 | M25, Darwin, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Omar Jasika | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 | ||
Win | 6-2 | M25, Cairns, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Philip Sekulic | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 7-2 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Marc Polmans | 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 1–0 | M15, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Blake Ellis | Timur Khabibulin / Beibit Zhukayev | 7–6, 6–1 | ||
Win | 2–0 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Li Tu | Jayden Court /David Hough | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 2–1 | M25, Bendigo, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Li Tu | 5–7, 7–6, [7–10] | |||
Win | 3–1 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Li Tu | Matthew Romios / Eric Vanshelboim | 7–6, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
Loss | 2–1 | M25, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jayden Court | Hsu Yu-hsiou /Fajing Sun | 6—7(4-7), 3–6, | ||
Win | 3–1 | M25, Tusla, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Hsu Yu-hsiou | Ezikiel Clark /Nathan Ponwith | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 2–1 | M25, Dallas, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Hsu Yu-hsiou | Govind Nanda /Tyler Zink | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 3–1 | M25, Darwin, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Calum Puttergill | Joshua Charlton /Adam Walton | 7–6(7-5), 6–3 |