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Kyle Edmund of Great Britain in action

Kyle Edmund

GB RANKING15

WORLD RANKING420

CAREER HIGH
08/10/2018 14

ATP TITLES3

ITF TITLES13

DAVIS CUP TIES1

Last updated: 19/08/2025

Kyle Edmund of Great Britain celebrates a game point

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AGE30

HEIGHT188 cm

PLAYSRight-handed

BACKHANDTwo-handed

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Get to know Kyle Edmund

About

Kyle Edmund was a British tennis player who began his professional career in 2012 and announced his retirement on 18 August 2025.

Born in South Africa but raised from the age of three in Hull, Edmund took to tennis from a young age, starting at ten years old and quickly honing his skills in his teenage years, with it becoming a full-time commitment around the age of 14, where he received LTA support in the form of coaching, trips and funding towards his development.

Quick-fire facts

  • Nickname: “Kedders”
  • Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa – moved to Beverley, North Yorkshire aged 3
  • Lives: London
  • Trains: National Tennis Centre, Roehampton
  • Favourite tournament: Wimbledon
  • Tennis beginnings: Began playing by chance at age 10, taking lessons at a local club while his sister was swimming.
  • Tennis idols: Andy Murray and Marat Safin
  • Likes: Loves Liverpool FC – more nervous watching them than playing tennis – also enjoys listening to music and playing golf. Enjoys riding his Yamaha Rhino 4x4, follows F1 and loves sports cars. If he wasn’t a tennis player, he’d be a cricket player or F1 driver. Also Ambassador for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity,
    Family: Dad Steven was born in Wales, mum Denise is South African. Denise is a former sprinter. Also sister, Kelly.

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