Scott Clayton (tennis)
# Scott Clayton (tennis)

Scott Clayton (born 11 February 1994) is a former British tennis player.

Clayton is a doubles specialist who has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 107 achieved on 16 July 2018. He has also reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 689 achieved on 17 October 2016. Clayton has reached 46 career doubles finals posting a record of 31 wins and 15 losses, which includes a 4–2 record in ATP Challenger finals.

Clayton made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne on grass courts where he received a wildcard entry ino the doubles draw alongside regular partner and compatriot Jonny O'Mara. They were defeated in the first round in a third set tiebreak by Diego Schwartzman and Jiri Vesely 4–6, 6–3, [7–10].

## Grand Slam Appearances

Clayton made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Jonny O'Mara. In the first round they played against Adrian Mannarino and Paolo Lorenzi and while up a set leading the match $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 3–4 they claimed the victory when the opposition was forced to stop playing and retire. They would go on to lose in the second round to first seeds and eventual semi-finalists John Peers and Henri Kontinen in straight sets 3–6, 4–6, 4–6.

A similar story line would unfold the following year when again Clayton received a wild card entry into the doubles draw of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships this time partnering Liam Broady. In the first round, they defeated Frances Tiafoe and Jackson Withrow in straight sets 7–5, 6–3, 5–7 before retiring in the second round to Máximo González and Nicolás Jarry while behind $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 3–6, 2–1.

For a third consecutive year, Clayton received a wild card entry into the doubles draw of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships playing again with Liam Broady, but this year they would be ousted in the first round by Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4, 5–7, 3–6.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Doubles: 46 (31–15)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (4–2)
* ITF Futures (27–13)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (29–12)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (1–1)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2013 | Great Britain F1, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | David Rice Sean Thornley | $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2013 | Great Britain F11, Newcastle | Futures | Clay | Toby Martin | Luke Bambridge Cameron Norrie | 0–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2013 | Serbia F3, Šabac | Futures | Clay | Toby Martin | Patrik Fabian Adrian Partl | 4–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Loss | 0–4 | Aug 2013 | Great Britain F15, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Toby Martin | Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–4 | Oct 2013 | Israel F15, Herzliya | Futures | Hard | Toby Martin | Mor Bulis Edan Leshem | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Nov 2013 | Great Britain F23, Edgbaston | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Luke Bambridge George Morgan | 5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–6 | Aug 2014 | USA F22, Decatur | Futures | Hard | Toby Martin | Luke Bambridge Liam Broady | 7–5, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 2–6 | Sep 2014 | Turkey F32, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Hiroyasu Ehara Katsuki Nagao | 3–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ [10–7] |
| Win | 3–6 | Sep 2014 | Turkey F33, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Ramkumar Ramanathan Ricardo Rodríguez | 7–5, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ |
| Win | 4–6 | Nov 2014 | Great Britain F4, Loughborough | Futures | Hard | Toby Martin | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–6 | Nov 2014 | Cyprus F2, Larnaca | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Marco Bortolotti Erik Crepaldi | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–6 | Dec 2014 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Sam Barry Maximilian Neuchrist | 6–4, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ [10–6] |
| Win | 7–6 | Mar 2015 | Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Louis Tessa Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–6 | Mar 2015 | Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | Luke Bambridge | Sean Thornley Marcus Willis | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 6–4 |
| Win | 9–6 | Apr 2015 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard | James Marsalek | Kirill Dmitriev Dmitry Popko | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–6 | Jul 2015 | Great Britain F7, Felixstowe | Futures | Grass | Richard Gabb | Jack Findel-Hawkins Toby Mitchell | 6–4, 4–6, [10–1] |
| Loss | 10–7 | Aug 2015 | USA F23, Edwardsville | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | Alan Kohen John Lamble | 6–3, $6–7^{(4–7)},$ [7–10] |
| Win | 11–7 | Oct 2015 | Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Mohamed Safwat Issam Haitham Taweel | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 12–7 | Oct 2015 | Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Karol Drzewiecki Maciej Smola | $7–6^{(10–8)},$ 6–1 |
| Loss | 12–8 | Jan 2016 | France F3, Veigy-Foncenex | Futures | Carpet | Richard Gabb | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $6–7^{(6–8)},$ [7–10] |
| Loss | 12–9 | Feb 2016 | Great Britain F1, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | David Rice Daniel Smethurst | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13–9 | Mar 2016 | Portugal F2, Faro | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Erik Crepaldi André Gaspar Murta | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 13–10 | May 2016 | Portugal F5, Lisbon | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Nuno Deus João Domingues | 6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Win | 14–10 | Jul 2016 | Portugal F9, Idanha-a-Nova | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Nuno Deus Jorge Hernando Ruano | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 14–11 | Jul 2016 | Portugal F10, Castelo Branco | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Felipe Cunha e Silva Fred Gil | 6–1, 4–6, [10–12] |
| Loss | 14–12 | Aug 2016 | Belarus F2, Minsk | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Yaraslav Shyla Dzmitry Zhyrmont | 5–7, $6–7^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 15–12 | Aug 2016 | Belarus F3, Minsk | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | George Tsivadze Anıl Yüksel | 6–4, 3–6, [13–11] |
| Win | 16–12 | Sep 2016 | Israel F13, Kiryat Gat | Futures | Hard | Dekel Bar | Nathaniel Lammons Dane Webb | 6–4, 5–7, [10–5] |
| Win | 17–12 | Oct 2016 | Israel F14, Meitar | Futures | Hard | Dekel Bar | Brandon Anandan Austin Smith | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Win | 18–12 | Oct 2016 | Israel F15, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Shahar Elbaz Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 19–12 | Oct 2016 | Great Britain F4, Loughborough | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Billy Harris Mateusz Terczynski | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 20–12 | Nov 2016 | Great Britain F5, Sheffield | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Alastair Gray Ewan Moore | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 21–12 | Nov 2016 | Great Britain F6, Barnstaple | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Hunter Callahan Nicholas S. Hu | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 22–12 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Baptiste Crepatte Quentin Folliot | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 23–12 | Dec 2016 | Qatar F6, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Edoardo Eremin Julian Ocleppo | $7–6^{(7–0)},$ 6–4 |
| Win | 24–12 | Feb 2017 | Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | Luke Johnson | Jack Molloy Marcus Willis | 3–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Win | 25–12 | Apr 2017 | France F8, La Grande-Motte | Futures | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Yannick Jankovits Jonathan Kanar | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 26–12 | Jul 2017 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Jonny O'Mara | Peter Bothwell Lloyd Glasspool | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 27–12 | Sep 2017 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Denys Molchanov Sergiy Stakhovsky | Walkover |
| Loss | 27–13 | Oct 2017 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Divij Sharan | Sander Arends Antonio Šančić | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 28–13 | Feb 2018 | Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | Marcus Willis | Harri Heliövaara Frederik Nielsen | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 29–13 | Feb 2018 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti | 5–7, 6–3, [15–13] |
| Loss | 29–14 | May 2018 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | Jonny O'Mara | Gerard Granollers Guillermo Olaso | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 30–14 | Mar 2019 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard | Adil Shamasdin | Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 5–7, [10–8] |
| Win | 31–14 | Mar 2019 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Adil Shamasdin | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith | 7–5, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 31–15 | Aug 2019 | M15 Roehampton, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Luke Johnson | Alastair Gray Ewan Moore | 3–6, $6–7^{(5–7)}$ |
