John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.

It was on those campus' hardcourts that he became one of the most prolific athletes in Tennessee and Intercollegiate Tennis Association history, a four-time All-American, and made it to the college No.

[1] Coached by Sam Winterbotham and American former tennis star Chris Woodruff, Smith became a mainstay in the college top 10 in singles and doubles while helping the Volunteers to their best four-year period in program history.

As a team, Tennessee won the conference title both those years and reached the NCAA final in 2010.

He swept the singles and doubles titles at the 2009 ITA All-American Championships, one of college tennis' "Grand Slams".

His superb play during the fall's individual tournament season helped eventual propel Smith to the No.

He was part of the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year with Davey Sandgren in 2009 and Boris Conkic in 2011.

He earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a three-time ITA Academic Scholar Athlete.

[5] 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).

[7] 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.

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 February, Smith headed to USA where he made the quarter final of the Dallas Challenger.

In June, Smith secured his first Grand Slam main-draw entry via qualifying for the first time in his career at Wimbledon.

[11] In July, Smith entered the Newport Championships and defeated compatriot and third seed Bernard Tomic in the first one, his first win on the ATP World Tour[12][13] on the way to the semifinal where he lost to eventual champion Rajeev Ram.

In April and May, Smith returned to the Challenger Circuit across Asia and Europe with limited success.

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 began 2017 narrowly missing out on qualifying for 2017 Brisbane International and 2017 Australian Open, before playing a number of Challengers in North America.

In September, Smith reached the doubles quarterfinals 2017 US Open partnering Nicholas Monroe.

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.

Partnering Kimberly Birrell, Smith reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open, losing to John Peers and Olivia Gadecki.