Thomas Fancutt

Thomas Fancutt
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29)
Brisbane, Australia[1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$163,334
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 382 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 720 (4 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 Challenger, 26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (4 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 121 (4 November 2024)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 121 achieved on 4 November 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 382 achieved on 22 May 2023.

Personal life

Fancutt comes from a tennis-playing family, with his grandfather Trevor, grandmother Daphne, uncles Charlie and Michael and father Chris all former professional tennis players.[2]

Career

2013–2021: ATP debut

Fancutt made his debut on the ITF circuit at the Australia F6 in September 2013.

Fancutt won his first ITF title in Anning, China in July 2016.

In February 2021, Fancutt made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he was an alternate into the singles main draw.

2024: Maiden ATP Challenger title in doubles

In March, 2024, Fancutt alongside American Hunter Reese claimed the doubles title at the Rwanda Challenger. As a result, Fancutt rose to a career high doubles ranking of No. 205 on March 18.[3]

Ranked No. 140, he made the main draw of the 2024 Hangzhou Open with partner Blake Bayldon as a direct entry, following the withdrawal of Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.

In October, Fancutt, along with Blake Ellis won consecutive challenger doubles titles in Playford and Sydney. This resulted in Fancutt rising to a career high doubles ranking of 121 on November 4.[4]

ATP Challengers and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2016 Anning, China Futures Clay Japan Issei Okamura 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2018 Mildura, Australia Futures Grass Australia Marc Polmans 6–7, 3–6
Loss 1–2 May 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunesia World Tennis Tour Hard Ivory Coast Eliakim Coulibaly 6–2, 2–6, 6−7(1−7)
Loss 1–3 Jun 2022 M15 Tay Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2022 M15 Caloundra, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Dane Sweeny 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Oct 2022 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard France Arthur Weber 6–7(9−11), 6–7(9−11)
Win 2–5 Mar 2023 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass Australia Luke Saville 6–4, 6–7(3−7), 7–5

