Jacob Fearnley

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Jacob Fearnley
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23)
Edinburgh, Scotland
College TCU
CoachToby Smith, Juan Martín
Prize money$58,121
Singles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 271 (24 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 277 (1 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 238 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 405 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (2023)
Last updated on: 26 June 2024.

Jacob Fearnley (born 15 July 2001) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 271 achieved on 24 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 238 achieved on 20 May 2024. [1]

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College career

Fearnley played college tennis for coach David Roditi at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] At TCU, he earned All-Big 12 and All-America honors all four years, leading the Horned Frogs to back-to-back ITA Indoor National Championships in 2022 and 2023 and the school's first NCAA Division I men's tennis championship in 2024. [3]

Professional career

2023: Major debut in doubles

He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Nottingham Open with Johannus Monday. [4] The pair received wildcards in doubles for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. [5]

2024: ATP and Major and top 250 debuts in singles

He won his first singles ATP Challenger title at the 2024 Nottingham Open as a qualifier, getting his first top-100 win against Shang Juncheng in the quarterfinals, and defeating compatriot Charles Broom in the final. [6] [7] It was only Fearnley's second appearance in the main draw of an ATP Challenger event. He became the fourth Brit to win the trophy after Andy Murray (2023), Dan Evans (2019 & 2022) and Greg Rusedski (1997 & 2003). [8]

Ranked No. 270, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International as a wildcard. [9] He lost to compatriot and fellow wildcard Billy Harris. [10] [11]

For his Grand Slam singles debut, he also received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. [12] [13] He recorded his first Major win over debutant Alejandro Moro Canas and moved 58 positions up into the top 220 in the rankings. [14] In the second round, he took a set off Novak Djokovic before losing by three sets to one.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2024 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Broom 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johannus Monday Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara 		6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–7]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2019M15 Austin, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Collin Altamirano 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1Oct 2023M25 Edgbaston, United KingdomWTTHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Edmund 6–3, 6–1
Loss1–2Nov 2023M25 Columbus, USAWTTHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Learner Tien 0–2 ret.
Win2–2Jan 2024M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWTTHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jonáš Forejtek 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2023M25 Edgbaston, United KingdomWTTHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connor Thomson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Stevenson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Broom 		7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win2–0Jan 2024M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWTTHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Rybakov Flag of Luxembourg.svg Raphael Calzi
Flag of France.svg Amaury Reynel		6–3, 6–3

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  2. ↑ "Jake Fearnley – Men's Tennis". TCU Athletics.
  3. ↑ "TCU tennis alum falls to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon's Centre Court". wfaa.com. 2024-07-04. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
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