British players to watch out for during 2026 grass court season
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The grass court season is a huge point in the calendar for the British players.
It is a chance to play in front of home crowds and take advantage of unique opportunities to compete at bigger events than they are used to.
We break down 10 names fans should keep an eye on this summer as rising stars in the British game.
Mika Stojsavljevic
After her heroics at the Billie Jean King Cup in April, Stojsavljevic has cemented her place as one of the brightest young stars in British tennis.
Having been called up to make her debut in a qualifier against Australia, Stojsavljevic produced an outstanding performance to defeat Talia Gibson in straight sets, helping the Brits win a crucial away tie.
Stojsavljevic is a former junior US Open champion and Wimbledon doubles runner-up, and she has made an impressive transition to the professional tour.
She has two ITF singles titles to her name, reached the final of the Lexus Wrexham Open W100 event, and made her Wimbledon main-draw debut last summer.
Off the back of some positive results in Japan, could this be a breakout summer for Stojsavljevic on grass?
Jack Pinnington Jones
Jack Pinnington Jones announced himself to British tennis fans with impressive results during last year's grass-court season.
Coming straight out of the US collegiate system, where he represented Texas Christian University, Pinnington Jones got his professional career off to a flying start.
He reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the Lexus Ilkley Open before going on to win on his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon against world No.53 Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
The Briton has gone from strength to strength, winning two titles and reaching the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 Dallas Open this year.
The 23-year-old is firmly on the rise and will be one to watch as we head into the grass-court season.
Mimi Xu
Another player looking to build on a successful 2025 grass-court season is Britain's Mimi Xu.
She recorded her first top-100 win in the first round of the Lexus Birmingham Open, beating top seed Alycia Parks en route to her first WTA 125 quarter-final.
Xu had a Wimbledon debut to remember against British No.1 Emma Raducanu, and her results over the summer helped spur her on to win the Lexus Wrexham Open later in the year.
The young Brit has not been able to compete as much as she would have liked this year, but she has been targeting the grass-court season for her return.
Her powerful, aggressive game is well suited to grass, and Xu will certainly hope to take her chances when they come this summer.
Arthur Fery
Arthur Fery, 23, reached a career-high ranking of world No.152 earlier this year after qualifying for his first Australian Open main draw and then defeating 20th seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round.
It was a reward for six months of impressive results, dating back to wins at the Lexus Nottingham Open and Wimbledon last summer.
He won the Barranquilla Challenger in August, made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in September, and reached another Challenger final in November.
While injury slowed his momentum after January, Fery is playing some of the best tennis of his career and will be an exciting player to watch this year.
Hannah Klugman
Completing the trio of British teenagers in the women's game is Wimbledon native Hannah Klugman.
Like her compatriots Stojsavljevic and Xu, Klugman has been one of the most successful junior players in recent years, reaching the Roland Garros girls' final last year as well as doubles finals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
The 17-year-old made her full transition to the pro tour this year and has reached four ITF quarter-finals.
Klugman has an exciting style of play and has shown throughout her junior years that she can do damage on grass. Added match experience at professional level will leave her in a strong position to build on her debut grass-court season in 2025.
Toby Samuel
Britain's Toby Samuel has surged into the world's top 200 over the last six months, winning four ATP Challenger titles in that period.
Another player to come through the NCAA collegiate system in the US, Samuel was part of the No. 1-ranked doubles team alongside fellow Brit Connor Thomson at the University of South Carolina.
A series of impressive results has put him in a position where he is set to play in Roland Garros qualifying for the first time in his career.
Samuel has two ITF titles on grass and will be hoping to make a mark at Britain's ATP Tour events over the next few months.
Alicia Dudeney
Alicia Dudeney has already climbed more than 200 places in the WTA singles rankings this year and has shown no signs of slowing down.
The 22-year-old has won six ITF singles titles and six doubles titles since the start of the 2025 season, and she has made the semi-finals or better at five of her last six events.
Notably, she has won her two biggest singles titles on home soil at W35 tournaments in Roehampton and Nottingham.
Dudeney is yet to play in the main draw of any LTA grass-court season tournament, but with a strong run of results and momentum behind her, that could be about to change this year.
Harry Wendelken
In similar fashion to Samuel, Britain's Harry Wendelken has been rising through the ranks on the ATP Challenger Tour.
After winning the Lexus British Pro Series Sheffield this year, Wendelken has made three Challenger finals, finishing runner-up in all three.
Despite the disappointment of losing those finals, Wendelken has made a big jump from world No. 325 to a career-high No. 223.
Still searching for his first main-draw victory of the grass-court season, Wendelken looks capable of putting together a strong run on grass this year given his recent improvements and growing confidence.
Katie Swan
At the back end of 2025, Katie Swan decided to give professional tennis one last push. The 27-year-old had been dealing with a series of injuries that dropped her outside the top 750, but the British star has come back fighting.
Swan closed out last season with four ITF titles, including the W50 Brisbane. In recent weeks she has added another trophy at the W35 Fukuoka before claiming her biggest title in four years at the W75 Kurume.
She has also represented Great Britain in both the United Cup and Billie Jean King Cup this year.
The Bristol native also has a history of strong results on grass, having reached the final in Surbiton back in 2023.
Felix Gill
Closing out the list is Felix Gill, who also reached a new career-high ranking in April at world No.224.
His consistently solid results have seen him make the jump from ITF events to becoming a regular on the ATP Challenger Tour.
Gill's past successes have come on clay, where he has won all nine of his titles, but the young Brit also made the Pune Challenger final on hard courts earlier this year. Grass will be another challenge entirely, but Gill has shown rapid progress this season and will hope to carry that momentum through the summer months.
