2011 SEC Athlete of the Year

A month after his college career ended, Smith became the first Vol since Peyton Manning in 1998 to be voted SEC Athlete of the Year by conference athletic directors.^[4] Other male athletes from Tennessee to earn this honor at the time included baseball star Todd Helton (1995) and football wide receiver Larry Seivers (1977).

2012

In April, Smith won the US F11, defeating Pedro Zerbini 6–2, 6–0 in the final. In July 2012, Smith won the Winnetka Challenger against Ričardas Berankis 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final. This was his first Challenger title, which he also had to qualify.^[5]

2013

In 2013, Smith competed mostly on the Challenger Tour. His first title came on 25 August at the Canada F6, where he defeated Ante Pavić 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final ^[6] Smith also enjoyed a successful week in Tiburon; with his quarterfinal finish he vaulted 15 spots to a new career-high ranking of No.208.

2014

Smith made the second round of qualifying before losing to Denis Kudla in straight sets. He qualified for Indian Wells but lost in round one to Robin Haase.

Smith made the final of the Taipei Challenger, losing to Gilles Müller 3–6, 3–6. This increased his ranking to a career high of No. 181. He lost in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to Farrukh Dustov. In the two Traralgon ATP Challenger events, Smith lost in the semifinal to Bradley Klahn in 1 and in the quarterfinal to Ben Mitchell in 2.

In December, Smith narrowly missed out on a wildcard into the 2015 Australian Open, losing in the final of the Australian play off to Jordan Thompson 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6, 7–9. Smith ended 2014 with a ranking of 201.

2015: First ATP tour singles win and semifinal, Career-high ranking in singles

Smith in 2015

Smith commenced 2015 at the inaugural Onkaparina Challenger, but lost in round one to Marcos Baghdatis. He was eliminated in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open to compatriot Omar Jasika 7–6, 3–6, 10–12. In February, Smith headed to USA where he made the quarter final of the Dallas Challenger. He then played and qualified for the Delray Beach main draw. This was fourth ATP World Tour event for which he has qualified.^[7] He drew No.1 seed Kevin Anderson and lost in round one. Smith lost in round one of qualifying for Indian Wells before returning to the Challenger Tour, where he won the Drummondville Challenger over crowd favourite, Frank Dancevic. This was his second career Challenger title and first since 2012.^[8] This win gave Smith a near career high of 163. In June, Smith secured his first Grand Slam main-draw entry via qualifying for the first time in his career at Wimbledon.^[9] He lost in round one to Kenny de Schepper in five sets, despite leading 2–0 sets.^[10]

In July, Smith entered the Newport Championships and defeated compatriot and third seed Bernard Tomic in round one, his first win on the ATP World Tour^[11] on the way to the semifinal where he lost to eventual champion Rajeev Ram.^[12] At the US Open, Smith qualified before losing to Mikhail Youzhny in round one. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 108 on 28 September 2015. Smith ended 2015 with a singles ranking of No. 129.

2016

Smith began 2016 with a wildcard into the 2016 Brisbane International. He lost in round one. Smith made the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. In February, Smith qualified for Delray and defeated world No. 26 and No. 3 seed Ivo Karlović in round one. He lost to Juan Martín del Potro in round two. He lost in the qualifying rounds of Mexican Open, Indian Wells and Miami Masters. In April and May, Smith returned to the Challenger Circuit across Asia and Europe with limited success. In June, Smith lost in round one of Wimbledon qualifying. In July, Smith defeated compatriot Jordan Thompson in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championship, but lost to Marco Chiudinelli in round two. Smith lost in round one of US Open qualifying before returning to the Challenger Tour in USA and Australia in September, October and November. Smith ended 2016 with a singles ranking of No. 226.

2017: First Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal

Smith began 2017 narrowly missing out on qualifying for 2017 Brisbane International and 2017 Australian Open, before playing a number of Challengers in North America. His best result being a semi-final result at Drummondville in March. In April, Smith travelled to Europe and lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2017 French Open and in June at the Surbiton Challenger before qualifying for and making the quarterfinals of the Nottingham Challenger. At Wimbledon, Smith lost in the last round of qualifying, 10–12 in the fifth set.

In August, Smith qualified for the Cincinnati Masters but lost to Richard Gasquet in round one. In September, Smith reached the doubles quarterfinals 2017 US Open partnering Nicholas Monroe.

2018: First ATP World Tour doubles title

Smith commenced the season qualifying for the 2018 Brisbane International. He lost in round one to Mischa Zverev. Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open.

