Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997 in Norwich, Norfolk) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player.[1][2] He is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
He has won a total of 30 Grand Slam titles: 9 in singles and 21 in doubles, partnering Gordon Reid on every occasion. The pair completed the men's doubles 'set' of all four tournaments in a calendar year in 2021 (becoming the first to do so since Stéphane Houdet first achieved the feat in 2014 with two partners) and won Paralympic gold in men's doubles at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, having been silver medalists in the two previous Games. Hewett is also a two-time Paralympic silver medalist in singles (2016, losing to Reid, and 2024). He 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 suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a condition that inhibits blood flow from the pelvis to the hip joint. His ability to walk was severely impaired and from the age of six he has been a wheelchair user. Though able to walk, Hewett is not fully mobile in the conventional sense and cannot do able-bodied sports.[3]
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 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]
Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese former wheelchair tennis player. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is widely considered the greatest male wheelchair player of all time.
Stéphane Houdet is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair doubles.
Gordon James Reid is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. He holds two Paralympic gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal, and is a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, and record holding twenty-five time Grand Slam doubles champion.
The 2020 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally scheduled for 24 May to 7 June, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first moved to 20 September to 4 October 2020, then later moved back a week further to 27 September to 11 October 2020. Qualifying matches, comprising singles and doubles play, began 21 September. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the twelve-time and defending champion in men's singles; Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion in women's singles but chose not to defend her title following concerns over the pandemic.
The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis's US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated the defending champion Joachim Gérard and his partner Tom Egberink in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. It was their fourth Wimbledon title as a team. With the win, they became the first men's wheelchair players to complete a non-calendar-year Grand Slam, and it was their third step towards a Grand Slam.
Four-time defending champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Gustavo Fernández and Shingo Kunieda in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2021 US Open. With the win, they became the first men's doubles wheelchair team to complete the Grand Slam.
Three-time defending champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Martín de la Puente and Gustavo Fernández in the final, 7–6(11–9), 7–5 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 French Open.
Tokito Oda is a Japanese professional wheelchair tennis player.
Tokito Oda defeated Alfie Hewett in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second major singles title.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
The men's doubles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France will be held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 31 August to 6 September 2024.
The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 30 August to 7 September 2024.
Defending champion Alfie Hewett defeated Gordon Reid in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 US Open. It was his fourth US Open singles title and eighth major singles title overall.
Stéphane Houdet and Takashi Sanada defeated Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2023 US Open.
Four-time defending champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open.
Defending champion Tokito Oda defeated Gustavo Fernández in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2024 French Open. It was his second French Open singles title and fourth major singles title overall.
Four-time defending champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2024 French Open.
Alfie Hewett defeated Martín de la Puente in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. It was his ninth major singles title, and Hewett completed the career Grand Slam with the win, having been the runner-up the previous two years.
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