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100 and counting – British tennis stars reach new milestone for the 2022 season

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The 2022 season just gets better and better for Britain’s tennis stars.

Just eight months into the year and the Brits have surpassed 100 professional titles across the ATP, WTA and ITF Tours - reaching 115 unique titles.

The Brits brilliant 2022 season so far has seen them break the 100 title mark two months ahead of last year.

Here’s a recap of the 60 British champions and the biggest highlights of the season so far...

Grand Slam champions

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There’s been Grand Slam glory aplenty for our British wheelchair stars this season. The world’s top ranked doubles duo Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid extended their record to 10 consecutive major titles as they capture the Australian Open and French Open crowns once again this year – winning both finals against Shingo Kunieda and Gustavo Fernandez in match tie-breaks.

It was also a stunning start to the season for Andy Lapthorne, who captured his sixth Australian Open doubles crown alongside American, David Wagner.

As the tennis world turned their attention to London and The Championships, Wimbledon this summer, Neal Skupski rose to the occasion to retain his mixed doubles title with Desirae Krawczyk. They defeated Australian duo Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3 to become the first team to defend the title since 1997.

Brits continue to rise on the ATP Tour

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British No.1 Cam Norrie has been a standout on the ATP Tour this season. Norrie has doubled his trophy tally this year to four ATP crowns, having lifted titles at the Delray Beach Open and the Lyon Open. The Brit took down the big serving Reilly Opelka 7-6(1), 7-6(4) in the final of Delray Beach and followed it up by winning his first title on clay just a few months later – defeating Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 in France.

His impressive performances have seen Norrie reach the top 10 for the first time in his career, becoming only the fourth Brit to do so in the Open Era.

World No.1 Joe Salisbury has been firmly in the spotlight this season having strung together several strong performances at major tournaments this year. His best result of the season so far came at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he and Rajeev Ram beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in a tense match tie-break to seal their second ATP 1000 title.

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Skupski’s Wimbledon title followed an unbelievable vein of form on the ATP Tour that has seen him rise into the top five in the rankings, becoming one half of the most in-form team on the circuit. Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof have won an incredible five titles this season, including Melbourne, Adelaide, Doha, s’Hertogenbosch and their crown jewel, the ATP Masters in Madrid.

Another success story of the ATP doubles season so far has been Lloyd Glasspool, who recently teamed up with regular partner Harri Heliovaara to beat Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop in Hamburg to claim their second career title together.

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Over to the ATP Challenger Tour and the Brits have won 11 combined singles and doubles titles so far this year. Leading the way is 20-year-old Jack Draper, who has risen into the world’s top 100 with four Challenger titles to start the year – the most of any player on tour. Draper – who is supported by the LTA Pro-Scholarship Programme – won three back-to-back titles in Forli before claiming victory in Saint-Beiruc.

Draper is joined by Dan Evans, Jay Clarke, Paul Jubb, Ken Skupski, Jonny O’Mara, Julian Cash, Henry Patten and Billy Harris as champions on the tour this year.

Women’s stars bring home ITF crowns

British stars Katie Boulter and Katie Swan have reaped the biggest success in the ITF singles events in 2022. Boulter - also supported by the Pro-Scholarship Programme - claimed her first title in four years earlier this season at the W60 Grenoble, while Swan recently beat fellow Brit Jodie Burrage in the W60 Lexington.

The Brits doubles dominance extends to the women’s game as well, with four Brits now featuring inside the world’s top 90. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls have been the highest risers this season, having won titles at the W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, W60 Bellinzona and reaching their first WTA final.

British No.1 Sam Murray Sharan has won two W60 titles this year with Xenia Knoll and Mariam Bolkvadze, while Tara Moore was victorious at the W60+H Traralgon.

Titles on home soil

This year has seen more ITF events taking place in Britain as part of the LTA’s Performance Competitions Calendar providing enhanced opportunities for British players at each age and stage of the performance player pathway. So far this year the British stars winning a combined 30 unique titles at home ITF events.

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One of the stars of the season has been 20-year-old Sonay Kartal, who has won four singles trophies in Britain in 2022. Kartal started the season by winning the W25 Birmingham in February and just went from strength to strength – securing the title in Glasgow and then back-to-back trophies in Nottingham.

24-year-old Alastair Gray – who is supported by the Men’s & Women’s Programme has been another standout this season, tying up three singles crowns of his own in Shrewsbury, Glasgow and Nottingham.

Meanwhile, Greg Slade took his first ITF Wheelchair Tour title in the quad doubles event in Bolton earlier this year alongside Lapthorne, with Lucy Shuker winning the women’s singles crowns at the ITF2 and ITF3 events.

British wheelchair success continues

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Following on from his Australian Open doubles title earlier in the year, Lapthorne broke new ground at the British Open this year, winning the quad singles title in his sixth final appearance.

