Nathaniel Lammons Explained

Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 11 November 2024. He has won 10 ATP doubles titles.

A former player at Southern Methodist University, Lammons turned professional in 2016. Lammons sealed his top 100 doubles debut in July 2019, a year in which he won four doubles titles from seven doubles finals reached as he broke through on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2022, he won his first two career ATP Tour doubles titles in San Diego and Seoul, earning him his top 50 debut. Together with partner Jackson Withrow in 2023, Lammons reached his first ATP 500 final in Acapulco and his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal in Miami. In 2024, he made his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2024 US Open with Withrow and reached the top 20.

Professional career

2021–22: New partnership with Withrow, win over World No. 1 team, Two titles, top 50

At the 2021 US Open partnering Jackson Withrow they defeated top pair Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the first round in 75 minutes.^[1]

He reached his maiden final at the 2022 Chile Open with André Göransson.^[2]

At the 2022 San Diego Open he won his first ATP title with Withrow defeating Jason Kubler and Luke Saville.^{[3] [4]} The pair moved up 25 places to 35th in the doubles race.^[5] He made his top 60 debut in the rankings at world No. 55 on 26 September 2022.At the Korea Open he partnered Raven Klaasen to win his second title in two weeks defeating Nicolás Barrientos and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela in straight sets.^[6] He moved another 7 positions up to reach the top 50 in the doubles rankings at world No. 48 on 3 October 2022.

The pair Lammons/Withrow ended the season at No. 32 in the ATP doubles rankings.

2023–24: Eight titles, Major & Masters semifinals, top 20

In the beginning of 2023 with Withrow, Lammons reached three finals in Auckland, in Dallas and at the ATP 500 Mexican Open in Acapulco.^{[7] [8]} The pair won the Challenger title at the 2023 Arizona Tennis Classic.At the 2023 Miami Open they reached the semifinals of a Masters for the first time but lost to eventual champions Santiago González and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.^[9] He made his debut in the top 30 on 8 May 2023.

During the American summer swing, in the span of two months Lammons and Withrow won three titles at the 2023 Atlanta Open, the 2023 Hall of Fame Open and the 2023 Winston-Salem Open.

The pair reached their eight final of the season and second at the ATP 500 level at the 2023 Erste Bank Open in Vienna. At the last Masters of the season in Paris the pair reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seeds Máximo González and Andrés Molteni.^[10] Lammons and Withrow won their sixth title as a pair at the 2024 Libéma Open defeating top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić.^[11]

They successfully defended their Atlanta Open title in its last edition making them the last champions at the tournament.^[12] The pair captured their first ATP 500 title at the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington D.C.^[13] They also successfully defended their Winston-Salem Open title, making it the fourth team title for the season.^[14]

At the 2024 US Open, Lammons reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, partnering Withrow, with wins over three-time defending champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram^[15] and 13th seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić.^[16] They lost to eventual champions Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson in straight sets. As a result he reached the top 20 on 9 September 2024.^[17] At the 2024 Shanghai Masters, they reached the quarterfinals but lost to Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić which halted their attempt to move one position up above their opponents in the ATP doubles race from their current place of No. 9.^[18]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (1–2) ATP Tour 250 Series (9–5)

