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 (age 31) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Desmond Tyson
Prize money	$302,377
Singles
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 204 (2 March 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013)
French Open	Q1 (2012, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015)
US Open	Q1 (2014, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 303 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2016)
Last updated on: 15 July 2021.

Benjamin "Ben" Mitchell (born 30 November 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player who as of March 2021 is unranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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. His last appearance, to date, was at an ITF event in Toowoomba, Australia, in October 2018.

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.^{[citation needed]} He has a daughter named Zara.

In December 2015, Mitchell withdrew from the final round of the 2016 Australian Open Main Draw Wildcard playoff to be present for the birth of his daughter. Mitchell has coached at Brisbane Boys College.

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.

Junior singles titles (1)

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Marton Fucsovics	4–6, 4–6

Professional career

2010 – 2012

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. 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.

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.

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

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 6 July, 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: career high

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. Mitchell reached a career high of 204 on 2 March 2015. 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.

2016: hiatus

Mitchell commenced 2016 with a wild card into the 2016 Brisbane International but lost in round 1 to Tobias Kamke. He made the second round of qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open and the quarter-final of the Launceston Challenger before heading to Asia and North America. Mitchell returned to Australia in September and played two Futures tournaments. In November 2016, Mitchell decided to take an indefinite break from tennis until the "fire in the belly" returns.

2017: return

In September Mitchell returned to play after a 10-month hiatus at the Australia F4 in Alice Springs. Mitchell told Tennis Australia "It’s early days, my first tournament back, but obviously I’m refreshed mentally" adding "I feel like I want to be here and I want to do well, so there’s obviously been a big change in mindset". He lost in the second round. The following week, Mitchell made the final of the Australia F5 in Brisbane, losing to Bradley Mousley. He played the rest of the season in Australia, ending the year with a ranking of 734.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (10–9)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2010	Australia F13, Bendigo	Futures	Hard	Sam Groth	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2011	Australia F2, Berri	Futures	Grass	Michael Look	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jun 2011	Spain F21, Melilla	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega-Olmedo	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Jul 2011	Great Britain F11, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Chris Eaton	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Sep 2011	Australia F5, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Michael Look	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2011	Australia F6, Cairns	Futures	Hard	James Lemke	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–4	Oct 2011	Australia F8, Esperance	Futures	Hard	Matt Reid	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Oct 2011	Australia F9, Kalgoorlie	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	5–7, 3–6
Win	4–5	Nov 2011	Australia F12, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Michael Venus	7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 6–0
Loss	4–6	Nov 2011	Australia F13, Bendigo	Futures	Hard	Matt Reid	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 1–6
Win	5–6	Oct 2012	Australia F11, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Luke Saville	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Nov 2012	Australia F12, Bendigo	Futures	Hard	John Millman	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–7	May 2013	Thailand F1, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Karunuday Singh	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–7	Jun 2013	Korea F5, Gyeongsan	Futures	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–7	Jul 2014	Canada F4, Kelowna	Futures	Hard	Filip Peliwo	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	8–8	Dec 2014	Thailand F11, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	0–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	9–8	Nov 2015	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Clay	Luke Saville	5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Win	10–8	Nov 2015	Australia F10, Wollongong	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–9	Oct 2017	Australia F5, Brisbane	Futures	Hard	Bradley Mousley	6–3. 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2012	Australia F9, Esperance	Futures	Hard	Alex Bolt	Adam Feeney Zach Itzstein	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Andrew Whittington Alex Bolt	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Mar 2015	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Aug 2015	Thailand F6, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Jordan Thompson	Toshihide Matsui Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 3–6,
Loss	3–2	Jul 2016	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jarryd Chaplin	Mitchell Krueger Daniel Nguyen	2–6, 5–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

References

External links

• Benjamin Mitchell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Benjamin Mitchell at the International Tennis Federation
• Ben Mitchell at Tennis Australia