2025-26: Freshman

• Posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over No. 15 Duke’s Saahith Jayaraman at No. 6 singles (Jan. 30)
• Logged a 6-0, 6-0 triumph against Xavier’s Alex Kotarski at No. 3 singles (Jan. 30)
• Cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 decision against No. 23 Kentucky’s Martin Breysach for his first dual singles victory (Jan. 24)
• Defeated Florida’s Kevin Edengren in two sets 6-1, 6-3 (Jan. 9)
• Teamed up with Gabriel Debru to defeat Florida’s Lorenzo Claverie and Pablo Perez Ramos, 7-5 (Jan. 9)
• Earned his first collegiate singles win against Oskar Jansson of Arizona, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 (Jan. 9)
• Picked up his first collegiate doubles win playing alongside Jeremy Zhang against UIC’s Youssef Mokhles and Mihailo Savic (Oct. 16)

Prior to Illinois

• Has won six ITF junior singles and three doubles titles
• Career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8
• Entered July 2025 with career-high ATP rankings of No. 970 in singles and No. 602 in doubles
• Earned wild-card entries into singles qualifying at the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025
• Earned a wild card into the 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles main draw
• Named the 2024 Australian Tennis Junior Male Athlete of the Year after being a finalist in 2022 and 2023
• Claimed his first professional tournament victory by winning the doubles title at M25 Swan Hill in March 2024
• Represented Australia at the 2022 Junior Davis Cup, leading his home country to a sixth-place finish
• Won three junior doubles titles with Illini teammate Zach Viiala
• Competed in the singles main draw at 10 junior Grand Slams

Personal

• Born Aug. 30, 2006
• Parents are Brad Jones and Loretta Harrop
• One sibling: Emerson
• Mother, Loretta Harrop, is a two-time Olympian and won the silver medal in the women’s triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympics
• Father, Brad Jones, played Australian rules football
• Younger sister, Emerson Jones, was his partner in mixed doubles at the 2025 Australian Open, holds a career-high junior ranking of No. 1, and entered the ITA top 200 at the age of 16
• Chose Illinois because “I felt like the coaching team will help me improve my game. I know I can have a positive impact within the team environment, and I look forward to joining the team this fall.”