Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He has been ranked world No. 1 in doubles, by the ATP.
Salisbury is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open and the 2021, 2022 and 2023 US Opens in men's doubles with Rajeev Ram, as well as the 2021 French and US Opens in mixed doubles alongside Desirae Krawczyk. He also finished runner-up at the 2021 Australian Open in men's doubles and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles, with Ram and Harriet Dart respectively. In April 2022, he became the third British world No. 1 in either singles or doubles, after Jamie and Andy Murray.
Salisbury has won 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2022 and 2023 ATP Finals and three at ATP 1000 level. He made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in 2021 and also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Andy Murray.
Early life Salisbury is from Putney in southwest London. He went to King's College School, Wimbledon, leaving in 2010. He trained at the Sutton Tennis Centre under Jeremy Bates and played college tennis at the University of Memphis.
College years Salisbury represented the Memphis Tigers from 2010 until his graduation in 2014. As he had experienced injury problems during his junior career he was not heavily recruited by American colleges and the decision to offer him a spot at Memphis was a "gamble" on the part of head coach Paul Goebel.
Salisbury finished his college career with 97 doubles wins with his partner David O’Hare, the most in school history, and his 25 singles wins in his final year was also a Memphis record at the time.
Professional career
2014: ATP Tour debut Salisbury made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the U.S. National Indoor Championships partnering David O'Hare, losing to the Bryan brothers in the first round.
2018: First ATP doubles title He reached the semifinals in the Wimbledon men's doubles with Frederik Nielsen.
Playing alongside Ben McLachlan, he won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the Shenzhen Open.
2019-20: New partnership, Australian Open doubles title, world No. 3 At Wimbledon in 2019, he played alongside Rajeev Ram during the men's doubles. They made it to the round of 16.
Also with Ram, Salisbury won the 2020 Australian Open, beating wildcards Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final.
2021: French Open mixed-doubles, US Open doubles & mixed, first Masters titles He competed in the Australian Open with partner Rajeev Ram to defend their title, but they lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in the final.
Salisbury won the mixed-doubles title at the French Open with Desirae Krawczyk. He also reached the mixed doubles final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships partnering Harriet Dart.
Salisbury won his first Masters 1000 in Canada at the National Bank Open with Ram, defeating world No. 1 and No. 2 Croatians, Pavic and Mektic, his second final for the year at a Masters level after the Italian Open, where they lost to the Croatian pair.
At the US Open Salisbury partnering with Ram reached the final, defeating Max Purcell/Matthew Ebden in match lasting more than three hours match with three tiebreaks, saving four match points in the quarterfinals and Sam Querrey/Steve Johnson in the semifinals. The pair won the men’s doubles championship, defeating Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares in the final. It was the first time in the Open Era that two Britons met in a major men's doubles final and the first time in 12 years that the US Open men’s doubles final went to a deciding set. Seeded second, he also won his second mixed-doubles Grand Slam title at the US Open, again with Krawczyk, defeating Marcelo Arévalo and Giuliana Olmos in straight sets. He became the first man since Bob Bryan in 2010 to win the US Open doubles and mixed titles in the same year.
At the San Diego Open, Salisbury won his eighth title and third of the season partnering Neal Skupski.
2022: World No. 1, US Open champion, two Masters titles, Tour Finals win At the Miami Open, Salisbury and Ram reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champions Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner. Following this result, Salisbury became the new world No. 1 in men's doubles on 4 April 2022. He became the second British man to be doubles number one, after Jamie Murray. He won the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters with Ram defeating sixth seeded pair of Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal. The duo reached the semifinals at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in five sets.
Salisbury and Ram had a successful summer hardcourt season, winning the 2022 Western & Southern Open and clinching their third Grand Slam title together while defending their title at the 2022 US Open with a straight-sets win over second seeds Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof. They became just the second team to repeat as men's doubles champions at this Major in the Open Era other than Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde who went also back-to-back in New York. Salisbury and Ram ended the year by winning the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, beating Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-6, 6-4 in the final.
2023: US Open history and Tour Finals double Salisbury and Ram became the first team to win three successive US Open men's doubles titles in the Open Era when they fought back from a set down to defeat Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the final at Flushing Meadows in September.
Two months later, the pair successfully defended their ATP Finals doubles title by beating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in straight sets in the final in Turin, Italy.
2024: Adelaide title, Olympics, split with Ram Salisbury and Ram began the 2024 season by winning the Adelaide International.
He represented Great Britain at the Paris Olympics but went out in the first round of the men's doubles with Neal Skupski and mixed doubles with Heather Watson.
Back alongside Ram, he reached the final of the Canadian Open in Montreal but lost to top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in straight sets.
At the US Open, Salisbury and Ram went out in the third round to Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, suffering their first loss at the tournament in four years after a run of 20 successive wins. On 25 September, Salisbury and Ram announced they had ended their partnership. The following day, Salisbury revealed he would be playing alongside fellow Briton Neal Skupski during the 2025 season.
2025-26: Two major doubles and Wimbledon mixed finals, retirement In February 2025, Salisbury and Skupski reached the final at the Qatar Open, losing to fellow Britons Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in straight sets. They were also runners-up at the Barcelona Open in April 2025, losing to Sander Arends and Luke Johnson in the final.
