John PEERS

After breaking into the top 100 for the first time in the ATP doubles rankings in 2012, John kicked off his 2013 season with compatriot John-Patrick Smith as a wild card entry for the Australian Open and won his first Grand Slam match.

At the 2013 US Men's Clay Court Championships, John paired with Jamie Murray and upstaged the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, who were the then world No. 1 team in the men’s doubles. John and Jamie also played in the French Open, their first Grand Slam entry together, that year.

By 2015, John and Jamie had made consecutive finals at the Wimbledon and the US Open.

A year later, John made his Olympic debut at Rio 2016, partnering Chris Guccione. The Australian duo, however, crashed out in the first round of the men’s doubles event.

After teaming up with Finland’s Henri Kontinen for the first time in 2016, John Peers won his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2017, defeating the Bryan brothers, becoming the first Australian to win his home major since Todd Woodbridge in 2001.

In the ATP World Tour Finals in 2016 and 2017, the Aussie-Finnish duo became back-to-back men’s doubles champions. John achieved his career-best world No. 2 ranking in 2017.

At Tokyo 2020, John competed in the men’s doubles alongside Max Purcell and the mixed doubles with Ash Barty. While John suffered a first-round exit in the men’s doubles, he secured the mixed doubles bronze medal along with Ash Barty. It was Australia's first Olympic medal in the mixed doubles tennis event.

In 2022, John combined with Storm Sanders to win his first mixed doubles Grand Slam at the US Open. He also made the semi-finals in the category at the Australian Open and the French Open that year.

John continued to compete in the ATP Tour events before partnering with Matthew Ebden in the men’s doubles event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Australian duo cruised to the final with four consecutive straight sets victories at Roland Garros.

In the gold medal match, John and Ebden upset the fourth-seeded USA pair of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram to clinch Australia’s first tennis gold medal since Atlanta 1996.