Jacob Fearnley

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Jacob Fearnley
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Born (2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
College TCU
CoachToby Smith, Juan Martín
Prize money$323,597
Singles
Career record4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 77 (27 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 77 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2025)
Wimbledon 2R (2024)
US Open Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 238 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 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]

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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, he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 16 September 2024. [2] [23] After winning his fourth Challenger at the Open d'Orléans he reached the top 100 in the rankings. [24] [25] [26] [27]

Having qualified for the Stockholm Open in October, [28] Fearnley won his 13th match in a row and second at the ATP Tour level with a first round success against Corentin Moutet. [29] He lost in the second round to seventh seed Tallon Griekspoor. [30]

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. [31]

2025: Australian Open third round

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. [32] Wins over Nick Kyrgios [33] [34] and Arthur Cazaux saw him reach the third round, [35] where his run was ended by second seed Alexander Zverev. [36]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)
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
Win2–0 Aug 2024 Lincoln, USAChallengerHard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong 6–4, 6–2
Win3–0 Sep 2024 Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Quentin Halys 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win4–0 Sep 2024 Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Harold Mayot 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

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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