Sarah Beth Grey

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Sarah Beth Grey
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Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Born (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995 (age 28)
Liverpool, England
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$199,318
Singles
Career record20–219 (8.4%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 277 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 407 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record232–141 (62.2%)
Career titles22 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 143 (21 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 178 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Sarah Beth Grey (born 10 August 1995; formerly known as Sarah Beth Askew) is a British tennis player.

Contents

Grey has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 277, achieved August 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 143, achieved on 21 October 2019. In her career, Grey has won one singles title and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. [1]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Eden Silva. [2]

Personal

Grey was born in Liverpool and grew up in one of its suburbs, West Derby. [3] She lives in Wendover and trains at Halton Tennis Centre in Buckinghamshire. She has three older sisters, a younger brother, and two younger half-brothers. [3] [4]

In February 2022, Grey successfully underwent cardiac ablation surgery to correct a potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm. [3]

Playing style

Grey plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand. Although standing at only 5ft 6, she describes her serve as her favourite shot and she enjoys playing on grass courts. [4]

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Doubles

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open AAA0–0
French Open AA0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0–2
US Open AA0–0
Win–loss0–10–10–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
W25 tournaments
Surface
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 2021ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech RepublicW25Carpet (i) Flag of Finland.svg Anastasia Kulikova 6-2, 6-2

Doubles: 42 (22 titles, 20 runner–ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Surface
Hard (19–17)
Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2013ITF Rethymno, GreeceW10Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Dunne Flag of Russia.svg Margarita Lazareva
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lisanne van Riet
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss1–1Apr 2014ITF Gloucester, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Dunne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Brown
Flag of Sweden.svg Hilda Melander
5–7, 3–6
Win2–1Nov 2015 GB Pro-Series Bath, UKW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lisa Whybourn
1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win3–1Feb 2016ITF Wirral, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United States.svg Veronica Corning
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Win4–1Sep 2016ITF Nottingham, UKW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United States.svg Dasha Ivanova
Flag of France.svg Margot Yerolymos
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss4–2Oct 2016ITF Loughborough, UKW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United States.svg Dasha Ivanova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Krejsová
6–7(2), 6–7(2)
Win5–2Nov 2016ITF Sheffield, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Finland.svg Mia Eklund
Flag of Belarus.svg Nika Shytkouskaya
7–63, 7–5
Win6–2Nov 2016 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW10Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lauren McMinn
6–3, 6–3
Loss6–3Nov 2016ITF Heraklion, GreeceW10Hard Flag of Denmark.svg Emilie Francati Flag of France.svg Manon Arcangioli
Flag of Greece.svg Despina Papamichail
4–6, 2–6
Win7–3Feb 2017ITF Birmingham, UKW15Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Norway.svg Melanie Stokke
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Wachaczyk
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss7–4May 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Italy.svg Gaia Sanesi
Flag of Italy.svg Martina Spigarelli
0–6, 2–6
Loss7–5Sep 2017ITF Clermont-Ferrand, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Sweden.svg Cornelia Lister
Flag of Belarus.svg Vera Lapko
4–6, 3–6
Win8–5Oct 2017 Open de Touraine, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray Flag of Romania.svg Jaqueline Cristian
Flag of Romania.svg Elena-Gabriela Ruse
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss8–6Nov 2017ITF Sunderland, UKW15Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Kordolaimi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maia Lumsden
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win9–6Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Belgium (civil).svg An-Sophie Mestach
Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović
4–6, 7–64, [10–6]
Win10–6Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of France.svg Jessika Ponchet
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–2, 6–1
Loss10–7May 2018ITF Monzón, SpainW25Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of Russia.svg Yana Sizikova
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss10–8Aug 2018ITF Chiswick, UKW25Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray
6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss10–9Nov 2018ITF Wirral, UKW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Savinykh
4–6, 5–7
Win11–9Nov 2018GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Germany.svg Tayisiya Morderger
Flag of Germany.svg Yana Morderger
0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss11–10Dec 2018ITF Solapur, IndiaW25Hard Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Yashina Flag of Japan.svg Miyabi Inoue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing
3–6, 3–6
Loss11–11 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, FranceW60Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lesley Kerkhove
3–6, 2–6
Win12–11Jul 2019ITF Palmela, PortugalW25Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Julia Terziyska
7–5, 6–2
Win13–11Aug 2019ITF Woking, UKW25Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains
Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina
6–2, 7–5
Win14–11Aug 2019ITF Chiswick, UKW25Hard Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray Sharan
6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss14–12Oct 2020ITF Cherbourg-en-Contentin, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart Flag of the United States.svg Robin Anderson
Flag of France.svg Jessika Ponchet
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss14–13Oct 2020ITF Reims, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart Flag of France.svg Séléna Janicijevic
Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery
w/o
Loss14–14May 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Dasha Ivanova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Gozal Ainitdinova
Flag of Belarus.svg Anna Kubareva
5–7, 2–6
Loss14–15 Jul 2021 Open de Biarritz, FranceW60Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Magali Kempen Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Selekhmeteva
Flag of Latvia.svg Daniela Vismane
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win15–15 Aug 2021 Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech RepublicW60Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Carolina Alves Flag of Japan.svg Mana Kawamura
Flag of Japan.svg Funa Kozaki
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss15–16 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, FranceW80+HHard Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino Flag of the United States.svg Robin Anderson
Flag of France.svg Amandine Hesse
3–6, 6–7(2)
Win16–16Oct 2021ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, FranceW25+HHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Rosatello
6–3, 6–2
Loss16–17Jul 2022ITF Guimarães, PortugalW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Loeb Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge
3–6, 1–6
Loss16–18Sep 2022ITF Le Neubourg, FranceW80+HHard Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ali Collins
6–1, 6–7(4), [3–10]
Win17–18Jul 2023ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW25Hard Flag of India.svg Rutuja Bhosale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madeleine Brooks
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hutchinson
0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win18–18Aug 2023ITF Aldershot, United KingdomW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Destanee Aiava Flag of Japan.svg Erina Hayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Imamura
6–4, 6–3
Win19–18Aug 2023ITF Vigo, SpainW25Hard Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Italy.svg Anastasia Abbagnato
Flag of Lithuania.svg Patricija Paukštytė
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win20–18Aug 2023ITF Valladolid, SpainW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexandra Bozovic Flag of the United States.svg Ava Markham
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Fangran
7–5, 6–0
Win21–18 Nov 2023 Calgary Challenger, CanadaW60+HHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of the United States.svg Hanna Chang
Flag of Serbia.svg Katarina Jokić
6–4, 6–4
Loss21–19 Jan 2024 ITF Loughborough, Great BritainW35Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett Flag of the United States.svg Liv Hovde
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ella McDonald
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win22–19Jan 2024ITF Porto, PortugalW75+HHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss22–20Feb 2024ITF Grenoble, FranceW75Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily_Appleton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
6–3, 1–6, [9–11]

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