Alfie Hewett

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Alfie Hewett
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Hewett at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceCantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Born (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 24)
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (29 January 2018)
Current rankingNo. 3 (31 May 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenF (2021)
French OpenW (2017, 2020, 2021)
WimbledonSF (2017, 2018)
US OpenW (2018, 2019)
Other tournaments
MastersW (2017)
Paralympic GamesSilver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Medal (2016)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 1 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2020, 2021)
French OpenW (2020, 2021)
WimbledonW (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)
US OpenW (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2017)
Paralympic GamesSilver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Medal (2016, 2020)
Last updated on: 10 June 2021.

Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997) is a British wheelchair tennis player, from Cantley in Norfolk. He is the current world No. 1 in doubles, and formerly held the top ranking in singles.

Hewett is an 18-time Grand Slam champion, having won five titles in singles, and thirteen in doubles alongside compatriot Gordon Reid. The pair completed the calendar-year Grand Slam in 2021, becoming the first to do so in wheelchair men's doubles since Stéphane Houdet in 2014. Hewett is also a three-time Paralympic silver medalist, and won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in both singles and doubles in 2017.

Tennis career[]

Alfie Hewett at the 2017 US Open

Hewett attended Acle High School[1] and went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at City College Norwich.[2]

In July 2016 Hewett won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles, alongside Gordon Reid, coming back from a set down to win against the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.[3]

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 in three sets, despite losing the first to love.

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 in three sets 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.[4]

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.[5]

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

After winning a silver medal in the men's doubles with Gordon Reid at the 2020 Summer Paralympics[7] and losing the bronze medal singles match to Reid, world number 2[7] Hewett spoke about his Paralympic future being "out of his hands",[7] due to a review into whether his disability, caused by Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, is severe enough to qualify him to play under the 2019 revision of International Tennis Federation rules.[7] Hewett expects to hear the results of his appeal by the end of the 2021 season.[7]

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (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)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Wheelchair singles[]

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A QF QF QF SF F 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A W QF SF W W 3 / 5 10–2 83%
Wimbledon QF SF SF QF NH QF 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open NH F W W F F 2 / 5 12–3 80%
Win–Loss 0–1 6–3 4–3 4–3 6–2 7–3 5 / 20 27–15 64%

Wheelchair doubles[]

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A F F SF W W 2 / 5 6–3 67%
French Open A A F SF SF W W 2 / 5 5–3 63%
Wimbledon SF W W W F NH W 4 / 6 9–2 82%
US Open A NH W W W W W 5 / 5 10–0 100%
Win–Loss 0–1 2–0 6–2 5–2 3–3 6–0 8–0 13 / 21 30–8 79%

References[]

  1. ^ Armstrong, Mark. "Norfolk tennis ace Alfie Hewett is making a career of fighting against the odds after Roland Garros victory". Great Yarmouth Mercury. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ George, Martin. "Paralympic star Alfie Hewett among students honoured at City College Norwich further education awards". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ Freezer, David. "Family's joy as Norwich tennis ace Alfie Hewett is crowned Wimbledon champion". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Amazing news that @alfiehewett6 has become the World No.1!". LTA via Twitter. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^ "US Open 2019: Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne win singles & doubles titles". BBC. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ "French Open 2020: Britain's Alfie Hewett completes double by winning singles title". BBC. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e McElwee, Molly; Gareth A Davies; Sarah Rendell (3 September 2021). "Day 10: Alfie Hewett facing end of Paralympic career — due to being deemed not disabled enough". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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