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The 2025 British grass court season has delivered some performances to remember for a whole host of Brits including emerging talents as well and long-established stars.
We kicked off this year’s grass court season at the Lexus Birmingham Open before building up to the thrilling finale at The Championships, Wimbledon.
Take a look at our round-up of some of the most exciting British performances on the grass this year.
Sonay Kartal
Thunder erupted as Sonay Kartal walked onto Wimbledon’s Centre Court for the first time, announcing the arrival of the last British female in the competition.
After her impressive run from qualifying to the third round in 2024, Kartal was drawn in the main line-up for the first time and was ready to go one step further in 2025.
Getting off to a great start, the Brit came back from behind to knock out former Grand Slam champion Jelena Ostapenko in her opening match, before more stand out performances against Viktoriya Tomova and Diane Parry to reach the fourth round.
Despite bowing out to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on this occasion, her performance in SW19 and a second round appearance at the HSBC Championships, she will rise to a new career-high ranking inside the world's top 50 when the rankings next update.
Jack Draper
Off the back of his impressive clay court season performance, Jack Draper kicked off the grass with a career-best run to the HSBC Championships semi-finals - bagging his first ATP Tour semi-final on home soil.
The British No.1 was backed by the British crowd every step of the way and spoke warmly about the love he felt from the fans throughout the week at The Queen’s Club.
“It means the world to me, honestly, the support I’ve received this week has been amazing, thank you.
"I’m used to battling against the crowd, so this week’s nicer for that. To be in the semi-final here is honestly something I’ve wanted since I was a little kid, so it means everything to me.”
His success at the West London tournament helped propel him to back to his career-high world No.4 and secure a fourth seed spot at Wimbledon for the first time in his career.
Cam Norrie
Despite a slow start on the surface, Cam Norrie was saving his best play on grass for when he needed it most to reach his second Grand Slam quarter-final.
The Brit made himself at home on Wimbledon’s No.1 Court, seeing off Frances Tiafoe, Mattia Bellucci and Nicolas Jarry in one of the longest matches of The Championships on Wimbledon’s second largest court.
He became the fourth British man to reach the quarter-finals on multiple occasions at The Championships as well as the first unseeded British man to do so this century as well as the last Brit standing in the singles competition.
He couldn’t quite beat his 2022 run to the semis after facing off with two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals, but the Brit looked back to his best as he’s set to re-claim his spot as British No.2 when the rankings update.
Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu has had a strong grass court season with a quarter-final appearance at The Queen’s Club before a third round run at Wimbledon under her belt.
The Brit joined a host of stars on court at The Queen’s Club as the women’s tournament returned to West London for the first time in over 50 years. She rattled of two straight set wins in front of the delighted British crowds against Cristina Bucsa and Rebecca Sramkova in the opening rounds.
The 2021 US Open champion was the last Brit remaining when she bowed out in the quarter-finals to top seed and world No.7 Qinwen Zheng – giving her all the confidence she needed coming into SW19.
Following a world class performance to take out former champion Marketa Vondrousova in the second round, her round three clash with world No.1 Aryana Sabalenka was one of the matches of The Championships.
The Brit put in a valiant effort in what proved to be a tight match, despite losing out 7-6(6), 6-4 she can take lots of belief from her Centre Court performance to help her through the rest of the year.
"It does give me confidence because I think the problem before was that I felt like I was gulfs away from the very top. Having a match like that where I had chances in both sets, it does give me confidence."
Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash
Over in the doubles, Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash looked unbeatable on the grass as they made it to three consecutive finals and secured two trophies on the surface.
After missing out on the title at the Libema Open, Glasspool and Cash returned to Britain wanting to go a step further. And that they did at the HSBC Championships when they became the first all British pair to lift the trophy at The Queen’s Club in the Open Era.
(It’s been a) crazy three weeks for us. We’ve gone three finals in a row, I feel like I haven’t had a minute to breathe.
They then backed up this performance with a second title in as many weeks down on the South Coast. In another week of dominant performances, they only dropped one set on their way to lifting the Lexus Eastbourne Open trophy.
However, the real highlight came just two weeks later as the Brtish pair set their sights on the Wimbledon title.
In their first appearance at The Championships together, they went on to not only reach their first Grand Slam final but become the first all-British champions since 1936.
Jack Pinnington Jones
Jack Pinnington Jones has cemented himself as one to watch for British tennis fans after his successes during this year’s grass court season.
The Brit reached his first Challenger final on home soil at the Lexus Ilkley Open in only his second tournament since competing at college in the NCAA for Texas Christian University.
He wasn’t done on the grass just yet, with a wild card into the main draw, the Brit made the most of the opportunity bagging his first Grand Slam win.
Despite being ranked 228 places below his opponent, former world No.27 Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the 22-year-old captured an impressive straight sets victory and his win closed out the most successful day of Wimbledon for the Brits in the Open Era as he joined nine compatriots in the second round.
Alfie Hewett
Following his Wimbledon singles title in 2024, Alfie Hewett was back in SW19 to defend his title for the first time in his career.
The British No.1 had already picked up some silverware on the grass - he won the men's singles title at the Lexus British Open Roehampton before adding the doubles title to it with long-term partner Gordon Reid.
Hewett put in some impressive performances at Wimbledon, however, the British star finished runner-up in both the singles and doubles with Reid. Aiming to replicate his first Wimbledon singles title a year ago, Hewett narrowly lost to world No.1 Tokito Oda 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in an entertaining final.