Salisbury and Skupski were runners-up at the 2025 French Open, losing in the final to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in three sets.
In July 2025 at Wimbledon, he reached the mixed doubles final alongside Luisa Stefani, but lost to Sem Verbeek and Kateřina Siniaková. The following month, Salisbury and Skupski made it to the final at the Canadian Open, but lost to second seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.
They reached the final at the 2025 US Open, but, in a repeat of the French Open final earlier that year, lost to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in three sets despite having three championship points during the match. Salisbury and Skupski went unbeaten to top their group at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin and then defeated world No. 1 pairing Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in the semifinals, before losing to Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final in straight sets. Two days after the final, Salisbury announced he was taking a break from tennis until at least April 2026 due to anxiety.
Reunited with Rajeev Ram, Salisbury reached the semifinals at the 2026 US Open, where they lost to sixth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz. On 16 September 2026, he announced his retirement from professional tennis in a social media post, revealing he had been thinking about the decision for "a while" and stating: "I gave it my all and know I can be proud and look back with no regrets."
Doubles performance timeline
Doubles
Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA3RWFSF3R3R2RA1 / 722–6French OpenAAAQFQF2RQF3RQFF1R0 / 820–8WimbledonQ21RSF3RNHSFSF1R2RQF1R0 / 918–9US OpenAA1R3RSFWWW3RFSF3 / 934–6Win–loss0–00–14–29–412–216–317–310–38–414–44–34 / 3394–29Year-end championshipATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRSFFWWDNQFDNQ2 / 621–6National representationSummer OlympicsANot heldQFNot held1RNH0 / 22–2Davis CupAAAAQFRRAAQ1A0 / 33–4ATP Cup / United CupNot heldQFDNQRRAAAA0 / 22–3ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAA1RNH2RSF1R2R2RA0 / 66–6Miami OpenAAA2RNHSFQF2RQF1RA0 / 69–6Monte-Carlo MastersAAA1RNH2RW2R2R2R1R1 / 76–6Madrid OpenAAA1RNH1R2R1R2R2R2R0 / 73–7Italian OpenAAA1R1RF1RQFQFSF2R0 / 812–8Canadian OpenAAASFNHW2RFFF1R1 / 717–6Cincinnati MastersAAA1RSFQFW2RQFSF2R1 / 812–7Shanghai MastersAAAQFNot heldQF1RAA0 / 33–3Paris MastersAAAQFA2RQFSF1R2RA0 / 61–6Win–loss0–00–00–08–92–214–714–69–910–914–83–53 / 5873–55Career statisticsTournaments13122710211823212313172Titles0022134410017Finals0025184526033Overall win–loss0–10–319–1041–2622–1151–2038–1737–1923–2046–229–13286–163Win %0%0%65%61%66%71%69%66%53%68%Year-end ranking3181073022123473310
Mixed doubles Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LAustralian OpenAAA1RSF1RAQF1R 0 / 55–5French OpenAAANHWA1R2R1R 1 / 44–3Wimbledon1R1R1RNHFA2R2RF 0 / 711–7US OpenAA2RNHWA1R1RA 1 / 46–3Win–loss0–10–11–20–116–20–11–34–44–32 / 2026–18
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 2020Australian Open Hard Rajeev Ram Max Purcell Luke Saville 6–4, 6–2Loss 2021Australian Open Hard Rajeev Ram Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek 3–6, 4–6Win 2021US Open Hard Rajeev Ram Jamie Murray Bruno Soares 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 2022US Open (2) Hard Rajeev Ram Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski 7–6(7–4), 7–5Win 2023US Open (3) Hard Rajeev Ram Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2025French Open Clay Neal Skupski Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7Loss 2025US Open Hard Neal Skupski Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 2021French Open Clay Desirae Krawczyk Elena Vesnina Aslan Karatsev 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]Loss 2021Wimbledon Grass Harriet Dart Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski 2–6, 6–7(1–7)Win 2021US Open Hard Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos Marcelo Arévalo 7–5, 6–2Loss 2025Wimbledon Grass Luisa Stefani Kateřina Siniaková Sem Verbeek 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Other significant finals
Year-end championships
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss2021ATP Finals, ItalyHard (i) Rajeev Ram Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut4–6, 6–7(0–7)Win2022ATP Finals, ItalyHard (i) Rajeev Ram Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić7–6(7–4), 6–4Win2023ATP Finals, Italy (2)Hard (i) Rajeev Ram Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos6–3, 6–4Loss2025ATP Finals, ItalyHard (i) Neal Skupski Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten5–7, 3–6
ATP Masters 1000
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss2021Italian OpenClay Rajeev Ram Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win2021Canadian OpenHard Rajeev Ram Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić6–3, 4–6, [10–3]Win2022Monte-Carlo MastersClay Rajeev Ram Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Win2022Cincinnati MastersHard Rajeev Ram Tim Pütz Michael Venus7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Loss2023Canadian OpenHard Rajeev Ram Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer3–6, 1–6Loss2024Canadian OpenHard Rajeev Ram Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos2–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss2025Canadian OpenHard Neal Skupski Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–13]