Charles Broom

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Charles Broom
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Broom at 2022 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed, Two-handed backhand [1]
Singles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 235 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 252 (22 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (15 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 143 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
Last updated on: 16 July 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. 143 achieved on 15 July 2024.

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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 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

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]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 2024 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jacob Fearnley 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Sep 2022 Columbus, USAChallengerHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Frantzen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten 		2–6, 5–7
Win1–1 May 2024 Kachreti, GeorgiaChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag placeholder.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy
Flag placeholder.svg Evgenii Tiurnev 		3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win2–1 Aug 2024 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Stevenson Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman
Flag of Denmark.svg Johannes Ingildsen 		6–3, 7–6, [7–3]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2024M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2017Belgium F8FuturesClay Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Colin Sinclair Flag of Germany.svg Tom Schonenberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Colin Van Beem		4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win2–0Nov 2020M15 Fayetteville, USAWTTHard Flag of Chile.svg Matias Soto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl
Flag of the United States.svg Aleksandar Kovacevic 		2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win3–0Jul 2021M15 Novi Sad, SerbiaWTTClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tadeas Paroulek Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Frunză
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Jecan 		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win4–0Oct 2021M15 Ithaca, USAWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten Flag of the United States.svg Eduardo Nava
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Ponwith		7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss4–1Nov 2021M15 Fayetteville, USAWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten Flag of the United States.svg George Goldhoff
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tadeas Paroulek		4–6, 2–6
Win5–1Dec 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidane Pontjodikromo
Flag of Germany.svg Kai Wehnelt		5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win6–1Jan 2022M25 Bath, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guy den Ouden
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson 		6–2, 6–2
Loss6–2Feb 2022M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Frantzen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs Brouwer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aidan McHugh 		6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Loss6–3Mar 2022M25 Calabasas, USAWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten Flag of South Korea.svg Nam Ji-sung
Flag of South Korea.svg Song Min-kyu 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win7–3April 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Frantzen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zhe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Yunchaokete 		7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss7–4May 2022M15 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jan Choinski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten 		6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win8–4May 2022M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Bosio
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Whitehouse		7–5, 6–4
Loss8–5Jul 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Parker 		6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win9–5Aug 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Tyler		6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss9–6Mar 2023M25 Trimbach, SwitzerlandWTTCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anton Matusevich Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Masur
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Härteis 		6-7 7-6 [10-5]
Loss9–7May 2023M25 Varnamo, SwedenWTTClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Whitehouse Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Freund
Flag of Ukraine.svg Eric Vanshelboim		3-6 3-6
Win10–7July 2023M25 Roehampton, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Houghton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emile Hudd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johannus Monday 		6-4 4-6 11-9
Win11–7July 2023M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Howse
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joel Pierleoni		walkover
Loss11–8Oct 2023M25 Edgbaston, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Stevenson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jacob Fearnley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connor Thomson 		6-7 7-6 [10-7]
Loss11–9Oct 2023M25 Saint-Augustin, CanadaWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Jones Flag of France.svg Max Westphal
Flag of the United States.svg Theodore Winegar		6-4 3-6 [9-11]
Win12–9May 2024M25 Kachreti, GeorgiaWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hamish Stewart Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Denis Istomin
Flag placeholder.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 		6-4 6-4

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