Marcus Willis (born 9 October 1990) is a British professional tennis player. Willis made his tour debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying for the main draw, where he gained recognition after playing against Roger Federer in the second round on Centre Court.

Marcus Willis
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
Born (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 33)
Slough, England, UK
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2007
Retired2021 (singles)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMatt Smith
Prize money$253,224
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 322 (16 June 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record2–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 126 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 126 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2017)
Last updated on: 8 April 2024.

Since August 2022, he has specialized in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 126, achieved in March 2024.

Willis also plays touchtennis, in which he has a career-high ranking of No. 1 in singles, having won 13 singles and two doubles titles.[1]

Personal life and junior career edit

Willis began playing tennis at the age of 9. His mother is a learning support assistant and his father is an accountant.[2] Willis attended St Paul's Primary School, Wokingham and The Forest School, Winnersh.[3] Willis is married to Jennifer Bate, an NHS dental surgeon and former beauty model whom he had met at a concert.[4]

Willis played his first junior match in April 2006 at the age of 15 at a grade 5 tournament in the UK. Throughout his junior career, he reached a high of No. 15 in the combined junior world rankings in September 2008 at posted a win–loss record of 92–36.[5]

Willis was sent home from the 2008 Australian Open by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) for his "slack attitude" when he missed the bus to a practice session and eventually arrived without rackets, having left them at his hotel.[6][7]

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: A (—)
French Open: 2R (2008)
Wimbledon: 3R (2007, 2008)
US Open: 2R (2008)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: A (—)
French Open: 1R (2008)
Wimbledon: 2R (2007)
US Open: 2R (2008)

Professional career edit

2007–2015 edit

Willis officially turned pro in 2007 at the age of 17. Throughout 2007–2015, he made 14 ITF singles finals and 41 ITF doubles finals (winning 8 singles and 25 doubles). He only made one challenger final, the 2014 Charlottesville Challenger where he made the doubles final partnering Lewis Burton where they lost to top seed Treat Huey and Frederik Nielsen in three sets. He got a wildcard spot into the 2009 Wimbledon Qualifying where he lost in the second round and the 2014 Wimbledon Qualifying where he lost in the first round. He achieved a career-high ranking of 322 on June 16, 2014.

2016: Wimbledon second round edit

The only success for Willis in the first five months of 2016 was qualifying for the Tunisia Futures F1 in January, and progressing to the quarterfinals,[8] where he won $356.[7] His failure to defend the previous year's points led to his ranking falling to number 772 by the start of Wimbledon.[9]

Willis was considering his retirement in 2016 as he had just torn his hamstring and was offered a tennis teaching job in Philadelphia. His girlfriend, Jennifer Bate, convinced him to keep playing professional tennis and to give it one more try. He trained heavily throughout February to May to play his next event at Wimbledon qualifying.

Willis was awarded a spot into the qualifying draw after countryman David Rice withdrew. He won six matches to qualify for the main draw of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, which included wins against Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.[10] In the first round, Willis upset Ričardas Berankis, a player ranked more than 700 places above him, to set up a clash with seven-time champion Roger Federer.[11] Willis was defeated by Federer 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 on Centre Court in the second round, receiving a standing ovation nevertheless.[12] The BBC later held a vote for the best shot made of the tournament,[13] and Willis's lob over Federer earned him the win.[14]

Injury prevented Willis from playing immediately after Wimbledon 2016, but he was given a wild card into qualifying for the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna over the weekend of October 22–23. He has also been invited to play Tie Break Tens at the same venue on Sunday 23 October, against Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem and Jo Wilfried Tsonga.[15]

His second tournament after Wimbledon was a Future in Kuwait which he won both the singles and the doubles.

2017: Wimbledon doubles third round edit

Willis played few tournaments in the first half of 2017 due to injuries and becoming a father to his first child (a girl) but played in the Great Britain F1, F2 and F3, reaching the second round, semi-finals and finals respectively, winning $2283 overall. He then reached the quarter-finals of the U.S.A. F15 but lost in the first round of the Spain F14.[16] He then failed to qualify for the Challenger in Surbiton and then reached the second round of the Ilkley Challenger, losing to Sam Groth.[16]

At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Willis lost in the final round of qualifying to Illya Marchenko in straight sets, although Willis had been hindered by a knee injury he suffered against fellow Brit Liam Broady in the previous round. Since he failed to defend his points from last years Wimbledon his ranking fell below number 500 in the world.[17]

In the Wimbledon doubles, he and partner Jay Clarke had been awarded a wild card for the main draw. In the opening round, they beat Jared Donaldson and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan after coming back from two sets to love.[18] They caused a big surprise by defeating the defending champions and second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the next round, also in a five-setter.[19] Their run ended with a loss to Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the third round.[20]

2018–2020: Final years in singles edit

Willis missed Wimbledon in singles after losing to Dan Evans in the pre-qualifying playoffs.[21] His final professional match was in the qualifying event for the 2018 Wimbledon doubles.[22] After Wimbledon, he played for the San Diego Aviators in the 2018 World TeamTennis league,[23] where the team narrowly missed the WTT finals.

