Lewis Steven E. Burton (born 23 March 1992) is a British model and former professional tennis player.[1]

Lewis Burton
Burton playing in the 2014 Wimbledon qualifiers
Full nameLewis Steven E. Burton
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
Born (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 32)
London, England
Turned pro2009
Prize moneyGBP£40,531
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 626 (19 March 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 218 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2012)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

Early life edit

Lewis Steven E. Burton[2] was born in the Bexley area of London on 23 March 1992.[3]

Career edit

Burton started playing tennis at the age of seven. He reached a career-high ranking of 172 (singles and doubles combined) on the Juniors circuit, achieved in July 2010. Along with George Morgan, he reached the final of the boys' doubles at Wimbledon in 2010. However, they lost the final 6–7(4), 4–6 to the fellow British pairing of Liam Broady and Tom Farquharson. The following year, Morgan won the boys' doubles title with Mate Pavić, with Burton being too old to compete. In 2012, Burton and Morgan, now both too old for the boys' tournament, were given a wildcard into qualifying for the men's doubles at Wimbledon. They qualified for the main draw, but lost to Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus in the first round, by a scoreline of 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3), 4–6.

Personal life edit

Burton began dating television presenter Caroline Flack in August 2019.[4] On 12 December 2019, police were called to Flack's flat in London after she allegedly assaulted Burton by hitting him in the head with a lamp. Burton called the police from Flack's flat and was allegedly "begging for help" from the operator, with Burton saying "she tried to kill me, mate".[5] Flack's lawyer stated during proceedings that Burton did not consider himself a victim, instead describing him as a witness.[6] Flack died by suicide in her flat on 15 February 2020.[7]

Since November 2020, he has been in a relationship with model and entrepreneur Lottie Tomlinson.[8] Their son was born in August 2022.[9]

