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Jacob Fearnley
British tennis player (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacob Fearnley (born 15 July 2001) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 20 May 2024.[3][4] He is the current British No. 2 in singles.[5]
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Early and personal life
Fearnley was born in Worcester but at the age of two moved with his family to Dalkeith, Scotland, just south of Edinburgh.[6][7] It was in Dalkeith where Fearnley started playing tennis aged four, with his mother and grandfather both keen tennis players. As a child he played tennis in his grandfather's back garden and on the courts of Dalkeith.[8]
College career
Fearnley played college tennis for coach David Roditi at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.[9] At TCU, he earned All-Big 12 and All-America honors all four years, leading the Horned Frogs to back-to-back ITA Indoor National Championships in 2022 and 2023 and the school's first NCAA Division I men's tennis championship in 2024.[10]
Professional career
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2023: Major debut in doubles
He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Nottingham Open with Johannus Monday.[11] The pair received wildcards in doubles for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[12]
2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP, Major and top 100 debuts
He won his first singles ATP Challenger title at the 2024 Nottingham Open as a qualifier, getting his first top-100 win against Shang Juncheng in the quarterfinals, and defeating compatriot Charles Broom in the final.[13][14] It was only Fearnley's second appearance in the main draw of an ATP Challenger event. He became the fourth Brit to win the trophy after Andy Murray (2023), Dan Evans (2019 & 2022) and Greg Rusedski (1997 & 2003).[15]
Ranked No. 270, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International as a wildcard.[16] He lost to compatriot and fellow wildcard Billy Harris.[17][18]
For his Grand Slam singles debut, he also received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[19][20] He recorded his first Major win over debutant Alejandro Moro Canas and moved 50 positions up into the top 225 in the rankings.[4][21] In the second round, he took a set off the second seed Novak Djokovic before losing by three sets to one.[22]
Following a final showing at the 2024 Lincoln Challenger, where he defeated the top seed Christopher Eubanks en route, he reached the top 200 in the rankings on 12 August 2024.[4] Fearnley beat Coleman Wong in straight sets in the final to win his second ATP Challenger title.[23][24] As a result he moved up to a new career-high ranking of No. 160 on 19 August 2024.[4]
Following his third title at the Rennes Challenger, defeating five French players in a row, Benoît Paire in 37 minutes,[25] wildcard Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg, wildcard and top seed Adrian Mannarino, his first Top 50 win,[26] third seed Harold Mayot,[27] and finally fourth seed Quentin Halys,[28] he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 16 September 2024.[4][29] After winning his fourth Challenger at the Open d'Orléans he reached the top 100 in the rankings.[30][31][32][33]
Having qualified for the Stockholm Open in October,[34] Fearnley won his 13th match in a row and second at the ATP Tour level with a first round success against Corentin Moutet.[35] He lost in the second round to seventh seed Tallon Griekspoor.[36]
On 2 December 2024, Fearnley was world No. 99, having started the season at No. 646, climbing 547 positions and setting a record in the ATP singles rankings for the year.[37]
2025: Australian and French third rounds, Davis Cup and top 50 debuts
For the first time in his career, Fearnley gained direct admission into a Grand Slam tournament main draw, entering the Australian Open with his ranking of 99 after the withdrawal of Sebastian Ofner.[38] Wins over Nick Kyrgios[39][40] and Arthur Cazaux saw him reach the third round,[41] where his run was ended by second seed Alexander Zverev.[42]
Fearnley made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup Team in their qualifier against Japan, defeating Kei Nishikori.[43] He then lost to Yoshihito Nishioka as Japan won the tie 3-2.[44]
In March, Fearnley made his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw appearance at Indian Wells, but lost in the opening round to João Fonseca in three sets.[45][46] He followed this up by qualifying for the Miami Open,[47] where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi in the first round.[48] Fearnley lost in the second round to top seed Alexander Zverev in a repeat of their match from the Australian Open earlier in the year.[49]
Fearnley entered the Barcelona Open in April as a lucky loser and defeated Roberto Carballés Baena in the first round to claim his maiden ATP Tour clay-court win.[50] He lost his next match to fifth seed Alex de Minaur.[51] Fearnley qualified for the Madrid Open[52] and overcame Yunchaokete Bu[53] to reach the second round, where he defeated 19th seed Tomáš Macháč to record his first win over a top-20 ranked player.[54][55] He lost to 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the third round.[56]
In May at the Italian Open, Fearnley defeated wildcard entrant Fabio Fognini,[57] before losing to 29th seed Matteo Berrettini in the second round.[58] At the Geneva Open he defeated wildcard entrant Dušan Lajović to reach the second round,[59] where he lost to fifth seed Alexei Popyrin.[60]
At the French Open, Fearnley defeated Stan Wawrinka in the first round.[61] He then advanced to the third round when his next opponent, 22nd seed Ugo Humbert, retired due to injury.[62] Fearnley lost his next match to Cameron Norrie in three sets.[63] As a result he made his top 50 debut at world No. 49 on 9 June 2025.[citation needed]
In June at the Queen's Club Championships in London, Fearnley defeated qualifiers Alex Bolt[64] and Corentin Moutet to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal,[65] which he lost to Jiří Lehečka.[66] The following week at the Eastbourne Open, he overcame fifth seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round,[67] but lost his next match to Marcos Giron.[68] Fearnley then moved on to Wimbledon, where he lost to João Fonseca in the first round.[69]
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ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 4 (4 titles)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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