Britain’s young stars have also been making headlines this season. Ben Bartram claimed the Nottingham Futures singles title before going on to win the biggest trophy of his career at the Flanders ITF3 event to complete a sequence of four ITF Futures men’s singles titles. Meanwhile Dahnon Ward and Andrew Penney recently won their first ITF2 doubles event at the Austrian Open.

Abbie Breakwell secured the Nottingham Futures double this summer – her maiden Futures singles title – and fellow Brit Ruby Bishop got her first pro title at the Lithuanian Open.

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Michael Bourne, Head of Performance at the LTA, said: “It is great to see so many players from our Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis Player Pathways having international tournament success. The LTA aims to support players throughout their journey to the elite levels of the game, so we are particularly encouraged to see a mix of established players continuing to win tournaments alongside new players having breakthrough wins.”

Full list of British tennis champions

Player

Partner

Title

Neal Skupski

Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Melbourne Summer Set

Tara Moore

Emina Bektas (USA)

W60+H Traralgon

Neal Skupski

Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Adelaide International 2

Jack Draper

 

Citta’ Di Forli’ 2 Challenger 80

Daniel Cox

 

M25 Bath

Charles Broom

Alastair Gray

M25 Bath

Alastair Gray

Charles Broom

M25 Bath

Alfie Hewett

 

Melbourne Wheelchair Open

Alfie Hewett

Gordon Reid

Australian Open

Gordon Reid

Alfie Hewett

Australian Open

Andy Lapthorne

David Wagner (USA)

Australian Open

Julian Cash

Lucas Gerch (GER)

M25 Loughborough

Alfie Hewett

 

ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Alastair Gray

 

M25 Shrewsbury

Anton Matusevich

Joshua Paris

M25 Shrewsbury

Joshua Paris

Anton Matusevich

M25 Shrewsbury

Katie Boulter

 

W60 Grenoble

Lucy Shuker

Dana Matthewson (USA)

Bolton Indoor ITF3 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Lucy Shuker

 

Bolton Indoor ITF3 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Sonay Kartal

 

W25 Birmingham

Eliz Maloney

Andre Lukosiute (LTU)

W25 Birmingham

Lucy Shuker

 

Bolton Indoor ITF2 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Andy Lapthorne

Gregory Slade

Bolton Indoor ITF2 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Gregory Slade

Andy Lapthorne

Bolton Indoor ITF2 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Samantha Murray Sharan

Mariam Bolkvadze (GEO)

W60 Altenkirchen

Sonay Kartal

 

W25 Glasgow

Alastair Gray

 

M25 Glasgow

Aidan McHugh

Gijs Brouwer (NED)

M25 Glasgow

Blu Baker

Jesse Witten (USA)

M15 Naples, FL

Neal Skupski

Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Qatar ExxonMobil Open

Cameron Norrie

 

Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com

Jack Draper

 

Citta’ Di Forli’ 4

Jack Draper

 

Citta' Di Forli' 5

Henry Patten

Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

M25 Santo Domingo

Katie Swan

 

W25 Santo Domingo

Henry Patten

Mark Whitehouse

M25 Santo Domingo

Mark Whitehouse

Henry Patten

M25 Santo Domingo

Felix Gill

Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG)

M15 Antalya

Emily Appleton

Ali Collins

W25 Joue les Tours

Ali Collins

Emily Appleton

W25 Joue les Tours

Lucy Shuker

Dana Mathewson (USA)

ITF Georgia Open

Alfie Hewett

 

Cajun Classic

Andy Lapthorne

David Wagner (USA)

Cajun Classic

Greg Slade

Myung-Je Kim (KOR)

Megasaray Open

Julian Cash

Arjun Kadhe (IND)

M15 Bengaluru

Paul Jubb

 

Dove Men+Care Challenger Bolivia 2

Eliz Maloney

Andre Lukosiute (LTU)

W15 Monastir

Ben Jones

Daniel Little

M25 Toulouse-Balma

Daniel Little

Ben Jones

M25 Toulouse-Balma

Oscar Weightman

 

M15 Monastir

Jack Draper

 

Open Saint-Brieuc Harmonie Mutuelle

Charles Broom

Constantin Frantzen (GER)

M15 Monastir

Joe Salisbury

Rajeev Ram (USA)

Rolex Monte Carlo Masters

Alicia Barnett

Olivia Nicholls

W60 Bellinzona

Olivia Nicholls

Alicia Barnett

W60 Bellinzona

Eden Silva

 

W25 Nottingham

Henry Patten

Joshua Paris

M25 Nottingham

Joshua Paris

Henry Patten

M25 Nottingham

Gregory Slade

 

3 Trofeo Citta'Di Cantu

Abbie Breakwell

Britta Wend (GER)

3 Trofeo Citta'Di Cantu

Jay Clarke

 

Morelos Open

Julian Cash

Henry Patten

M25 Nottingham

Henry Patten

Julian Cash

M25 Nottingham

Sonay Kartal

 

W25 Nottingham

Samantha Murray Sharan

Xenia Knoll (SUI)

W60 Koper

Neal Skupski

Wesley Koolhof (NED)