He had continued to play doubles tournaments at Futures events since November 2020.[24]

His most recent participation in touchtennis dated back to September 2020,[25] prior to his return in 2022.

2021: Retirement edit

In March 2021, Willis announced he was retiring from the sport.[22]

2022–2023: Doubles comeback edit

WIllis resumed playing doubles on the ITF tour from August 2022. Until May 2023, he won seven ITF 25k tournaments, six of them with partner Scott Duncan.[26] He then mainly plays on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 2 December 2023, he won his first ATP Challenger title in Maspalomas, again with partner Duncan.[27]

2024 edit

In January, Willis won his second doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour in Oeiras, partnering Jay Clarke.

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 edit

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Wimbledon A Q2 A A A A Q1 A 2R Q3 A 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Year-end ranking 965 606 609 729 962 350 365 474 441 598

Doubles edit

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 A A 3R Q1 A NH A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Year-end ranking 378 489 617 898 325 251 432 1052 230 750 1367 1470 446 166

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 16 (9–7) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (9–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Great Britain F16, Glasgow Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans 2–6, 1–3 ret.
Win 1–1 Jan 2013 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i)   Josh Goodall 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 2013 Great Britain F6, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans 6–7(3–7), 6–7(1–7)
Win 2–2 Jul 2013 Great Britain F14, Felixstowe Futures Grass   Neil Pauffley 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Aug 2013 Great Britain F17, Wrexham Futures Hard   Daniel Cox 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2013 Kuwait F2, Mishref Futures Hard   Ivo Klec 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Oct 2013 Kuwait F3, Mishref Futures Hard   Tak Khunn Wang 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–5 Mar 2014 Thailand F3, Nonthaburi Futures Hard   Chung Hyeon 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 Mar 2014 Great Britain F8, Tipton Futures Hard (i)   Sam Barry 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 5–5 May 2014 Great Britain F10, Edinburgh Futures Clay   Neil Pauffley 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Sep 2014 Great Britain F15, London Futures Hard   Frederik Nielsen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2014 Spain F27, Madrid Futures Hard   Mick Lescure 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–6 May 2015 Spain F11, Móstoles Futures Hard   Jorge Hernando-Ruano 6–7(14–16), 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Win 8–6 May 2015 Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   Julien Dubail 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 7–5
Win 9–6 Nov 2016 Kuwait F3, Mishref Futures Hard   Daniel Altmaier 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 9–7 Feb 2017 Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i)   Oscar Otte 5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 65 (42–23) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (37–21)
Finals by surface
Hard (30–19)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2009 France F2,
Feucherolles
Futures Hard (i)   Dan Evans   Olivier Charroin
  Nicolas Tourte
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 2009 Great Britain F6,
Edinburgh
Futures Clay   Daniel Smethurst   Richard Gabb
  Ashley Hewitt
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [14–12]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2009 Great Britain F9,
Frinton
Futures Grass   Neil Pauffley   Tristan Farron-Mahon
  Colin O'Brien
7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Loss 1–3 Aug 2009 Belgium F2,
Koksijde
Futures Clay   Alexander Ward   Rabie Chaki
  Frederic De Fays
3–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2009 Italy F28,
Porto Torres
Futures Hard   Vasek Pospisil   Alessandro Giannessi
  Francesco Piccari
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 2–4 Sep 2009 Italy F29,
Alghero
Futures Hard   Vasek Pospisil   Federico Gaio
  Alessandro Giannessi
2–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 May 2010 Great Britain F6,
Edinburgh
Futures Clay   Barry King   James Cluskey
  Colin O'Brien
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–6 May 2010 Great Britain F7,
Newcastle
Futures Clay   Maniel Bains   Ignacio Coll Riudavets
  Gerard Granollers