In March, Smith travelled to the U.S. and played on the Challenger Tour, reaching the final of the León Challenger in Mexico. In May, Smith lost in the qualifying for the French Open. In June, Smith qualified for and lost in round one of 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

In July, Smith won his first ATP World Tour doubles title in Atlanta Open partnering again with American Nicholas Monroe with whom he also reached earlier in February the final at the 2018 Delray Beach Open. Smith competed on the Challenger Tour for the rest of 2018 with limited success.

2019: Australian Open mixed doubles final

In January 2019 John-Patrick Smith alongside fellow Australian Astra Sharma reached the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles. The most notable of their victories on this run came against second seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar in straight sets, before eventually losing 6–7, 1–6 to Barbora Krejčíková and Rajeev Ram in the final.^[13] John continued his form in men's doubles later in the year, making nine Challenger finals and winning the 2019 Challenger Eckental and 2019 Puerto Vallarta Open.^[14]

In December 2019, Smith won the Australian Wildcard Playoff to earn direct entry in singles into the 2020 Australian Open.

2020–2021: Second Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal

At the 2020 Australian Open he lost in the first round to Guido Pella. In the mixed doubles, he partnered again with Astra Sharma, and they reached the semifinals in Melbourne.

The following year, he reached the quarterfinals in doubles as a wildcard at the 2021 Australian Open partnering fellow Australian Matthew Ebden, his best showing at this major and only his second quarterfinal in doubles in his career.

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Astra Sharma	Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram	6–7(3–7), 1–6

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2017	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Matt Reid	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rajeev Ram	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2018	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Jack Sock Jackson Withrow	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	1–2	Jul 2018	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Ryan Harrison Rajeev Ram	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss	1–3	Feb 2021	Singapore Open, Singapore	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matthew Ebden	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2022	Maharashtra Open, India	250 Series	Hard	Luke Saville	Rohan Bopanna Ramkumar Ramanathan	7–6(12–10), 3–6, [6–10]

