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Lloyd Glasspool
British tennis player (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lloyd Glasspool (born 19 November 1993) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 reached on 14 July 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 282 reached on 25 July 2016. Glasspool won the 2025 Wimbledon title with Julian Cash, becoming the first all-British team to win the title in 89 years.[1][2] He has won an additional nine ATP Tour and five ATP Challenger doubles titles.
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Glasspool studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where partnering Søren Hess-Olesen he captured the 2015 NCAA doubles championship.[3]
2016: ATP debut
Glasspool made his ATP Tour debut (in doubles) at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships having been given a wildcard to partner compatriot Dan Evans in the main draw.[4]
2021: Partnership with Heliövaara, maiden title, Wimbledon third round
Partnering Harri Heliövaara, Glasspool won his first ATP Tour title at the 2021 Open 13 against Sander Arends and David Pel of the Netherlands in March.
2022: Two Major quarterfinals & ATP Finals semifinal, ATP 500 title, top 15
In May 2022, on their debut at the Italian Open, Glasspool and Heliövaara reached their first quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 level as alternates, defeating top seeds, world No. 1, Joe Salisbury, and world No. 2, Rajeev Ram, en route,[5] marking their first win at this level.[6]
At the French Open, he reached a major quarterfinal for the first time in his career with Heliövaara. As a result he moved into the top 50, at world No. 49 on 13 June 2022. The pair continued with their successful season reaching their first final on grass at the Queen's Club. Next they advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive year.[7]
They won the biggest title at the ATP 500 European Open defeating Matwe Middelkoop and Rohan Bopanna.[8] At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag they reached the semifinals defeating wildcards Mili Poljicak and Nino Serdarusic.[9] Next they defeated second seeds Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez to reach their fifth final of the season.[10]
At the 2022 National Bank Open the pair reached a second Masters quarterfinal for the season where they lost to third seeds Koolhof/Skupski.[11] He reached the top 30 on 22 August 2022 at No. 28.
Seeded 11th at the US Open they reached their second quarterfinal and first at this Major defeating 8th seeded pair of Kyrgios/Kokkinakis.[12] The pair reached their sixth final of the season at the 2022 Moselle Open.[13] As a result Glasspool reached the top 20 in the rankings on 26 September 2022.
On 4 November the pair qualified for their first 2022 ATP Finals after reaching their first Masters semifinal in Paris and Glasspool moved into the top 15.[14] They qualified for the semifinals defeating Arévalo/Rojer and Granollers/Zeballos both matches in straight sets.[15]
2023: Third title, Masters semifinal, World No. 7
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He won his third title with his partner Heliövaara in Adelaide.[16] He also reached his tenth final in Dubai with Heliövaara.[17] He made his top 10 debut following the Rome Masters after winning the 2023 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux Challenger 175 with Heliövaara.[18]
2024: Two ATP titles, Masters finalist, new partnership with Cash
Glasspool partnered with Jean-Julien Rojer and the pair won their first title at the 2024 Brisbane International.[19][20]
Partnering with fellow Briton Julian Cash, he won the 2024 Japan Open, defeating Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway in the final.[21][22]
At the 2024 Paris Masters where he partnered for the first time with Adam Pavlásek, the unseeded alternate pair reached the final with wins over fifth seeded Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, local favorites Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, and US Open champions and fourth seeded Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.[23][24] They lost the final to sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić in a deciding champions tiebreak.[25][26]
2025: Wimbledon champion, Masters finals, World No. 3
Reuniting with Julian Cash, Glasspool won the title at the Brisbane International as defending champion, defeating Jiří Lehečka and Jakub Menšík in the final.[27][28] Glasspool and Cash defeated Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway in a deciding set tiebreak to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open,[29] where they lost to fourth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz.[30]
In February, Glasspool and Cash defeated fellow Britons Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in straight sets to win their second title of the year at the Qatar Open.[31][32]
At the Miami Open Glasspool reached the final with Cash defeating Pedro Martinez and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard,[33] Yuki Bhambri and Nuno Borges, and then second seeded pair Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten,[34] before losing to top seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić.[35]
In April, Glasspool and Cash were runners-up at the Monte-Carlo Masters, losing to Romain Arneodo and Manuel Guinard in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[36][37]
Seeded second on the grass-courts at 's-Hertogenbosch in June, they reached the final, but again lost in a deciding champions tiebreak to third seeds Matthew Ebden and Jordan Thompson.[38] The following week, Glasspool and Cash became the first all-British pairing to win the doubles title at the Queen's Club Championships in the Open Era, defeating Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus in the final.[39] Five days later, they made it back-to-back titles by defeating Ariel Behar and Joran Vliegen in the final at the Eastbourne Open.[40][41] At Wimbledon, Glasspool and Cash defeated defending champions Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the quarterfinals,[42][43] then fourth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the semifinals to become the first all-British pair to reach the final in the Open Era.[44][45] In the final they defeated Rinky Hijikata and David Pel, becoming the first all-British team to win the title in 89 years.[1][46] Glasspool reached a career-high of world No.3 on 14 July 2025, becoming British men's doubles No. 1 for the first time in the process.[47]
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Personal life
Glasspool is the son of a English father and Welsh mother. From 2016 to 2018, Glasspool was in a relationship with fellow tennis professional Heather Watson.[48]
He is the younger brother of former Hollyoaks actor Parry Glasspool.[49]
Doubles performance timeline
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Doubles
Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
Mixed doubles
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Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 1 (1 win)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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ATP career finals
Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)
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Challengers and Futures finals
Singles: 11 (5–6)
Doubles: 32 (16–16)
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