Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 109 achieved on 14 September 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 160 reached on 14 November 2022.
Early life Sweeny was born in Sydney and moved to the Sunshine Coast at three years of age, where he was raised and attended Siena Catholic College before finishing his secondary schooling at Brisbane Boys' College. He began playing tennis at two years of age and played the majority of his junior tennis at the Mooloolaba Tennis Club.
Career 2015–2019: Juniors, First pro matches In August 2015, Sweeny represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostějov, Czech Republic. He reached a career high of No. 21 in the ITF Junior Rankings on 27 May 2019.
In March 2018, Sweeny made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Mornington, Victoria. He made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon.
2021: ATP debut and first win In January 2021, Sweeny made the third and final round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.
Sweeny was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he made his ATP Tour main draw debut. Sweeny defeated Nam Ji-sung in the first round before losing to Aljaž Bedene in round two.
In August and September, Sweeny played in the ITF circuit in Monastir, reaching the semifinal in one. On 27 September 2021, Sweeny achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 533. He broke into the world's top 500 on 15 November 2021. Sweeny ended 2021 with a singles ranking of No. 492.
2022: Major doubles & Top 250 singles debuts Sweeny reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. He made his debut in doubles as a wildcard pair partnering compatriot Li Tu, reaching the third round where they lost to second seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury.
In February 2022, Sweeny won his first ITF titles in singles and doubles in Canberra.
He made his top 250 debut on 3 October 2022 at world No. 247.
2023–2026: Major, Masters debuts and first wins, top 150
In October 2023, Sweeny qualified for a Masters 1000 at the Shanghai for the first time. He recorded his first main-draw win at this level against Taro Daniel, which was also his first top 100 win.
He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, making his Grand Slam debut, but lost to Francisco Cerúndolo. Sweeny recorded his first Grand Slam win at the 2026 Australian Open defeating Gael Monfils, as a qualifier.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current after the 2026 US Open. Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ3Q2Q21RQ22R0 / 21–2French OpenAAAQ1Q1Q10 / 00–0WimbledonAAQ1Q1Q11R0 / 10–1US OpenAAAAA3R0 / 12–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–03–30 / 43–4ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Q20 / 00–0Miami Open Q10 / 00–0Canadian OpenQ1Q10 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenQ10 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNH2R0 / 11–1Career statisticsTournaments102104total: 8Titles000000total: 0Finals000000total: 0Overall win–loss1–10–01–20–10–0 3–40 / 85–8Year-end ranking492251256345215
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Burnie International II, AustraliaChallengerHard Adam Walton2–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–2Playford Tennis International, AustraliaChallengerHard Rinky Hijikata0–6, 7–6(10–8), 4–6Win1–2Queensland International, AustraliaChallengerHard Tristan Schoolkate3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1LTP Men's Open, USChallengerHard Calum Puttergill Luke Saville Tristan Schoolkate7–6(7–1), 1–6, [3–10]Loss0–2NSW Open, AustraliaChallengerHard Calum Puttergill Rinky Hijikata Marc Polmans0–6, 4–6Loss0–3Queensland International, AustraliaChallengerHard Jake Delaney Blake Bayldon Marc Polmans4–6, 4–6
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 20 (15 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (14–5)Finals by surfaceHard (14–4)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M25 Saint-Dizier, France WTTHard (i) Li Tu6–1, 1–6, 4–6Win1–1M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTHard Akira Santillan6–3, 4–6, 7–5Win2–1M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTHard James McCabe5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–3Win3–1M15 Caloundra, AustraliaWTTHard Thomas Fancutt6–3, 6—4Loss3–2M15 Caloundra, AustraliaWTTHard Dayne Kelly1–6, 6–1, 5–7Win4–2M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard Kyle Seelig4–6, 6–2, 6–1Win5–2M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard Omar Jasika6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4Win6–2M25 Cairns, AustraliaWTTHard Philip Sekulic 6–2, 6–3Win7–2M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTClay Marc Polmans6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss7–3M25 Swan Hill, AustraliaWTTGrass Blake Ellis6–2, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss7–4M15 Los Angeles, USWTTHard Kyle Kang5–7, 4–6Win8–4M15 San Diego, USWTTHard Keegan Smith1–6, 6–3, 6–2Win9–4M15 Brisbane, AustraliaWTTHard Derek PhamwalkoverWin10–4M15 Brisbane, AustraliaWTTHard Jesse Delaney6–2, 6–2Win11–4M25 Taipei, Chinese TaipeiWTTHard Kwon Soon-woo6–2, 3–0 ret.Win12–4M25 Tamworth, AustraliaWTTHard Marc Polmans2–6, 6–4, 6–3Win13–4M25 Tamworth, AustraliaWTTHard Matthew Dellavedova6–2, 6–1Win14–4M25 Perth, AustraliaWTTHard Scott Jones6–1, 6–3Loss14–5M25 Brisbane, AustraliaWTTHard Marc Polmans6–1, 6–7(2–7), 3–6Win15–5M25 Brisbane, AustraliaWTTHard Carl Emil Overbeck6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (6–4)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Mornington, AustraliaWTTClay Thomas Fancutt Calum Puttergill Brandon Walkin1–6, 5–7Win1–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Blake Ellis Timur Khabibulin Beibit Zhukayev7–6, 6–1Win2–1M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTHard Li Tu Jayden Court David Hough6–3, 7–5Loss2–2M25 Bendigo, AustraliaWTTHard Li Tu Akira Santillan Philip Sekulic 5–7, 7–6, [7–10] Win3–2M25 Canberra, AustraliaWTTClay Li Tu Matthew Romios Eric Vanshelboim7–6, 3–6, [10–7]Loss3–3M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Jayden Court Hsu Yu-hsiou Sun Fajing6–7(4–7), 3–6, Win4–3M25 Tulsa, USWTTHard Hsu Yu-hsiou Ezekiel Clark Nathan Ponwith6–3, 6–2 Loss4–4M25 Dallas, USWTTHard Hsu Yu-hsiou Govind Nanda Tyler Zink4–6, 4–6 Win5–4M25 Darwin, AustraliaWTTHard Calum Puttergill Joshua Charlton Adam Walton7–6(7–5), 6–3Win6–4M25 Perth, AustraliaWTTHard Calum Puttergill Chen Dong Filip Peliwo6–4, 6–7(6–8), [10–1]
References
External links
Dane Sweeny at Tennis Australia