Hayden Jones

Australia

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Started playing at age six after the local coach, John Dutton, invited him to join a tennis squad
Took out the 12/u National Claycourt Championships in 2019
Won first professional-level match at the Australian Pro Tour event in Canberra in February 2022
Proudest moment so far is representing Australia at the 2022 Junior Davis Cup
Won the 2022 Oceania Junior Championships
Favourite surface to play on is grass after competing in the 2022 Wimbledon junior competition
Names his coaches, Clint Letcher, Heath Denman and John Dutton as his biggest influences
Named orange boy for the Australian Davis Cup team for the round-robin stage of the 2022 finals.
Cracked ITF world junior top 25 in early 2023
Trains at KDV Tennis Academy on the Gold Coast
Advanced to the boys’ doubles semifinals at US Open 2023 alongside American Alexander Razeghi
Was a boys’ singles quarterfinalist at Australian Open 2024
Broke into the world’s top 10 in the ITF junior rankings in April 2024, becoming the first Australian since Rinky Hijikata five years earlier to achieve the feat

His mother, Loretta Harrop, was an Olympic silver medalist in triathlon and his father, Brad Jones, a QAFL Grogan medalist
Has a younger sister, Emerson, who is also a top junior tennis player
Hobbies include fishing and hanging out with family and friends
Favourite food is mud crab
Male Junior Athlete of the Year finalist at the 2022 and 2023 Australian Tennis Awards.