1–6, 4–6
Loss 2–7 Sep 2010 Great Britain F14,
Nottingham
Futures Hard   Sean Thornley   Lewis Burton
  Dan Evans
5–7, 6–1, [11–13]
Win 3–7 Oct 2010 Greece F3,
Heraklion
Futures Carpet   Daniel Glancy   Sam Barry
  Colin O'Brien
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 3–8 Mar 2011 Great Britain F3,
Tipton
Futures Hard (i)   Miles Bugby   Chris Eaton
  Josh Goodall
2–6, 2–6
Win 4–8 Sep 2011 Great Britain F14,
Roehampton
Futures Hard   Josh Goodall   Lewis Burton
  James Marsalek
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Win 5–8 Sep 2011 Great Britain F15,
Nottingham
Futures Hard   Josh Goodall   David Rice
  Sean Thornley
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 6–8 Jul 2012 Great Britain F9,
Manchester
Futures Grass   Josh Goodall   Tom Burn
  Dan Evans
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 7–8 May 2013 Great Britain F10,
Edinburgh
Futures Clay   Matthew Short   Richard Gabb
  Jonny O'Mara
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 8–8 Aug 2013 Great Britain F17,
Wrexham
Futures Hard   George Coupland   Liam Broady
  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 9–8 Sep 2013 Great Britain F18,
Sheffield
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Richard Bloomfield
  Daniel Cox
6–1, 6–1
Win 10–8 Sep 2013 Great Britain F19,
Roehampton
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Edward Corrie
  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 11–8 Sep 2013 Kuwait F1,
Mishref
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Patrick Davidson
  Saketh Myneni
6–4, 7–5
Loss 11–9 Sep 2013 Kuwait F2,
Mishref
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Ruan Roelofse
  Tak Khunn Wang
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 12–9 Oct 2013 Kuwait F3,
Mishref
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Thomas Statzberger
  Sam Weissborn
6–2, 6–2
Win 13–9 Oct 2013 Great Britain F22,
Tipton
Futures Hard (i)   Lewis Burton   Graeme Dyce
  Calum Gee
7–6(7–0), 6–2
Win 14–9 Nov 2013 Greece F20,
Rethymno
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Nikola Čačić
  Alexandros Jakupovic
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 15–9 Jan 2014 Israel F1,
Eilat
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
  Anton Zaitcev
6–3, 6–4
Loss 15–10 Jan 2014 Israel F2,
Eilat
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Huang Liang-chi
  Amir Weintraub
3–6, 6–7(9–11)
Win 16–10 Jan 2014 Israel F3,
Eilat
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Claudio Grassi
  Amir Weintraub
6–3, 7–5
Loss 16–11 Feb 2014 Thailand F1,
Nonthaburi
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Yuichi Ito
  Hiroki Kondo
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 16–12 Feb 2014 Thailand F2,
Nonthaburi
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Chung Hyeon
  Nam Ji-sung
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [7–10]
Win 17–12 Mar 2014 Thailand F3,
Nonthaburi
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Chung Hyeon
  Nam Ji-sung
6–3, 7–5
Win 18–12 Mar 2014 Great Britain F8,
Tipton
Futures Hard (i)   Lewis Burton   David Rice
  Sean Thornley
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
Win 19–12 Apr 2014 Great Britain F9,
Bournemouth
Futures Clay   Lewis Burton   Jake Eames
  Brydan Klein
6–1, 7–5
Win 20–12 May 2014 Great Britain F10,
Edinburgh
Futures Clay   Jonny O'Mara   Maverick Banes
  Gavin van Peperzeel
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 21–12 May 2014 Great Britain F11,
Newcastle
Futures Clay   Jonny O'Mara   Maverick Banes
  Gavin van Peperzeel
7–6(10–8), 6–1
Loss 21–13 Aug 2014 Spain F24,
Pozoblanco
Futures Hard   Lewis Burton   Edward Corrie
  David Rice
4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 Charlottesville,
United States
Challenger Hard (i)   Lewis Burton   Treat Huey
  Frederik Nielsen
6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 22–13 Jan 2015 Great Britain F2,
Sunderland
Futures Hard (i)   Lewis Burton   Isak Arvidsson
  Micke Kontinen
6–3, 6–2
Loss 22–14 Mar 2015 Great Britain F5,
Shrewsbury
Futures Hard (i)   Sean Thornley   Luke Bambridge
  Scott Clayton
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 22–15 May 2015 Spain F11,
Móstoles
Futures Hard   José Checa Calvo   Juan-Samuel Arauzo
  Ivan Arenas-Gualda
3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 23–15 May 2015 Egypt F19,
Sharm El Sheikh
Futures Hard   Daniel Smethurst   Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
  Issam Haitham Taweel
6–4, 6–4
Win 24–15 May 2015 Egypt F20,
Sharm El Sheikh
Futures Hard   Daniel Smethurst   Karim Hossam
  Issam Haitham Taweel
6–1, 6–3
Win 25–15 Jul 2015 Great Britain F6,
Frinton
Futures Grass   Daniel Smethurst   Evan Hoyt
