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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 [1]
Singles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 235 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 252 (22 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (15 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 143 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (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.

Early life

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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]

Career

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2022: Four doubles ITF titles

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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

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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

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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 United Kingdom Jacob Fearnley 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 Columbus, USA Challenger Hard (i) Germany Constantin Frantzen United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 2024 Kachreti, Georgia Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ben Jones Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgenii Tiurnev
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Aug 2024 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard United Kingdom David Stevenson Israel Daniel Cukierman
Denmark Johannes Ingildsen
6–3, 7–6, [7–3]

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 United Kingdom 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 Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Germany Tom Schonenberg
Netherlands Colin Van Beem
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Nov 2020 M15 Fayetteville, USA WTT Hard Chile Matias Soto Canada Liam Draxl
United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 3–0 Jul 2021 M15 Novi Sad, Serbia WTT Clay Czech Republic Tadeas Paroulek Romania Nicolae Frunză
Romania Alexandru Jecan
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 4–0 Oct 2021 M15 Ithaca, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten United States Eduardo Nava
United States Nathan Ponwith
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss 4–1 Nov 2021 M15 Fayetteville, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten United States George Goldhoff
Czech Republic Tadeas Paroulek
4–6, 2–6
Win 5–1 Dec 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten Netherlands Sidane Pontjodikromo
Germany Kai Wehnelt
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 6–1 Jan 2022 M25 Bath, United Kingdom WTT Hard United Kingdom Alastair Gray Netherlands Guy den Ouden
United Kingdom Luke Johnson
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–2 Feb 2022 M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom WTT Hard Germany Constantin Frantzen Netherlands Gijs Brouwer
United Kingdom Aidan McHugh
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Loss 6–3 Mar 2022 M25 Calabasas, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 7–3 April 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Germany Constantin Frantzen China Li Zhe
China Bu Yunchaokete
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 7–4 May 2022 M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom WTT Hard United Kingdom Jan Choinski United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 8–4 May 2022 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard United Kingdom Julian Cash Italy Gabriele Bosio
United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse
7–5, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Jul 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom WTT Grass United Kingdom Luke Johnson United Kingdom Alastair Gray
United Kingdom Stuart Parker
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win 9–5 Aug 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom WTT Grass United Kingdom Luke Johnson United Kingdom Ben Jones
United Kingdom Joe Tyler
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 9–6 Mar 2023 M25 Trimbach, Switzerland WTT Carpet United Kingdom Anton Matusevich Germany Daniel Masur
Germany Johannes Härteis
6-7 7-6 [10-5]
Loss 9–7 May 2023 M25 Varnamo, Sweden WTT Clay United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse Sweden Simon Freund
Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim
3-6 3-6
Win 10–7 July 2023 M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom WTT Hard United Kingdom George Houghton United Kingdom Emile Hudd
United Kingdom Johannus Monday
6-4 4-6 11-9
Win 11–7 July 2023 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom WTT Grass United Kingdom Ben Jones United Kingdom Matthew Howse
United Kingdom Joel Pierleoni
walkover
Loss 11–8 Oct 2023 M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom WTT Hard United Kingdom David Stevenson United Kingdom Jacob Fearnley
United Kingdom Connor Thomson
6-7 7-6 [10-7]
Loss 11–9 Oct 2023 M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada WTT Hard United Kingdom Ben Jones France Max Westphal
United States Theodore Winegar
6-4 3-6 [9-11]
Win 12–9 May 2024 M25 Kachreti, Georgia WTT Hard United Kingdom Hamish Stewart Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
Evgeny Karlovskiy
6-4 6-4

References

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  1. ^ "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  11. ^ Kust, Damian (June 17, 2024). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Fearnley Against All Odds". Lastwordonsports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Jacob Fearnley Captures First ATP Challenger Singles Title". Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Double delight for Charles Broom in Lexus Ilkley Trophy". Hampshire Chronicle. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Giles Hussey bags first ATP Tour win". LTA. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  15. ^ "British Wild Card Harris Wins Memorable Eastbourne Debut". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Fritz, Shang set Eastbourne QF showdown". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.


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