John Millman is a former Australian professional tennis player who was born on June 14, 1989, in Brisbane, Australia. After growing up in a sporting and, therefore, competitive household, John decided to follow in the footsteps of his four sisters and, at the age of 4, started to play tennis.
Following a successful career on the junior circuits, Millman always had bigger ambitions. He spent the first few years of his career grinding out results in the ITF tournaments in his Australian vicinity before graduating to the ATP Challenger level.
Before long, he was ready to make the step up to his main draw ATP debut. At the 2010 edition of his home ATP 250 event in Brisbane, Millman was gifted his first chance on the main tour with a first-round matchup against Radek Stepanek. It was not to be for the Australian, who lost in straight sets. This appearance did not, unfortunately, mean he was immediately an ever-present on the tour, though, with only a few main draw appearances coming in the following years.
2013 was the year he made his Grand Slam debut, with him being granted a wildcard for his home slam at the Australian Open. 2015 was a season that really saw him kick on in terms of the amount of ATP tournaments he played and, therefore, the rankings.
After getting through three grueling qualifying rounds at Wimbledon, he managed to win his first-round tie against the 19th seed Tommy Robredo. By 2016, he was regularly bypassing the qualifying stages of all the main ATP events, meaning progress was exponential.
His first semifinal appearance on the ATP Tour came at the 2016 edition of the Winston-Salem Open, where he eventually lost to Pablo Carreno Busta. Still trucking on with the wins, Millman’s 2018 was one to remember.
A first ATP final coming at the 250 event in Budapest was followed up by a career-best quarterfinal appearance at that season’s US Open. Results such as these were what saw him achieve his career-high ranking of world number 33 later that year.
The Australian finally got his hands on some silverware at the 2020 Astana Open, where he beat fellow veteran of the sport Adrian Mannarino in the final in straight sets.
This marked the beginning of the end for the man from Brisbane, with the Australian noticing a dip in form in the coming years. On January 19, 2024, he played his last match as a professional.
