Wimbledon 2026: Alfie Hewett finishes runner-up to world No.1 Tokito Oda
Alfie Hewett’s 23rd career Grand Slam singles final ended in a 6-1, 6-1 loss to world No.1 and defending champion Tokito Oda of Japan today at The Championships, Wimbledon.
Oda joins Hewett at the top of the list of most successful active men’s wheelchair singles players in Grand Slam competition with 10 trophies.
Contesting his third Wimbledon singles final against Oda on No.1 Court since 2023, world No.2 Hewett struggled with his own service game against an inspired performance from the top seed, who had been on the opposite side of the net 24 hours earlier as Hewett and Gordon Reid claimed their seventh Wimbledon men’s doubles final.
Speaking on court after the match, Hewett, who leaves the All England Club this year as a 35-time Grand Slam champion across singles and doubles, said: “Right now, I’m just extremely disappointed. I was on a high yesterday, and it was an incredible match with Gordon. This match won’t overshadow that performance. I was not the performance I wanted today; I don’t think Tokito read the script.
10 years ago Gordon played the first singles final on Court 17. To fast forward a decade and to be playing in an arena as big this and a court as full as this, we have a lot of people to thank for that opportunity.
“That’s three Grand Slams now (for Oda in 2026) so I know what your goal will be going into the US Open. He’s an incredible player and demonstrated that again today.
“10 years ago Gordon played the first singles final on Court 17. To fast forward a decade and to be playing in an arena as big as this and a court as full as this, we have a lot of people to thank for that opportunity.
“It would be nice to win in front of you guys (the crowd), but it wasn’t to be today. The sport has come such a long way in such a short space of time, and I believe Wimbledon and the All England Club have done a lot to put wheelchair tennis on the map.”
Prior to the start of today’s final the coin toss was performed by Leo Charsleworth-Mark, a member of the LTA’s National Age Group 14U Wheelchair Programme and one of the younger players on the LTA Wheelchair Performance Pathway to have been inspired by the success of the likes of Hewett and Reid.
After the match, Hewett and Oda were joined on No.1 Court by legends of the game, including Britain's Peter Norfolk, Jordanne Whiley and Jayant Mistry for a special celebration of 50 years of wheelchair tennis.
