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 into 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) LegendATP Challenger (4–2)ITF Futures (27–13)Finals by surfaceHard (29–12)Clay (0–2)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard Richard Gabb David Rice Sean Thornley6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss0–2Great Britain F11, NewcastleFuturesClay Toby Martin Luke Bambridge Cameron Norrie0–6, 6–4, [3–10]Loss0–3Serbia F3, ŠabacFuturesClay Toby Martin Patrik Fabian Adrian Partl4–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss0–4Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard Toby Martin Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert6–4, 3–6, [6–10]Win1–4Israel F15, HerzliyaFuturesHard Toby Martin Mor Bulis Edan Leshem6–4, 6–0Loss1–5Great Britain F23, EdgbastonFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Luke Bambridge George Morgan5–7, 6–4, [7–10]Loss1–6USA F22, DecaturFuturesHard Toby Martin Luke Bambridge Liam Broady7–5, 2–6, [7–10]Win2–6Turkey F32, AntalyaFuturesHard Richard Gabb Hiroyasu Ehara Katsuki Nagao3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]Win3–6Turkey F33, AntalyaFuturesHard Richard Gabb Ramkumar Ramanathan Ricardo Rodríguez7–5, 7–6(9–7)Win4–6Great Britain F4, LoughboroughFuturesHard Toby Martin David O'Hare Joe Salisbury6–4, 6–4Win5–6Cyprus F2, LarnacaFuturesHard Richard Gabb Marco Bortolotti Erik Crepaldi7–5, 6–1Win6–6Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Richard Gabb Sam Barry Maximilian Neuchrist6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]Win7–6Egypt F8, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Richard Gabb Louis Tessa Bernabé Zapata Miralles6–2, 6–4Win8–6Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard Luke Bambridge Sean Thornley Marcus Willis7–6(7–3), 6–4Win9–6Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard James Marsalek Kirill Dmitriev Dmitry Popko6–3, 6–2Win10–6Great Britain F7, FelixstoweFuturesGrass Richard Gabb Jack Findel-Hawkins Toby Mitchell6–4, 4–6, [10–1]Loss10–7USA F23, EdwardsvilleFuturesHard Richard Gabb Alan Kohen John Lamble6–3, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]Win11–7Egypt F33, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Mohamed Safwat Issam Haitham Taweel6–2, 6–4Win12–7Egypt F34, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Karol Drzewiecki Maciej Smola7–6(10–8), 6–1Loss12–8France F3, Veigy-FoncenexFuturesCarpet Richard Gabb Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), [7–10]Loss12–9Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara David Rice Daniel Smethurst1–6, 4–6Win13–9Portugal F2, FaroFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Erik Crepaldi André Gaspar Murta6–2, 7–5Loss13–10Portugal F5, LisbonFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Nuno Deus João Domingues6–4, 5–7, [7–10]Win14–10Portugal F9, Idanha-a-NovaFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Nuno Deus Jorge Hernando Ruano6–2, 6–4Loss14–11Portugal F10, Castelo BrancoFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Felipe Cunha e Silva Fred Gil6–1, 4–6, [10–12]Loss14–12Belarus F2, MinskFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Yaraslav Shyla Dzmitry Zhyrmont5–7, 6–7(1–7)Win15–12Belarus F3, MinskFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara George Tsivadze Anıl Yüksel6–4, 3–6, [13–11]Win16–12Israel F13, Kiryat GatFuturesHard Dekel Bar Nathaniel Lammons Dane Webb6–4, 5–7, [10–5]Win17–12Israel F14, MeitarFuturesHard Dekel Bar Brandon Anandan Austin Smith3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win18–12Israel F15, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Daniel Cukierman Shahar Elbaz Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi6–4, 6–3Win19–12Great Britain F4, LoughboroughFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Billy Harris Mateusz Terczynski6–3, 6–2Win20–12Great Britain F5, SheffieldFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Alastair Gray Ewan Moore6–4, 6–4Win21–12Great Britain F6, BarnstapleFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Hunter Callahan Nicholas S. Hu6–4, 7–5Win22–12Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Baptiste Crepatte Quentin Folliot6–0, 6–0Win23–12Qatar F6, DohaFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Edoardo Eremin Julian Ocleppo7–6(7–0), 6–4Win24–12Great Britain F3, ShrewsburyFuturesHard Luke Johnson Jack Molloy Marcus Willis3–6, 6–4, [10–6]Win25–12France F8, La Grande-MotteFuturesHard Jonny O'Mara Yannick Jankovits Jonathan Kanar6–4, 6–2Win26–12Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Jonny O'Mara Peter Bothwell Lloyd Glasspool6–1, 6–3Win27–12İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Jonny O'Mara Denys Molchanov Sergiy StakhovskyWalkoverLoss27–13Brest, FranceChallengerHard Divij Sharan Sander Arends Antonio Šančić4–6, 5–7Win28–13Great Britain F3, ShrewsburyFuturesHard Marcus Willis Harri Heliövaara Frederik Nielsen6–2, 7–5Win29–13Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Jonny O'Mara Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti5–7, 6–3, [15–13]Loss29–14Glasgow, United KingdomChallengerHard Jonny O'Mara Gerard Granollers Guillermo Olaso1–6, 5–7Win30–14Pau, FranceChallengerHard Adil Shamasdin Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–8]Win31–14Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard Adil Shamasdin Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith7–5, 3–6, [10–5]Loss31–15M15 Roehampton, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Luke Johnson Alastair Gray Ewan Moore3–6, 6–7(5–7)

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