Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 183 achieved on 27 May 2024.[1][2]
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | 24 April 1998 |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Plays | Right-handed, Two-handed backhand |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 235 (17 June 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 235 (17 June 2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 183 (27 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 186 (17 June 2024) |
Last updated on: 17 June 2024. |
Early life
editFrom Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy.[3]
Career
edit2022: Four doubles ITF titles
editIn January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England.[4] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir.[5] In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash.[6] In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox.[7] Broom was given a wildcard into qualifying for the Men’s singles at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships but lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov.[8][9] In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[10]
2024: Top 250 and Grand Slam debuts
editAlongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.
In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.[11] He defeated Mikhail Kukushkin the following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[12]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2024 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Jacob Fearnley | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Constantin Frantzen | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2024 | Kachreti, Georgia | Challenger | Hard | Ben Jones | Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev |
3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (1 title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2024 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Henry Searle | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2017 | Belgium F8 | Futures | Clay | Colin Sinclair | Tom Schonenberg Colin Van Beem |
4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2020 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Matias Soto | Liam Draxl Aleksandar Kovacevic |
2–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Win | 3–0 | Jul 2021 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | WTT | Clay | Tadeas Paroulek | Nicolae Frunză Alexandru Jecan |
2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 4–0 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith |
7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Loss | 4–1 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5–1 | Dec 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt |
5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
Win | 6–1 | Jan 2022 | M25 Bath, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Alastair Gray | Guy Den Ouden Luke Johnson |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 6–2 | Feb 2022 | M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh |
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10] |
Loss | 6–3 | Mar 2022 | M25 Calabasas, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 7–3 | April 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Li Zhe Bu Yunchaokete |
7–5, 2–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 7–4 | May 2022 | M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Jan Choinski | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Win | 8–4 | May 2022 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Julian Cash | Gabriele Bosio Mark Whitehouse |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Jul 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Alastair Gray Stuart Parker |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10] |
Win | 9–5 | Aug 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Ben Jones Joe Tyler |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 9–6 | Mar 2023 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | WTT | Carpet | Anton Matusevich | Daniel Masur Johannes Härteis |
6-7 7-6 [10-5] |
Loss | 9–7 | May 2023 | M25 Varnamo, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Mark Whitehouse | Simon Freund Eric Vanshelboim |
3-6 3-6 |
Win | 10–7 | July 2023 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | George Houghton | Emile Hudd Johannus Monday |
6-4 4-6 11-9 |
Win | 11–7 | July 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Ben Jones | Matthew Howse Joel Pierleoni |
walkover |
Loss | 11–8 | Oct 2023 | M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | David Stevenson | Jacob Fearnley Connor Thomson |
6-7 7-6 [10-7] |
Loss | 11–9 | Oct 2023 | M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada | WTT | Hard | Ben Jones | Max Westphal Theodore Winegar |
6-4 3-6 [9-11] |
Win | 12–9 | May 2024 | M25 Kachreti, Georgia | WTT | Hard | Hamish Stewart | Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy |
6-4 6-4 |
References
edit- ^ "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom wins second Doubles title of the Year whilst Tara Moore loses out in an epic Doubles Final in Bogota". lta. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Biggest title win moves Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls into world's top 90 for first time". Team Bath. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Kust, Damian (June 17, 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Fearnley Against All Odds". Lastwordonsports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Double delight for Charles Broom in Lexus Ilkley Trophy". Hampshire Chronicle. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.