Finals by surface Hard (8–6) Clay (0–1) Grass (2–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (9–4) Indoors (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	André Göransson	Felipe Meligeni Alves Rafael Matos	6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–1		San Diego Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Jason Kubler Luke Saville	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 2022	Korea Open, South Korea	250 Series	Hard	Raven Klaasen		6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–2		Gijón Open, Spain	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Máximo González Andrés Molteni	7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Loss	2–3		Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Loss	2–4		Dallas Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Jamie Murray Michael Venus	6–1, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]
Loss	2–5		style=background:#D4F1C5	Mexican Open, Mexico	style=background:#D4F1C5	500 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	6–7(9–11), 6–7(3–7)
Win	3–5		Hall of Fame Open, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jackson Withrow	William Blumberg Max Purcell	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Win	4–5	Jul 2023	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Max Purcell Jordan Thompson	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Win	5–5	Aug 2023	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Lloyd Glasspool Neal Skupski	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Sep 2023	Zhuhai Championships, China	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Jamie Murray Michael Venus	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–6	Sep 2023	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Mate Pavić John Peers	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)
Loss	6–7		style=background:#D4F1C5	Vienna Open, Austria	style=background:#D4F1C5	500 Series	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	4–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Win	7–7		Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Jackson Withrow	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–7	Jul 2024	Atlanta Open, United States (2)	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win	9–7		style=background:#D4F1C5	Washington Open, United States	style=background:#D4F1C5	500 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Rafael Matos Marcelo Melo	7–5, 6–3
Win	10–7	Aug 2024	Winston-Salem Open, United States (2)	250 Series	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Julian Cash Robert Galloway	6–4, 6–3

Performance Timeline

Doubles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments[19]
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	0 / 3	2–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Wimbledon	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	1R	QF	3R	0 / 4	5–4
US Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	0 / 7	10–7
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–4	6–4	8–4	0 / 17	17–17
ATP Tour Masters 1000
align=left	Indian Wells Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	1R	QF	0 / 2	2–2
align=left	Miami Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	0 / 2	4–2
align=left	Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
align=left	Madrid Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	2R	QF	0 / 2	3–2
align=left	Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
align=left	Canadian Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
align=left	Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
align=left	Shanghai Masters	A	A	NH	1R	QF	0 / 2	2–2
align=left	Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=ffebcd	QF	bgcolor= afeeee	1R	0 / 2	2–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–8	9–9	0 / 17	15–17

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 45 (25–20)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (16–10) ITF Futures Tour (9–10)

