On court

• Started playing tennis aged seven
• The drive to follow a professional tennis career kicked in at age 17
• Enjoyed a successful junior career, peaking at No.6 in the ITF Junior rankings
• Represented the University of Tennessee from 2007 to 2011; named an All-American in singles and doubles for four straight years, one of only two players in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to achieve the feat
• Ranked No.1 in both singles and doubles during his American college career
• Named Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year in 2011
• Won his first ITF Futures Pro Circuit event in 2011, securing the Oklahoma F19 title
• Broke into the world’s top 300 for the first time in May 2012
• Won his first Challenger title in 2012 at Winnetka; earned a second Challenger crown at Drummondville in 2015
• Peaked at a career-high singles ranking of No.108 in September 2015, the same year he won through qualifying to the main draw of Wimbledon and the US Open
• Qualified again at the US Open in 2017, and at Wimbledon in 2018
• Won first career ATP doubles title in Atlanta in 2018 (with Nicholas Monroe)
• Reached Australian Open 2019 mixed doubles final with compatriot Astra Sharma
• Tennis idol is Andre Agassi
• Favourite surface is hard courts
• Feels his game most closely resembles that of John McEnroe
• Names Marcos Baghdatis as the toughest opponent he’s ever faced
• Dream tennis scenario would be to take on Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open
• Would want Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Russell Crowe and Will Ferrell sitting in his entourage during an Australian Open match at Rod Laver Arena.

Off court

• Nickname is “JP” or “J-bomber”
• Enjoys rugby, surfing, and swimming
• Graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Economics
• Names democracy and capitalism as two of his loves
• His perfect day would involve sitting by the beach
• Would have followed a career on Wall Street had he not been a tennis player.

Year-end ranking history