saville competed in his first main draw of a futures tournament in february 2009 when he was awarded a wildcard into a futures tournament in mildura, he fell in the first round to miles armstrong 5–7, 0–6. the following week he was awarded a second wildcard into the main draw of a futures tournament held in berri, south australia, the birthplace of saville. he would lose in the first round to matt reid 4–6, 4–6. in preparation for the junior davis cup finals saville was awarded his third wildcard into a futures event held in darwin. as a fifteen-year-old he won his first round against steven goh 7–6, 6–3 and in doing so earned his first ever atp ranking points as well as becoming the youngest player on the atp rankings. saville would go on to lose to john millman in the second round 2–6, 0–6.