Finals by surface Hard (18–14) Clay (7–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		USA F21, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Dane Webb	Rikus de Villiers Clay Thompson	7–5, 4–6, [12–10]
Loss	1–1		Israel F11, Herzliya	Futures	Hard	Dane Webb	Connor Smith Danny Thomas	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2		Israel F12, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Dane Webb	Connor Smith Danny Thomas	0–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	1–3		Israel F13, Kiryat Gat	Futures	Hard	Dane Webb	Dekel Bar Scott Clayton	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	2–3		USA F40, Tallahassee	Futures	Hard (i)	Robert Galloway	Aziz Dougaz Guy Orly Iradukunda	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	2–4		Mexico F2, Villahermosa	Futures	Hard (i)	Farris Fathi Gosea	Kevin King Nicolaas Scholtz	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–4		Mexico F3, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Farris Fathi Gosea	Hunter Callahan Bernardo Saraiva	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win	4–4		Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Mark Fynn Nicolaas Scholtz	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–5		Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Mark Fynn Nicolaas Scholtz	6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	5–5		Zimbabwe F3, Harare	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Baptiste Crepatte Thomas Setodji	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	5–6		Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Marat Deviatiarov Tomáš Papik	4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	5–7		Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	6–7		USA F26, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Alexandru Gozun	Edward Bourchier Harry Bourchier	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–7		France F20, Plaisir	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq	4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–4]
Loss	7–8		France F22, Nevers	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Benjamin Bonzi Antoine Hoang	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	7–9		France F23, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Jonathan Kanar Mick Lescure	6–0, 4–6, [9–11]
Win	8–9		France F24, Rodez	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Antoine Hoang Ugo Humbert	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	8–10		USA F39, Waco	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Julian Lenz Roberto Maytín	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [12–14]
Win	9–10		USA F40, Tallahassee	Futures	Hard (i)	Alex Lawson	Jose E Gracia Lucas Poullain	6–3, 6–0
Win	10–10		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Ruben Gonzales	Luis David Martínez Gonçalo Oliveira	6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–5]
Loss	10–11		Sopot, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Ruben Gonzales	Mateusz Kowalczyk Szymon Walków	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	10–12		Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Robert Galloway	Maxime Cressy Bernardo Saraiva	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win	11–12		Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Robert Galloway	Romain Arneodo Andrei Vasilevski	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	11–13		Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard	Robert Galloway	Romain Arneodo Andrei Vasilevski	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	12–13		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Robert Galloway	Raúl Brancaccio Javier Barranco Cosano	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
Win	13–13		Ludwigshafen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Pedro Sousa João Domingues	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	13–14		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Antonio Šančić	Guillermo Durán Simone Bolelli	3–6, 2–6
Win	14–14		New Haven, USA	Challenger	Hard	Robert Galloway	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–5, 6–4
Win	15–14		Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith	7–5, 6–2
Win	16–14		Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	16–15		Iași, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Treat Huey	Rafael Matos João Menezes	2–6, 2–6
Win	17-15		Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Treat Huey	André Göransson Hunter Reese	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	17-16		Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Robert Galloway	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	17-17		Cary, United States	Challenger	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Teymuraz Gabashvili Dennis Novikov	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	18-17		Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Nathan Pasha Max Schnur	6-4, 6-2
Win	19-17		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	20–17		Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jackson Withrow	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	20-18		Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Santiago González Andrés Molteni	6–2, 2–6, [13–15]
Win	21–18		Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jackson Withrow	Treat Huey Max Schnur	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	21-19		Sarasota, USA	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Robert Galloway Jackson Withrow	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	22–19		Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Albano Olivetti	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Win	23–19		Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Jackson Withrow	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	7–5, 5–7, [11–9]
Win	24–19		Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Treat Huey John-Patrick Smith	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	25–19		Phoenix, USA	Challenger	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	25-20		Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	John Peers	Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), [5–10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doubles Wrap: Shock upset for Mektic/Pavic. Scott Sode. 2 September 2021. US Open. 4 December 2023.
2. Web site: Rafael Matos/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves Battle to Santiago Title. ATP Tour .
3. Web site: Lammons/Withrow Claim First ATP Tour Title in San Diego. ATP Tour .
4. Web site: San Diego ATP 250 won by American Brandon Nakashima . 28 September 2022.
5. Web site: Lammons/Withrow Claim First ATP Tour Title In Dan Diego. 26 September 2022.
6. Web site: Yoshihito Nishioka stuns seeded players to take Korea Open title . October 2, 2022 .
7. Web site: Glasspool/Heliövaara Race into Dubai Final; Lammons/Withrow save MP in Acapulco semis. ATP Tour .
8. Web site: Austrians Erler/Miedler Win Acapulco Doubles Crown in Two Tie-breaks. ATP Tour .
9. Web site: Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury Ease Through In Miami | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour. December 4, 2023.
10. Web site: Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow Reach Paris QFs | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour. December 4, 2023.
11. Web site: Brazilians Matos/Melo win Stuttgart doubles title; Lammons/Withrow victorious in 's-Hertogenbosch. 16 June 2024. 16 June 2024.
12. Web site: Lammons/Withrow successfully defend Atlanta crown. 29 July 2024. ATPTour.
13. Web site: Lammons & Withrow claim Washington crown. 4 August 2024. ATPTour.
14. Web site: Lammons and Withrow successfully defend their Winston-Salem crown. 23 August 2024. ATPTour.
15. Web site: Lammons/Withrow inflict Ram/Salisbury’s first US Open defeat for four years. 2 September 2024. ATPTour.
16. Web site: Purcell & Thompson down top seeds at US Open, reach SFs; Lammons/Withrow are last American team remaining. 4 September 2024. ATPTour.
17. Web site: ‘Overloaded with happiness’, Purcell & Thompson reach US Open doubles final. 5 September 2024. 8 October 2024. ATPTour.
18. Web site: Koolhof & Mektic eyeing Turin chances with Shanghai QF win. 10 October 2024. ATPTour.
19. Web site: Juncheng Shang Player Activity ATP Tour Tennis . 2023-01-25 . ATP Tour.