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2011	USA F19, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Chris Wettengel	6–1, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Oct 2011	USA F26, Austin	Futures	Hard	Peter Polansky	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2011	USA F27, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Jesse Levine	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 2012	USA F11, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Pedro Zerbini	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–2	Jul 2012	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–2	Aug 2013	Canada F6, Winnipeg	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–3	May 2014	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Gilles Müller	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Mar 2015	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Frank Dancevic	6–7(11–13), 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss	5–4	Aug 2015	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–5	Apr 2018	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Eubanks	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5–6	May 2019	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Sebastian Ofner	6–7(8–10), 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 76 (36 titles, 40 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2011	USA F16, Innisbrook	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Jeff Dadamo Austin Krajicek	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2011	USA F19, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Nick Papac Rudolf Siwy	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2011	USA F25, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Yaoki Ishii Yuichi Ito	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	3–1	Oct 2011	USA F26, Austin	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Rogers	Edward Corrie Chris Eaton	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2012	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–1	Feb 2012	Caloundra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	John Paul Fruttero Raven Klaasen	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	6–1	Mar 2012	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Devin Britton	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	7–1	Apr 2012	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	César Ramírez Bruno Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–1	May 2012	USA F11, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Edward Corrie Vahid Mirzadeh	5–7, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss	8–2	May 2012	USA F12, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Rogers	Phillip Simmonds Fritz Wolmarans	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–12]
Loss	8–3	Jul 2012	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Devin Britton Jeff Dadamo	6–1, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	8–4	Aug 2012	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Maxime Authom Ruben Bemelmans	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–4	Oct 2012	Belém, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6–3, 6–2
Win	10–4	Nov 2012	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	John Peers	Jarmere Jenkins Jack Sock	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–4	Feb 2013	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–4	Feb 2013	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Sam Groth	Colin Ebelthite Ruan Roelofse	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–4	Mar 2013	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sam Groth	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
Loss	13–5	Apr 2013	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Marin Draganja Mate Pavić	7–5, 2–6, [11–13]
Loss	13–6	Apr 2013	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	13–7	May 2013	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Sam Groth	Victor Baluda Dino Marcan	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]
Win	14–7	May 2013	Kunming, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Sam Groth	Go Soeda Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14–8	Jul 2013	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Adam Feeney	Bradley Klahn Michael Venus	3–6, 4–6
Win	15–8	Sep 2013	Napa, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Steve Johnson Tim Smyczek	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	16–8	Oct 2013	Sacramento, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Jarmere Jenkins Donald Young	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [14–12]
Win	17–8	Nov 2013	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sam Groth	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–7]
Win	18–8	Feb 2014	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Toshihide Matsui Danai Udomchoke	6–4, 6–2
Loss	18–9	Jul 2013	Irving, USA	Challenger	Hard	Michael Venus	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	6–4, 6–7(7–9), [7–10]
Loss	18–10	May 2014	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Austin Krajicek	Chris Guccione Sam Groth	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	18–11	May 2014	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	18–12	May 2014	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 4–6
Win	19–12	Aug 2014	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	20–12	Oct 2014	Sacramento, USA	Challenger	Hard	Adam Hubble	Peter Polansky Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 6–2
Win	21–12	May 2016	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan	6–3, 7–5
Win	22–12	Jul 2016	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kozlov	Sekou Bangoura David O'Hare	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–12	Jul 2016	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Liam Broady Guilherme Clezar	6–4, 6–2
Loss	23–13	Aug 2016	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jarryd Chaplin	Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor	3–6, 1–6
Win	24–13	Oct 2016	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Quentin Halys Dennis Novikov	6–1, 6–2
Loss	24–14	Oct 2016	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Brian Baker Sam Groth	2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Win	25–14	Oct 2016	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Matthew Barton Matthew Ebden	6–4, 6–4
Loss	25–15	Nov 2016	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	2–6, 3–6
Win	26–15	Nov 2016	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Matt Reid	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	6–3, 6–4
Win	27–15	Feb 2017	San Francisco, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matt Reid	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	27–16	Mar 2017	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matt Reid	Sam Groth Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	27–17	Mar 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Santiago González Artem Sitak	3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	27–18	Jun 2017	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Matt Reid	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–7(1–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	27–19	Nov 2017	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	James Cerretani	Leander Paes Purav Raja	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	28–19	Apr 2018	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Neal Skupski	Ruben Bemelmans Jonathan Eysseric	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	28–20	Apr 2018	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Mousley	Gonzalo Escobar Manuel Sánchez	4–6, 4–6
Win	29–20	May 2018	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–2, 6–3
Loss	29–21	May 2018	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 3–6
Loss	29–22	Oct 2018	Calgary, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matt Reid	Robert Galloway Nathan Pasha	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win	30–22	Nov 2018	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matt Reid	Hans Hach Luis David Martínez	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	30–23	Mar 2019	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matt Reid	Scott Clayton Adil Shamasdin	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	30–24	Apr 2019	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Lucas Miedler Sebastian Ofner	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	31–24	May 2019	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Matt Reid	Gonzalo Escobar Luis David Martínez	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Loss	31–25	Sep 2019	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	Michael Mmoh Sekou Bangoura	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	31–26	Sep 2019	Glasgow, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	31–27	Oct 2019	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	James Cerretani Maxime Cressy	4-6, 4-6
Win	32–27	Nov 2019	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Sander Arends Roman Jebavý	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	32-28	Feb 2020	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons	5–7, 2–6
Win	33–28	Feb 2020	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luke Saville	Carlos Gómez-Herrera Shintaro Mochizuki	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss	33–29	June 2021	Nottingham, UK	Challenger	Grass	Matthew Ebden	Matt Reid Ken Skupski	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss	33–30	Mar 2022	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Robert Galloway	Hans Hach Verdugo Austin Krajicek	0–6, 3–6
Loss	33–31	June 2022	Ilkley, UK	Challenger	Grass	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Julian Cash Henry Patten	5–7, 4–6
Loss	33–32	Jul 2022	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Max Schnur	Billy Harris Kelsey Stevenson	6–2, 6–7(9–11), [8–10]
Loss	33–33	Aug 2022	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	André Göransson Ben McLachlan	7–6(7–4), 6–7(7–9), [9–11]
Loss	33–34	Sep 2022	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Treat Huey	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow	5–7, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	34–34	Nov 2022	Matsuyama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Harris	Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	34–35	Jan 2023	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Harris	André Göransson Ben McLachlan	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	34–36	May 2023	Gwangju, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Harris	Evan King Reese Stalder	4–6, 2–6
Loss	34–37	Jun 2023	Ilkley, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Robert Galloway	Gonzalo Escobar Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–2, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss	34–38	Sep 2023	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard	Henry Patten	Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens	6–7 (5–7), 6–7 (12–14)
Loss	34–39	Oct 2023	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Divij Sharan	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	34–40	Oct 2023	Málaga, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Harris	Julian Cash Robert Galloway	5–7, 2–6
Win	35–40	Nov 2023	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Denis Kudla Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	36–40	Nov 2023	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Lucas Horve Oliver Okonkwo	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Singles

Doubles