Charles Broom

Charles Broom

Broom at 2022 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed, Two-handed backhand [1]
Prize money	$299,365
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. 306 (24 February 2025)
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.

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.

Early life

From 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

2022: Four doubles ITF titles

In January 2022 alongside Alastair 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

Alongside 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]

Broom won the doubles title at the 2024 Kozerki Open with David Stevenson. ^[17]

2025: United Cup

He played alongside Harris, and Katie Boulter representing Great Britain in the 2025 United Cup in Australia. ^[18]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend ITF WTT (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2024	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Henry Searle	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (12–9)

Finals by surface Hard (8–6) Clay (2–1) Grass (2–1) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

1. "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
2. "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
3. "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
4. "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.
5. "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
6. "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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8. "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
9. "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.
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11. Kust, Damian (June 17, 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Fearnley Against All Odds". Lastwordonsports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
12. "Jacob Fearnley Captures First ATP Challenger Singles Title" . Retrieved 26 June 2024.
13. "Double delight for Charles Broom in Lexus Ilkley Trophy". Hampshire Chronicle. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
14. "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Giles Hussey bags first ATP Tour win". LTA. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
15. "British Wild Card Harris Wins Memorable Eastbourne Debut". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
16. "Fritz, Shang set Eastbourne QF showdown". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
17. "Brits star in Cincinnati, doubles Challenger champions & wheelchair titles from Lithuania". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
18. "Boulter and Broom help GB defeat Argentina". BBC Sport. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

External links

• Charles Broom at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Charles Broom at the International Tennis Federation