Matthew Barton (born 16 December 1991) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships reaching the second round.
Barton grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He attended St Luke's Grammar School.
Barton won his first ITF Futures title defeating Samuel Groth in the final 7âÂÂ6(3) 6âÂÂ3.
Barton played the 2013 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios.
Barton defeated Croatian Ivo Karlovià6âÂÂ7(0) 7âÂÂ6(5) 7âÂÂ6(5) at the Apia International Sydney qualification, Then beat Tatsuma Ito 7âÂÂ5 6âÂÂ1. Before losing to Björn Phau of Germany.
Barton reached the 2nd round of the Australian Open with John Millman defeating Marinko Matosevic and Daniel Gimeno Traver in the opening round. Before losing to Kevin Anderson and Jonathan Erlich.
Barton won his first ATP Challenger Tour Title in West Lakes defeating the number 2 British player James Ward in the final 6âÂÂ2 6âÂÂ3.
Barton lost round 1 of qualification at the French Open, Wimbledon and lost to Donald Young at the US Open. He ended 2013 with a ranking of 253.
Barton lost in round 1 of qualification at the 2014 Brisbane International, 2014 Apia International Sydney and 2014 Australian Open in January, before returning to the Challenger and Futures circuit in Australia and Croatia. He ended 2014 with a ranking of 524.
Barton played Challengers and Futures in 2015, making three finals and winning two of them. He ended 2015 with a ranking of 299.
Barton commenced 2016 by qualifying for the Auckland ASB Classic defeating Denis Kudla 6âÂÂ2 6âÂÂ0. In the main draw he beat Steve Johnson first round 6âÂÂ3 3âÂÂ6 6âÂÂ3, this was his first ever ATP Tour level win. He then lost second round to top seed and world number 6 David Ferrer in straight sets. Barton qualified for Houston defeating Reilly Opelka in straight sets. He defeated Frances Tiafoe in the opening round before losing to defending champion Jack Sock second round. At Roland Garros he lost in qualifying to Radek à  tÃÂpánek 6âÂÂ3 2âÂÂ6 5âÂÂ7. In June, Barton went on to qualify for his first main draw grand slam event at 2016 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Karen Khachanov in the final round of qualifying 7âÂÂ6(1) 6âÂÂ7(1) 6âÂÂ2 6âÂÂ3. In the main draw, Barton recorded his first ever grand slam victory over Frenchman Albano Olivetti in 5 sets 6âÂÂ7(7) 7âÂÂ6(5) 6âÂÂ3 6âÂÂ7(5) 14âÂÂ12. Barton was defeated by John Isner second round 6âÂÂ7(8) 6âÂÂ7(3) 6âÂÂ7(8). Barton defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili at the 2016 US Open qualifying 6âÂÂ7(3) 6âÂÂ2 7âÂÂ6(6). Barton ended 2016 with a ranking of 197.
In January, Barton qualified for the 2017 Apia International Sydney by defeating Mikhail Kukushkin. He upset Kyle Edmund in the opening round on centre court 7âÂÂ6(3) 7âÂÂ6(5). Before losing to eventual champion Gilles Müller in the second round 1âÂÂ6 6âÂÂ3 4âÂÂ6.