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. 2 (9 July 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2017)
French Open	W (2017)
Wimbledon	SF (2017)
US Open	W (2018)
Other tournaments
Masters	W (2017)
Paralympic Games	Silver Medal (2016)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 3 (5 June 2017)
Current ranking	No. 3 (9 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2017)
French Open	F (2017)
Wimbledon	W (2016, 2017, 2018)
US Open	W (2017, 2018)
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.

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, a career-high for him.

On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1.

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