Career finals edit

Doubles: 42 (26–16) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (26–15)
Titles by surface
Hard (22–15)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2010 Great Britain F14, Nottingham Futures Hard   Dan Evans   Sean Thornley
  Marcus Willis
7–5, 1–6, [13–11]
Win 2–0 Sep 2010 Great Britain F15, Wrexham Futures Hard   Dan Evans   David Rice
  Sean Thornley
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2010 Great Britain F16, Glasgow Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans   Matthew Ebden
  Joshua Milton
7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 3–1 Apr 2011 Turkey F13, Antalya Futures Hard   Josh Goodall   Maxime Authom
  Adrien Bossel
5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–2 Apr 2011 South Africa F1, Durban Futures Hard   James Marsalek   Isaac Frost
  Leon Frost
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jul 2011 Great Britain F11, Chiswick Futures Hard   Edward Corrie   Liam Broady
  Dan Evans
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 3–4 Sep 2011 Great Britain F14, Roehampton Futures Hard   James Marsalek   Josh Goodall
  Marcus Willis
3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss 3–5 Sep 2011 Sweden F4, Uppsala Futures Hard (i)   James Marsalek   Carl Bergman
  Markus Eriksson
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 Sep 2011 Sweden F5, Danderyd Futures Hard (i)   George Morgan   Tobias Blomgren
  Jesper Brunstrom
6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–6 Jan 2012 Great Britain F3, Birkenhead Futures Hard (i)   Chris Eaton   David Rice
  Sean Thornley
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–6 Mar 2012 Great Britain F5, Bath Futures Hard (i)   Edward Corrie   Arthur De Greef
  Yannik Reuter
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–7 May 2012 Sweden F1, Karlskrona Futures Clay   George Morgan   Albano Olivetti
  Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–7 May 2012 Sweden F3, Båstad Futures Hard (i)   George Morgan   Pierre Bonfre
  Viktor Stjern
6–3, 6–1
Win 7–7 Jul 2012 Great Britain F10, Ilkley Futures Grass   Edward Corrie   Andrew Harris
  Andrew Whittington
6–1, 6–1
Win 8–7 Jul 2012 Great Britain F11, Felixstowe Futures Grass   Edward Corrie   Tom Burn
  Dan Evans
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–7 Aug 2012 Great Britain F12, Wrexham Futures Hard   Edward Corrie   Oliver Golding
  Sean Thornley
6–4, 6–0
Win 10–7 Oct 2012 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard   Ruan Roelofse   Mohammad Ghareeb
  Mikhail Vasiliev
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 10–8 Oct 2012 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard   Abdullah Maqdes   Adam Chadaj
  Andriej Kapaś
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 11–8 Feb 2013 Great Britain F4, Birkenhead Futures Hard (i)   Neal Skupski   James Cluskey
  Sean Thornley
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 11–9 Mar 2013 France F4, Lille Futures Hard (i)   James Cluskey   Jonathan Eysseric
  Nicolas Renavand
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Win 12–9 Mar 2013 Great Britain F7, Bath Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans   Jan Minář
  Marek Semjan
5–7, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 12–10 Mar 2013 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans   Daniel Smethurst
  Alexander Ward
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 13–10 Sep 2013 Great Britain F18, Sheffield Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Richard Bloomfield
  Daniel Cox
6–1, 6–1
Win 14–10 Sep 2013 Great Britain F19, Roehampton Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Edward Corrie
  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 15–10 Sep 2013 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Patrick Davidson
  Saketh Myneni
6–4, 7–5
Loss 15–11 Sep 2013 Kuwait F2, Mishref Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Ruan Roelofse
  Tak Khunn Wang
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 16–11 Oct 2013 Kuwait F3, Mishref Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Thomas Statzberger
  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–2, 6–2
Win 17–11 Oct 2013 Great Britain F22, Tipton Futures Hard (i)   Marcus Willis   Graeme Dyce
  Calum Gee
7–6(7–0), 6–2
Win 18–11 Nov 2013 Greece F20, Rethymno Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Nikola Čačić
  Alexandros Jakupovic
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 19–11 Jan 2014 Israel F1, Eilat Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
  Anton Zaitcev
6–3, 6–4
Loss 19–12 Jan 2014 Israel F2, Eilat Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Huang Liang-chi
  Amir Weintraub
3–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win 20–12 Jan 2014 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Claudio Grassi
  Amir Weintraub
6–3, 7–5
Loss 20–13 Feb 2014 Thailand F1, Nonthaburi Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Yuichi Ito
  Hiroki Kondo
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 20–14 Feb 2014 Thailand F2, Nonthaburi Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Chung Hyeon
  Nam Ji-sung
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [7–10]
Win 21–14 Mar 2014 Thailand F3, Nonthaburi Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Chung Hyeon
  Nam Ji-sung
6–3, 7–5
Win 22–14 Mar 2014 Great Britain F8, Tipton Futures Hard (i)   Marcus Willis   David Rice
  Sean Thornley
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
Win 23–14 Apr 2014 Great Britain F9, Bournemouth Futures Clay   Marcus Willis   Jake Eames
  Brydan Klein
6–1, 7–5
Win 24–14 Jul 2014 Great Britain F13, Ilkley Futures Grass   Edward Corrie   Brydan Klein
  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
6–2, 6–4
Loss 24–15 Aug 2014 Spain F24, Pozoblanco Futures Hard   Marcus Willis   Edward Corrie
  David Rice
4–6, 5–7
Win 25–15 Sep 2014 Sweden F5, Falun Futures Hard (i)   Edward Corrie   Sriram Balaji
  Patrik Rosenholm
7–6(7–1), 6–1
Loss 25–16 Nov 2014 Charlottesville, US Challenger Hard (i)   Marcus Willis   Treat Huey
  Frederik Nielsen
6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 26–16 Jan 2015 Great Britain F2, Sunderland Futures Hard (i)   Marcus Willis   Isak Arvidsson
  Micke Kontinen
6–3, 6–2

References edit

  1. ^ Adejobi, Alicia (4 March 2020). "Caroline Flack assault case to be reviewed by CPS".
  2. ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Lewis Burton | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ Gordon, Naomi (19 August 2019). "Caroline Flack confirms new romance with kissing pic". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Swerling, Gabriella (23 December 2019). "Love Island presenter Caroline Flack hit boyfriend over the head with a lamp, court hears". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Caroline Flack denies assaulting boyfriend". BBC News. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Caroline Flack: TV presenter dies at 40". BBC News. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. ^ Fletcher, Harry (31 December 2020). "Lewis Burton celebrates 'one of a kind' girlfriend Lottie Tomlinson in New Year's Eve post". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Lottie Tomlinson gives birth to first baby with boyfriend Lewis Burton". Capital. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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