Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 283 achieved on 10 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of 183 achieved on 27 May 2024.[1][2]

Charles Broom
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed, Two-handed backhand
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 235 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 235 (17 June 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 183 (27 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 186 (17 June 2024)
Last updated on: 17 June 2024.

Early life

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From 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

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In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won a challenger tour 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 a doubles tournament on the Challenger Tour 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 a Challenger Tour doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[10]

Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024. He reaches his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open in June 2024, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.[11]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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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Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (12–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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

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  1. ^ "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Kust, Damian (June 17, 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Fearnley Against All Odds". Lastwordonsports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.