Scott Clayton (born 11 February 1994) is a former British

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player. Clayton is a doubles specialist who has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 107 achieved on 16 July 2018. He has also reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 689 achieved on 17 October 2016. Clayton has reached 46 career doubles finals posting a record of 31 wins and 15 losses, which includes a 4–2 record in

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finals. Clayton made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne on grass courts where he received a wildcard entry into the doubles draw alongside regular partner and compatriot

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. They were defeated in the first round in a third set tiebreak by

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and Jiri Vesely ''4–6, 6–3, –10'.

Grand Slam Appearances

Clayton made his Grand Slam debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with

. In the first round they played against

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and

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and while up a set leading the match ''7–6^(7–5), 3–4'' they claimed the victory when the opposition was forced to stop playing and retire. They would go on to lose in the second round to first seeds and eventual semi-finalists

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and

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in straight sets ''3–6, 4–6, 4–6''. A similar story line would unfold the following year when again Clayton received a wild card entry into the doubles draw of the

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this time partnering

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. In the first round, they defeated

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and Jackson Withrow in straight sets ''7–5, 6–3, 5–7'' before retiring in the second round to

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and

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while behind ''6–7^(4–7), 3–6, 2–1''. For a third consecutive year, Clayton received a wild card entry into the doubles draw of the

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playing again with

, but this year they would be ousted in the first round by

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and Joao Sousa ''6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 5–7, 3–6''.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 46 (31–15)

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