Courtney John Lock (born 18 October 1996) is a

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player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 189 achieved on 18 November 2024. Lock represents

at the

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alongside his brother

Benjamin Lock Benjamin Lock (born 4 March 1993) is a Zimbabwean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 309 achieved on 6 January 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 154 achieved on 14 October 2024. He is ...

. He has won 19 doubles titles on the ITF professional circuit.

Career

Lock received his education at the

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(USA). He won his first Davis Cup doubles match in a

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tie against

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. In June 2024, the Lock brothers won their first Challenger title together in

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, France making it the first team from Zimbabwe to win an ATP Challenger or tour-level event since

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and

Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour was in men's doubles. Ullyett won 34 doubles titles during his career, including two Grand Slams at the 2001 US Open and t ...

at the

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Future and Challenger finals

Doubles: 33 (20–13)

Davis Cup

Participations: (4–5)

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by

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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

References

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* * * 1996 births Living people Zimbabwean male tennis players White Zimbabwean sportspeople Tennis players from Harare Tennis players at the 2019 African Games African Games competitors for Zimbabwe 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Zimbabwe-tennis-bio-stub