Jacob Fearnley

Jacob Fearnley

Country (sports)
Born	(2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
College	TCU
Coach	Toby Smith, Juan Martín
Prize money	$501,773
Singles
Career record	2–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (27 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 78 (10 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2025)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 238 (20 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 540 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Jacob Fearnley (born 15 July 2001) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 77 achieved on 27 January 2025. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 238 achieved on 20 May 2024. ^{[1] [2]} He is the current British No. 3 in singles. ^[3]

College career

Fearnley played college tennis for coach David Roditi at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

Professional career

2023: Major debut in doubles

He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Nottingham Open with Johannus Monday. ^[6] The pair received wildcards in doubles for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. ^[7]

2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP, Major and top 100 debuts

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. ^{[8] [9]} 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). ^[10]

Ranked No. 270, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International as a wildcard. ^[11] He lost to compatriot and fellow wildcard Billy Harris. ^{[12] [13]}

For his Grand Slam singles debut, he also received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. ^{[14] [15]} He recorded his first Major win over debutant Alejandro Moro Canas and moved 50 positions up into the top 225 in the rankings. ^{[2] [16]} In the second round, he took a set off the second seed Novak Djokovic before losing by three sets to one. ^[17]

Following a final showing at the 2024 Lincoln Challenger, where he defeated the top seed Christopher Eubanks en route, he reached the top 200 in the rankings on 12 August 2024. ^[2] Fearnley beat Coleman Wong in straight sets in the final to win his second ATP Challenger title. ^{[18] [19]} As a result he moved up to a new career-high ranking of No. 160 on 19 August 2024. ^[2]

Following his third title at the Rennes Challenger, defeating five French players in a row, Benoît Paire in 37 minutes, ^[20] wildcard Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg, wildcard and top seed Adrian Mannarino, his first Top 50 win, ^[21] third seed Harold Mayot, ^[22] and finally fourth seed Quentin Halys, ^[23] he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 16 September 2024. ^{[2] [24]} After winning his fourth Challenger at the Open d'Orléans he reached the top 100 in the rankings. ^{[25] [26] [27] [28]}

Having qualified for the Stockholm Open in October, ^[29] Fearnley won his 13th match in a row and second at the ATP Tour level with a first round success against Corentin Moutet. ^[30] He lost in the second round to seventh seed Tallon Griekspoor. ^[31]

On 2 December 2024, Fearnley was world No. 99, having started the season at No. 646, climbing 547 positions and setting a record in the ATP singles rankings for the year. ^[32]

2025: Australian Open third round, Davis Cup debut

For the first time in his career, Fearnley gained direct admission into a Grand Slam tournament main draw, entering the Australian Open with his ranking of 99 after the withdrawal of Sebastian Ofner. ^[33] Wins over Nick Kyrgios ^{[34] [35]} and Arthur Cazaux saw him reach the third round, ^[36] where his run was ended by second seed Alexander Zverev. ^[37]

Fearnley made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup Team in their qualifier against Japan, defeating Kei Nishikori. ^[38] He then lost to Yoshihito Nishioka as Japan won the tie 3-2. ^[39]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Charles Broom	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 2024	Lincoln, USA	Challenger	Hard	Coleman Wong	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–0	Sep 2024	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Quentin Halys	0–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	4–0	Sep 2024	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Harold Mayot	6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2023	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Johannus Monday	Liam Broady 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2019	M15 Austin, USA	WTT	Hard	Collin Altamirano	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2023	M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard (i)	Kyle Edmund	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Nov 2023	M25 Columbus, USA	WTT	Hard (i)	Learner Tien	0–2 ret.
Win	2–2	Jan 2024	M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	WTT	Hard (i)	Jonáš Forejtek	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend ITF WTT (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2023	M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard (i)	Connor Thomson	David Stevenson Charles Broom	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win	2–0	Jan 2024	M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	WTT	Hard (i)	Alex Rybakov	Raphael Calzi Amaury Reynel	6–3, 6–3

References

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21. @TCUMensTennis (13 September 2024). "Updating our Jake Fearnley tracker from France.... · First career ATP top-50 win over the world No. 46 · On to his fourth @ATPChallenger semifinal in three months · Improves his pro singles record to 28-6 in 2024 · Knocking on the door of the ATP top-150" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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32. "The 5 men with the biggest leaps in 2024 ATP Rankings: Jacob Fearnley +547, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at No 2". 7 December 2024.
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37. "Jacob Fearnley exits Australian Open after being given lesson by Alexander Zverev". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
38. "GB's Fearnley beats Nishikori to level Davis Cup tie". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
39. "Great Britain face Davis Cup relegation play-off after losing 3-2 to Japan". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

External links

• Jacob Fearnley at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jacob Fearnley at the International Tennis Federation