Alfie Hewett

Alfie Hewett

Hewett at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Cantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Born	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (29 January 2018)
Current ranking	No. 3 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2020)
French Open	W (2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	SF (2017, 2018)
US Open	W (2018, 2019)
Other tournaments
Masters	W (2017)
Paralympic Games	Silver Medal (2016)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 1 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2020)
French Open	W (2020)
Wimbledon	W (2016, 2017, 2018)
US Open	W (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles	W (2017)
Paralympic Games	Silver Medal (2016)
Last updated on: 9 September 2018.

Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997) is a British wheelchair tennis player, from Cantley in Norfolk. He attended Acle High School and went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at City College Norwich.

Tennis career

Alfie Hewett at the 2017 US Open

In July 2016 Hewett won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles, alongside Gordon Reid, winning 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6) against the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.

He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with partner Gordon Reid, who beat him in the singles final.

In May 2017 Hewett won his first Grand Slam in singles at the French Open, beating Gustavo Fernández of Argentina 0–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2.

In July 2017, in a repeat of the final a year earlier, Hewett won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles, alongside Reid, winning 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) against Houdet and Peifer.

Hewett won the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough, UK. He ended 2017 ranked No 2 in the world, then a career-high.

On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1.

In March 2018 Hewett won his first Super Series singles title at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, USA.

On 2 September 2018 he claimed his second Super Series title at the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis. Later that month Hewett won the singles title at the US Open as well as the doubles title with Gordon Reid.

In September 2019 he successfully defended both his singles and, with Gordon Reid, doubles titles at the US Open.

In 2020 Hewett won the French Open singles title 6–4 4–6 6–3 against Joachim Gérard and partnered Reid to win all three available Grand Slam doubles titles at the Australian Open, US Open and French Open.

Grand Slam performance timelines

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

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	QF	QF	QF	SF	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	W	QF	SF	W	2 / 4	7–2	78%
Wimbledon	QF	SF	SF	QF	NH	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	NH	F	W	W	F	2 / 4	10–2	83%
Win–Loss	0–1	6–3	4–3	4–3	6–2	4 / 16	0–0	63%

Doubles

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	F	F	SF	W	1 / 4	4–3	57%
French Open	A	A	F	SF	SF	W	1 / 4	3–3	50%
Wimbledon	SF	W	W	W	F	NH	3 / 5	7–2	78%
US Open	A	A	W	W	W	W	4 / 4	8–0	100%
Win–Loss	0–1	2–0	6–2	5–2	3–3	6–0	9 / 17	22–8	73%