  Bradley Mousley
6–4, 6–4
Loss 25–16 Sep 2015 Sweden F4,
Falun
Futures Hard (i)   James Marsalek   David O'Hare
  Joe Salisbury
3–6, 5–7
Win 26–16 Nov 2016 Kuwait F3,
Mishref
Futures Hard   Daniel Altmaier   Roy Sarut De Valk
  Ronan Joncour
6–1, 6–1
Loss 26–17 Feb 2017 Great Britain F3,
Shrewsbury
Futures Hard (i)   Jack Molloy   Scott Clayton
  Luke Johnson
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 27–17 Aug 2017 Portugal F17,
Sintra
Futures Hard   Edward Corrie   Yanais Laurent
  Maxime Tchoutakian
6–1, 6–4
Loss 27–18 Feb 2018 Great Britain F1,
Glasgow
Futures Hard (i)   Neil Pauffley   Matthias Haim
  Jakob Sude
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
Win 28–18 Feb 2018 Great Britain F3,
Shrewsbury
Futures Hard (i)   Scott Clayton   Harri Heliövaara
  Frederik Nielsen
6–2, 7–5
Loss 28–19 Sep 2022 France M25,
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
World Tour Hard   James MacKinlay   Joris de Loore
  Yannick Mertens
6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Win 29–19 Sep 2022 Spain M25,
Madrid
World Tour Clay   Scott Duncan   Lamine Ouahab
  Mohamed Nazim Makhlouf
6–1, 6–3
Loss 29–20 Oct 2022 France M25,
Nevers
World Tour Hard (i)   Federico Agustín Gómez   Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg
  Antoine Hoang
7–6(12–10), 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Win 30–20 Oct 2022 France M25,
Sarreguemines
World Tour Carpet (i)   Scott Duncan   Grégoire Jacq
  Arthur Bouquier
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 31–20 Nov 2022 France M15,
Villers-lès-Nancy
World Tour Hard (i)   Scott Duncan   Grégoire Jacq
  Arthur Bouquier
6–1, 2–0 ret.
Win 32–20 Jan 2023 Great Britain M25,
Sheffield
World Tour Hard (i)   Scott Duncan   Corentin Denolly
  Simon Freund
6–3, 6–4
Win 33–20 Feb 2023 Great Britain M25,
Bath
World Tour Hard (i)   Scott Duncan   Ben Jones
  Daniel Little
6–3, 6–4
Loss 33–21 Mar 2023 Canada M25,
Montreal
World Tour Hard (i)   Scott Duncan   Juan Carlos Aguilar
  Joe Tyler
4–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win 34–21 Apr 2023 Great Britain M25,
Nottingham
World Tour Hard   Neil Oberleitner   August Holmgren
  Johannes Ingildsen
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win 35–21 May 2023 Great Britain M25,
Nottingham
World Tour Hard   Scott Duncan   Giles Hussey
  Ben Jones
6–3, 6–2
Win 36–21 Nov 2023 Great Britain M25,
Sunderland
World Tour Hard (i)   David Stevenson   James Davis
  Joshua Goodger
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 1–1 Dec 2023 Maspalomas,
Spain
Challenger Clay   Scott Duncan   Théo Arribagé
  Sadio Doumbia
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 2–1 Jan 2024 Oeiras,
Portugal
Challenger Hard (i)   Jay Clarke   Théo Arribagé
  Michael Geerts
6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–3]
Loss 2–2 Jan 2024 Oeiras,
Portugal
Challenger Hard (i)   Arjun Kadhe   Karol Drzewiecki
  Piotr Matuszewski
3–6, 4–6
Win 37–21 Jan 2024 Great Britain M25,
Sunderland
World Tour Hard (i)   David Stevenson   Dan Added
  Clément Chidekh
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Win 3–2 Feb 2024 Glasgow,
United Kingdom
Challenger Hard (i)   Scott Duncan   Kyle Edmund
  Henry Searle
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Mar 2024 Lille,
France
Challenger Hard (i)   Christian Harrison   Titouan Droguet
  Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 5–2 Apr 2024 Savannah,
United States
Challenger Clay   Christian Harrison   Simon Freund
  Johannes Ingildsen
6–3, 6–3

Wins over top 10 players edit

Doubles edit

# Partner Opponents Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score Willis
Rank
2017
1.   Jay Clarke   Nicolas Mahut
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
4
7
Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 2R 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 708

Record against top-10 players edit

Willis' match record against players who have been ranked in the Top 10.

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
  Daniil Medvedev 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4) at 2016 Wimbledon Q3
  Roger Federer 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (0–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2016 Wimbledon 2R
Number 5 ranked players
  Andrey Rublev 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2016 Wimbledon Q2
  Rainer Schüttler 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2011 Eastbourne Q2
Number 9 ranked players
  Alex de Minaur 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–4, 3–6, 1–6) at 2017 Surbiton Q2
Total 2–3 40% 0–0 0–0 2–3

References edit

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External links edit