ATP Masters 1000 Madrid

Jack Pinnington Jones

 

M25 Santa Margherita di Pula

Billy Harris

 

M25 Nottingham

Joshua Paris

Henry Patten

M25 Nottingham

Henry Patten

Joshua Paris

M25 Nottingham

Sonay Kartal

 

W25 Nottingham

Naiktha Bains

Maia Lumsden

W25 Nottingham

Maia Lumsden

Naiktha Bains

W25 Nottingham

Kristina Paskauskas

Sijia Wei (CHN)

W15 Monastir

Charles Broom

Julian Cash

M15 Heraklion

Julian Cash

Charles Broom

M15 Heraklion

Alfie Hewett

Joachim Gerard (BEL)

TRAM Barcelona Open

Cameron Norrie

 

Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon

Anna Brogan

 

W25 Tblisi

Gregory Slade

 

Sirius Open 2022

Ben Bartram

Anto Joskic (CRO)

Sirius Open 2022

Abbie Breakwell

Lola Ochoa (ESP)

Arcadi Manchon Tournament

Kristina Paskauskas

Sijia Wei (CHN)

W15 Monastir

Luke Johnson

Skander Mansouri (TUN)

M15 Monastir

Alfie Hewett

Gordon Reid

Roland Garros

Gordon Reid

Alfie Hewett

Roland Garros

Ruby Bishop

Louise Charlotte Willerslev-Olsen (DEN)

Lithuanian Open 2022

Julian Cash

Henry Patten

Surbiton Trophy

Henry Patten

Julian Cash

Surbiton Trophy

Dan Evans

 

Rothesay Open Nottingham

Jonny O'Mara

Ken Skupski

Rothesay Open Nottingham

Ken Skupski

Jonny O'Mara

Rothesay Open Nottingham

Neal Skupski

Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Libema Open

Abbie Breakwell

Angela Grosswiler (SUI)

Camozzi Open 2022

Julian Cash

Henry Patten

Ilkley Trophy

Henry Patten

Julian Cash

Ilkley Trophy

Johannus Monday

 

M15 South Bend

Giles Hussey

Ben Jones

M15 Raanana

Ben Jones

Giles Hussey

M15 Raanana

Alfie Hewett

Stephane Houdet (FRA)

British Grass Court Cinch Champs

Ben Bartram

 

Alghero Open 1

Ben Bartram

Shogo Takano (JPN)

Alghero Open 1

Andy Lapthorne

 

British Grass Court Birmingham

Ben Bartram

 

Alghero Open Futures

Ben Bartram

Shogo Takano (JPN)

Alghero Open Futures

Greg Slade

Ymanitu Silva (BRA)

Catalonia Open

Toby Samuel

 

M25 Roehampton

Julian Cash

Henry Patten

M25 Roehampton

Henry Patten

Julian Cash

M25 Roehampton

Emilie Lindh

Valentina Ryser (SUI)

W15 Don Benito

Naiktha Bains

Maia Lumsden

W25 Roehampton

Maia Lumsden

Naiktha Bains

W25 Roehampton

Neal Skupski

Desirae Krawcyzk (USA)

Wimbledon

Andy Lapthorne

 

British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships

Ben Bartram

 

Nottingham Futures

Ben Bartram

Dahnon Ward

Nottingham Futures

Dahnon Ward

Ben Bartram

Nottingham Futures

Abbie Breakwell

 

Nottingham Futures

Abbie Breakwell

Zoe Maras (FRA)

Nottingham Futures

Luke Johnson

Skander Mansouri (TUN)

M25 Bakio

Lloyd Glasspool

Harri Heliovaara (FIN)

Hamburg European Open

Ben Bartram

 

Flanders 25

Johannus Monday

Stefan Dostanic (USA)

M25 Champaign, IL

Billy Harris

Kelsey Stevenson (CAN)

Winnipeg National Bank Challenger

Arthur Fery

 

M25 Nottingham

Alastair Gray

Stuart Parker

M25 Nottingham

Stuart Parker

Alastair Gray

M25 Nottingham

Abbie Breakwell

 

XIV Memorial Oliver Puras

Abbie Breakwell

Zoe Maras (FRA)

XIV Memorial Oliver Puras

Dahnon Ward

Giorgos Lazaridis (GRE)

Croatia Open UMAG by Hep

Dahnon Ward

Andrew Penney

S Versicherung Austrian Open 2022

Andrew Penney

Dahnon Ward

S Versicherung Austrian Open 2022

Charles Broom

Luke Johnson

M25 Nottingham

Luke Johnson

Charles Broom

M25 Nottingham

Alastair Gray

 

M25 Nottingham

Johannus Monday

 

M25 Decatur

Freya Christie

Ali Collins

W25 Foxhills

Ali Collins

Freya Christie

W25 Foxhills

Katie Swan

 

W60 Lexington

Alicia Barnett

Olivia Nicholls

W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Olivia Nicholls

Alicia Barnett

W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki

 

 

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