![]() Hewett at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Cantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
Born | Norwich, England, United Kingdom | 6 December 1997
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (29 January 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (2023) |
French Open | W (2017, 2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | W (2024) |
US Open | W (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Masters | W (2017, 2021, 2023) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (3 February 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2020, 2021 , 2022, 2023, 2024) |
French Open | W (2020, 2021 , 2022, 2023, 2024) |
Wimbledon | W (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 , 2023, 2024) |
US Open | W (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 ) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Masters Doubles | W (2017, 2021, 2023) |
Paralympic Games | ![]() |
Last updated on: 30 January 2022. |
Alfie Hewett [1] OBE (born 6 December 1997) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He has won a total of 30 Grand Slam titles, with 9 singles and 21 doubles titles.
Hewett is a 30-time major champion, having won nine titles in singles and 21 in doubles, the latter all partnering Gordon Reid. The pair completed the Grand Slam in 2021, becoming the first to do so in wheelchair men's doubles since Stéphane Houdet in 2014. Hewett is also a three-time Paralympic silver medalist, and won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in both singles and doubles in 2017, 2021 and 2023.
Hewett was born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery at six months, and also suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a condition that inhibits blood flow from the pelvis to the hip joint. His ability to walk has been severely impaired and he has been using a wheelchair since being six years old. Though able to walk, Hewett is not fully mobile in the conventional sense and cannot do able-bodied sports. [2]
Hewett attended Acle High School [3] and went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at City College Norwich. [4]
In July 2016 Hewett won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Gordon Reid, coming back from a set down to win against the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer. [5]
He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with Reid, who beat him in the singles final.
In May 2017 Hewett won his first Grand Slam in singles at the French Open, beating Gustavo Fernández of Argentina in three sets, despite losing the first to love.
In July 2017, in a repeat of the final a year earlier, Hewett won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Reid, winning in three sets against Houdet and Peifer.
Hewett won the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough, UK. He ended 2017 ranked No 2 in the world, then a career-high.
On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1. [6]
In March 2018 Hewett won his first Super Series singles title at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, USA.
On 2 September 2018 he claimed his second Super Series title at the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis. Later that month Hewett won the singles title at the US Open as well as the doubles title with Reid.
In September 2019 he successfully defended both his singles and, with Reid, doubles titles at the US Open. [7]
In 2020 Hewett won the French Open singles title in three sets against Joachim Gérard and partnered Reid to win all three available Grand Slam doubles titles at the Australian Open, US Open and French Open, with the Wimbledon Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9]
After winning a silver medal in the men's doubles with Reid at the 2020 Summer Paralympics [10] and losing the bronze medal singles match to Reid, world number 2 [10] Hewett spoke about his Paralympic future being "out of his hands", [10] due to a review into whether his disability is severe enough to qualify him to play in a wheelchair under the 2019 revision of International Tennis Federation rules. [10] Hewett was allowed to continue his tennis career after an alteration to the new ITF rules in November 2021. [11]
Hewett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to tennis. [12]
Hewett kicked off 2024 by winning a fifth Australian Open doubles title in a row with Reid. [13] In May 2024 Hewett was part of the Great Britain team which won the World Team Cup for a second successive year beating Spain 2-0 in the final of the event held in Turkey. It was the team's fourth win in the competition since 2015. [14]
Hewett and Reid won a fifth straight French Open in June with a 6-1 6-4 victory over second-seeded Japanese duo Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final. [15]
At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Hewett defeated Martín de la Puente in the final, 6–2, 6–3, to complete the singles career Grand Slam. [16] He and Reid also won doubles title, defeating Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2). [17]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | QF | QF | QF | SF | F | F | W | F | 1 / 7 | 9–6 | 60% | |
French Open | A | W | QF | SF | W | W | SF | F | SF | 3 / 7 | 14–4 | 78% | |
Wimbledon | QF | SF | SF | QF | NH | QF | F | F | W | 1 / 8 | 10–7 | 59% | |
US Open | NH | F | W | W | F | F | W | W | 4 / 7 | 20–3 | 87% | ||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 7–3 | 9–3 | 13–2 | 9 / 29 | 53–20 | 73% |
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | F | F | SF | W | W | W | W | W | 5 / 8 | 11–3 | 79% |
French Open | A | A | F | SF | SF | W | W | W | W | W | 5 / 8 | 13–3 | 77% |
Wimbledon | SF | W | W | W | F | NH | W | F | W | W | 6 / 9 | 15–3 | 83% |
US Open | A | NH | W | W | W | W | W | F [upper-alpha 1] | SF | 5 / 7 | 12-1 | 86% | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 8–0 | 6–2 | 9–1 | 9–0 | 21 / 32 | 56–10 | 85% |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2017 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | 0–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2 |
Loss | 2017 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 2018 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 2019 | US Open (2) | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2020 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 2020 | French Open (2) | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 2021 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | 0–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Win | 2021 | French Open (3) | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2021 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–10) |
Win | 2022 | US Open (3) | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 2023 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2023 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2023 | US Open (4) | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 2024 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6) |
Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2017 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 2017 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2018 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 2018 | US Open (2) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2019 | US Open (3) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
Win | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Win | 2020 | US Open (4) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 2020 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–3] |
Win | 2021 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 2021 | French Open (2) | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6-3, 6-0 |
Win | 2021 | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 2021 | US Open (5) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6-2, 6–1 |
Win | 2022 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
Win | 2022 | French Open (3) | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2022 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 5–7, [6–10] |
Win | 2023 | Australian Open (4) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2023 | French Open (4) | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(11–9), 7–5 |
Win | 2023 | Wimbledon (5) | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
Win | 2024 | Australian Open (5) | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2024 | French Open (5) | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 2024 | Wimbledon (6) | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
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