Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 23 September 2024.
_(52190169737).jpg) Broom at 2022 Wimbledon qualifying | |
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
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| Born | 24 April 1998 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed, Two-handed backhand [1] |
| Prize money | $288,595 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 235 (17 June 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 276 (2 December 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 129 (23 September 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 156 (2 December 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2024) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 2 December 2024. | |
Early life
editFrom Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy.[2]
Career
edit2022: Four doubles ITF titles
editIn January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England.[3] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir.[4] In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash.[5] In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox.[6] Broom was given a wildcard into qualifying for the Men’s singles at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships but lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov.[7][8] In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[9]
2024: Top 250, ATP and Major debuts
editAlongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.[10]
In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.[11][12]
The following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[13]
Ranked No. 245, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, after the withdrawal of second seed Tommy Paul.[14][15] He lost to compatriot and wildcard Billy Harris in three sets.[16]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2024 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Jacob Fearnley | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Constantin Frantzen | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2024 | Kachreti, Georgia | Challenger | Hard | Ben Jones | Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev |
3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2024 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard | David Stevenson | Daniel Cukierman Johannes Ingildsen |
6–3, 7–6, [7–3] |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2024 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Henry Searle | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2017 | Belgium F8 | Futures | Clay | Colin Sinclair | Tom Schonenberg Colin Van Beem |
4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2020 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Matias Soto | Liam Draxl Aleksandar Kovacevic |
2–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2021 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | WTT | Clay | Tadeas Paroulek | Nicolae Frunză Alexandru Jecan |
2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith |
7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Dec 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt |
5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 6–1 | Jan 2022 | M25 Bath, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Alastair Gray | Guy den Ouden Luke Johnson |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Feb 2022 | M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh |
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10] |
| Loss | 6–3 | Mar 2022 | M25 Calabasas, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 7–3 | April 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Li Zhe Bu Yunchaokete |
7–5, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 7–4 | May 2022 | M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Jan Choinski | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Win | 8–4 | May 2022 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Julian Cash | Gabriele Bosio Mark Whitehouse |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Jul 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Alastair Gray Stuart Parker |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10] |
| Win | 9–5 | Aug 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Ben Jones Joe Tyler |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 9–6 | Mar 2023 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | WTT | Carpet | Anton Matusevich | Daniel Masur Johannes Härteis |
6-7 7-6 [10-5] |
| Loss | 9–7 | May 2023 | M25 Varnamo, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Mark Whitehouse | Simon Freund Eric Vanshelboim |
3-6 3-6 |
| Win | 10–7 | July 2023 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | George Houghton | Emile Hudd Johannus Monday |
6-4 4-6 11-9 |
| Win | 11–7 | July 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Ben Jones | Matthew Howse Joel Pierleoni |
walkover |
| Loss | 11–8 | Oct 2023 | M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | David Stevenson | Jacob Fearnley Connor Thomson |
6-7 7-6 [10-7] |
| Loss | 11–9 | Oct 2023 | M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada | WTT | Hard | Ben Jones | Max Westphal Theodore Winegar |
6-4 3-6 [9-11] |
| Win | 12–9 | May 2024 | M25 Kachreti, Georgia | WTT | Hard | Hamish Stewart | Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy |
6-4 6-4 |
References
edit- ^ "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom wins second Doubles title of the Year whilst Tara Moore loses out in an epic Doubles Final in Bogota". lta. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Biggest title win moves Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls into world's top 90 for first time". Team Bath. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Kust, Damian (June 17, 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Fearnley Against All Odds". Lastwordonsports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Jacob Fearnley Captures First ATP Challenger Singles Title". Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Double delight for Charles Broom in Lexus Ilkley Trophy". Hampshire Chronicle. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Giles Hussey bags first ATP Tour win". LTA. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "British Wild Card Harris Wins Memorable Eastbourne Debut". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Fritz, Shang set Eastbourne QF showdown". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.