Luke Johnson (born 18 March 1994) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 25 on 2 March 2026 and a career-high singles ranking of No. 606 achieved on 29 November 2021. Johnson has won four doubles titles on the ATP Tour, three with Sander Arends and one with Jan Zieliński. He has also won 13 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and 21 on the ITF World Tennis Tour.
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Personal life
Johnson grew up in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay and attended The Grammar School at Leeds. He played cricket up until the age of 16 but then decided to focus exclusively on tennis.
He moved to the United States for his higher education and played tennis for Clemson University.
Career
2019: Grand Slam tournament debut
Johnson made his ATP Tour and Grand Slam tournament main draw debut simultaneously at the Wimbledon after receiving a wildcard for direct entry into the men's doubles draw. Partnering compatriot Evan Hoyt, the pair were defeated in the first round by Nicholas Monroe and Mischa Zverev.
2024: First ATP Title, top 100
Johnson reached the top 100 in the rankings at world No. 83 on 29 January 2024 when he won a ATP Challenger Tour title at the BW Open with Skander Mansouri.
At the back end of the 2024 season, Johnson won his 10th Challenger doubles title at the Porto Open and his sixth of the season, at the Saint-Tropez Open, playing alongside Sander Arends.
Once again partnering Arends, Johnson won his first ATP Tour level doubles title at the last tournament of the season at the Moselle Open, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti in the final. The following week he was back on the ATP Challenger Tour and won his 12th career title and seventh of the season at the All In Open in Lyon, partnering Lucas Miedler to a straight sets win over Sergio Martos Gornés and David Pichler in the final. He ended the year inside the top 60 rankings with a career highest rank of No. 58 on 30 December 2024.
2025: ATP 500 title, broken wrist
Reuniting with Sander Arends, Johnson won the doubles title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final. Johnson reached the top 50 on 31 March 2025, following reaching the semifinals with Arends at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France and the quarterfinals in Dallas, Texas.
In April, Johnson and Arends won their second ATP title of the season and first at the ATP 500 level, at the Barcelona Open, defeating fellow Brits and former world No. 1 players Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in the final.
At the French Open, Johnson and Arends reached the quarterfinals, losing to Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Johnson suffered a broken wrist when he fell during qualifying at the Queen's Club Championships in June, forcing him to withdraw from Wimbledon.
2026: Australian Open semifinal
Partnering Jan Zieliński, Johnson reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, defeating fourth seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the quarterfinals, before losing in the last four to wildcard entrants Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans in three sets. In September, despite arriving at the tournament on a seven match losing streak, they won the Chengdu Open, defeating fourth seeds Robert Galloway and André Göransson in the final.
Doubles performance timeline
Men's doubles
Current through the 2026 US Open.