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British tennis player
Charles Broom Country (sports) United Kingdom Born (1998-04-24 ) 24 April 1998 (age 26) Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Plays Right-handed, Two-handed backhand [ 1] Career record 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 235 (17 June 2024) Current ranking No. 252 (22 July 2024) Wimbledon 1R (2024 ) Career record 2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 143 (15 July 2024) Current ranking No. 143 (15 July 2024) Wimbledon 3R (2024 ) Wimbledon 1R (2024 ) Last updated on: 16 July 2024.
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. 143 achieved on 15 July 2024.
From Hertfordshire , Broom attended St Albans School . He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire , where he was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, followed by Baylor University , where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy .[ 2]
2022: Four doubles ITF titles [ edit ]
In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray , Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England .[ 3] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir .[ 4]
In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash .[ 5]
In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox .[ 6] 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 .[ 7] [ 8]
In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham .[ 9]
2024: Top 250, ATP and Major debuts[ edit ]
Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.[ 10]
In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open , where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley .[ 11] [ 12]
The following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships .[ 13]
Ranked No. 245, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, after the withdrawal of second seed Tommy Paul .[ 14] [ 15] He lost to compatriot and wildcard Billy Harris in three sets.[ 16]
ATP Challenger Tour finals [ edit ]
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[ edit ]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
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)[ edit ]
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