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2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster

Hayden Jones

  • Class Freshman
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Gold Coast, Australia
  • High School Euka

Biography

Prior to Illinois

  • Has won six ITF junior singles and three doubles titles
  • Career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8
  • Entered July 2025 with career-high ATP rankings of No. 970 in singles and No. 602 in doubles
  • Earned wild-card entries into singles qualifying at the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025
  • Earned a wild card into the 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles main draw
  • Named the 2024 Australian Tennis Junior Male Athlete of the Year after being a finalist in 2022 and 2023
  • Claimed his first professional tournament victory by winning the doubles title at M25 Swan Hill in March 2024
  • Represented Australia at the 2022 Junior Davis Cup, leading his home country to a sixth-place finish
  • Won three junior doubles titles with Illini teammate Zach Viiala
  • Competed in the singles main draw at 10 junior Grand Slams

Personal

  • Born Aug. 30, 2006
  • Parents are Brad Jones and Loretta Harrop
  • One sibling: Emerson
  • Mother, Loretta Harrop, is a two-time Olympian and won the silver medal in the women’s triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympics
  • Father, Brad Jones, played Australian rules football
  • Younger sister, Emerson Jones, was his partner in mixed doubles at the 2025 Australian Open, holds a career-high junior ranking of No. 1, and entered the ITA top 200 at the age of 16
  • Chose Illinois because “I felt like the coaching team will help me improve my game. I know I can have a positive impact within the team environment, and I look forward to joining the team this fall.”

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