Doubles: 48 (30 titles, 18 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challengers (4–3)
ITF Futures/World Tour (26–15)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2015 Tehran, Iran Futures Clay Iran Amirvala Madanchi France Maxime Janvier
France Gabriel Petit
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2015 Tehran, Iran Futures Clay Iran Amirvala Madanchi Iran Alborz Akhavan
Iran Mohsen Hossein Zade
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Sep 2015 Tehran, Iran Futures Clay Iran Amirvala Madanchi France Gabriel Petit
France François-Arthur Vibert
3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2015 Brisbane, Australia Futures Hard Australia Darren Polkinghorne Australia Steven de Waard
Australia Marc Polmans
0–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2016 Anning, China Futures Clay Australia Mitchell Robins Japan Koichi Sano
Japan Shunrou Takeshima
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 3–3 Aug 2016 Telavi, Georgia Futures Clay Australia Mitchell Robins Hungary Gábor Borsos
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win 4–3 Aug 2016 Telavi, Georgia Futures Clay Australia Mitchell Robins Uzbekistan Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
Georgia (country) George Tsivadze
4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss 4–4 Sep 2016 Alice Springs, Australia Futures Hard Australia Calum Puttergill Australia Marc Polmans
Australia Luke Saville
1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 2017 Anning, China Futures Clay Australia Brandon Walkin Italy Marco Bortolotti
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Win 5–5 Mar 2017 Anning, China Futures Clay Australia Brandon Walkin China Bai Yan
China Cai Zhao
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Jun 2017 Hua Hin, Thailand Futures Hard Australia Jeremy Beale France Yannick Jankovits
France Clément Larrière
3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 6–6 Mar 2018 Renmark, Australia Futures Grass Australia Jeremy Beale Australia Dayne Kelly
Australia Gavin van Peperzeel
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10-7]
Win 7–6 Mar 2018 Mildura, Australia Futures Grass Australia Jeremy Beale Australia Edward Bourchier
Australia Harry Bourchier
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Jun 2017 Tumon, Guam Futures Hard Australia Jake Delaney Japan Hiroyasu Ehara
Japan Sho Katayama
3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–8 Aug 2018 Nonthaburi, Thailand Futures Hard Thailand Chanchai Sookton-eng United States Ronnie Schneider
India Karunuday Singh
7–5, 1–6, [5-10]
Win 8–8 Sep 2018 Darwin, Australia Futures Hard Australia Jeremy Beale United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Scott Puodziunas
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 9–8 Oct 2018 Brisbane, Australia Futures Hard Australia Jeremy Beale United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Scott Puodziunas
2–6 6–4, [10-6]
Loss 9–9 Nov 2018 Canberra, Australia Futures Hard Australia Jeremy Beale United Kingdom Evan Hoyt
Chinese Taipei Wu Tung-lin
6–7(5–7), 7–5, [8-10]
Loss 9–10 Mar 2019 Mornington, Australia M15 Clay Australia Dane Sweeny Australia Calum Puttergill
Australia Brandon Walkin
1–6, 5–7
Loss 9–11 Jun 2019 Heraklion, Greece M15 Hard Australia Calum Puttergill Spain Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarro
Spain Pablo Vivero González
2–6, 2–6
Loss 9–12 Jul 2019 Gimcheon, South Korea M15 Hard Thailand Chanchai Sookton-eng South Korea Choi Jae-won
South Korea Moon Ju-hae
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 9–13 Sep 2019 Darwin, Australia M25 Hard Australia Matthew Romios Australia Dayne Kelly
United Kingdom Brydan Klein
5–7, 5–7
Win 10–13 Mar 2020 Mildura, Australia M25 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale United Kingdom Brydan Klein
Australia Scott Puodziunas
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10-3]
Win 11–13 May 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Tunisia Aziz Dougaz
Burundi Guy Orly Iradukunda
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 12–13 May 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Argentina Tomás Farjat
Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
6–3, 6–4
Win 13–13 May 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale India Siddhant Banthia
New Zealand Ajeet Rai
6–4, 6–4
Win 14–13 Jun 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Argentina Tomás Farjat
Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
6–1, 7–5
Win 15–13 Jul 2021 Almada, Portugal M15 Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Portugal Fábio Coelho
Brazil Natan Rodrigues
6–4, 6–2
Win 16–13 Jul 2021 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal M25 Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Japan Takuto Niki
Japan Kaito Uesugi
6–3, 6–2
Win 17–13 Aug 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez
Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
3–6, 7–6(7–1), [13–11]
Win 18-13 Aug 2021 Monastir, Tunisia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Lebanon Hady Habib
Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 18–14 Oct 2021 Tallahassee, United States M15 Hard (indoor) Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Canada Liam Draxl
United States John McNally
2–6, 3–6
Win 19-14 Jul 2022 Caloundra, Australia M15 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Australia Aaron Addison
Australia Matthew Romios
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win 20–14 Aug 2022 Changwon, South Korea M15 Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai South Korea Jeong Yeong-seok
South Korea Lee Jea-moon
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 21–14 Oct 2022 Jakarta, Indonesia M25 Hard Australia Brandon Walkin Japan Seita Watanabe
China Sun Fajing
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 22–14 Sep 2023 Darwin, Australia M25 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Australia Joshua Charlton
Australia Blake Ellis
6–4, 6–4
Win 23–14 Sep 2023 Darwin, Australia M25 Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai Australia Blake Bayldon
Australia Brandon Walkin
6–1, 6–4
Win 24–14 Oct 2023 Cairns, Australia M25 Hard Australia Jeremy Beale Chinese Taipei Hong-Lin Fu
Australia Tomislav Edward Papac
6–4, 6–4
Win 25–14 Nov 2023 Brisbane, Australia M25 Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai Australia Joshua Charlton
United Kingdom Emile Hudd
6–4, 6–4
Win 26–14 Nov 2023 Gold Coast, Australia M25 Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai Australia Blake Bayldon
Australia Kody Pearson
7–5, 7–6(12–10)
Loss 26–15 Jan 2024 Indian Wells, USA Challenger Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai United States Ryan Seggerman
United States Patrik Trhac
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 26–16 Feb 2024 Vila Real de Santo, Portugal M25 Hard United States Hunter Reese Portugal Joao Domingues
Portugal Jaime Faria
6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 27–16 Mar 2024 Kigali, Rwanda Challenger Clay United States Hunter Reese India S D Prajwal Dev
Austria David Pichler
6–1, 7–5
Win 28–16 Mar 2024 Yucatán, Mexico Challenger Clay United States Hunter Reese United States Boris Kozlov
United States Stefan Kozlov
7–5, 6–3
Loss 28–17 July 2024 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Denmark Johannes Ingildsen Spain Íñigo Cervantes Martinavarro
Spain Daniel Rincón
3–6, 4–6
Loss 28–17 Oct 2024 Hangzhou, China Challenger Hard Japan Yuta Shimizu China Sun Fajing
China Te Rigele
6–3, 7–5
Win 29–17 Oct 2024 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Blake Ellis Australia Jake Delaney
Australia Jesse Delaney
6–1, 5–7, [10–5]
Win 30–17 Oct 2024 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Blake Ellis Australia Blake Bayldon
Netherlands Mats Hermans
7–5, 7–6(7–4)

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Fancutt Bio at ATP". ATP. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Brisbane teenager Thomas Fancutt a step above as he claimed the honours in the Ingham Open". Townsville Bulletin. 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Aussie weekly wrap: Teen talents shining on the world stage". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Aussie weekly wrap: Thompson, De Minaur in Aussie Masters first". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2024.