Katie Boulter lifts first clay court title at Trophée Clarins; Alfie Hewett, Ryan Peniston, Ella McDonald & Alice Gillan crowned singles champions
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Get the latest results from the world of British tennis as six Brits won titles across the WTA, ITF and UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tours.
Boulter wins title in France
British No.1 Katie Boulter won her first title of the season at the WTA 125 Trophée Clarins Paris this weekend in a breakthrough week for the 28-year-old.
Boulter – who only won her first tour match on clay in Madrid last month – captured her first title on the surface thanks to a comeback victory against Chloe Paquet 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
During an impressive week in France, Boulter also claimed standout wins against Erika Andreeva, Daria Saville, Elsa Jacquemot and eighth seed Varvara Gracheva.
The title win sees Boulter retain her status as the top-ranked British women’s singles player, moving up two spots to world No.38.
The victory will serve as a huge boost for the Lexus GB Billie Jean King Cup star ahead of only her second main draw appearance at Roland Garros this year.
British doubles No.1 Olivia Nicholls also enjoyed an impressive week at the Lagardere Paris Racing Club – finishing runner-up alongside Tereza Mihalikova.
Nicholls and Mihalikova led by a set and a break in the final against second seeds Irina Khromacheva and Fanny Stollar but eventually lost 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-5.
Brits star at Italian Open
Jack Draper led the British stars at the Italian Open with a run to another ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final, eventually losing out to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-4.
Emma Raducanu made the fourth round of the women’s singles where she lost to world No.3 and tournament runner-up Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2.
Meanwhile Henry Patten, Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury all made the men’s doubles semi-finals.
Read our full British wrap-up of the Italian Open
Peniston, McDonald & Gillan bring home ITF titles
The British singles success carried over to the ITF World Tennis Tour last week as well, with Ryan Peniston, Ella McDonald and Alice Gillan all capturing titles.
Former HSBC Championships quarter-finalist Peniston won his second singles title of the season at the M25 Tbilisi, adding to his silverware from Loule only a few weeks ago.
Peniston closed out the title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over American Martin Damm – the ninth singles trophy of his career.
19-year-old McDonald continues to make strong progress on the ITF Tour this season, adding winning her third career singles title at the W15 Monastir with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kateryna Lazarenko in the final.
McDonald has now won a combined 14 singles and doubles titles in just over two season on the pro tour.
Gillan won staged a brilliant comeback win against Spain’s Alba Rey Garcia in the W15 Monzon final 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to seal her third career singles title.
En route to the final, Gillan had to beat fellow Briton Ranah Stoiber in the semi-final, who also finished runner-up in the women’s doubles.
Elsewhere, Kyle Edmund also made the final of the M25 Reggio Emilia, but lost out to Alex Molcan 6-2, 6-1.
Hewett & Breakwell headline British wheelchair success
Alfie Hewett and Abbie Breakwell both won wheelchair titles on clay in Italy over the weekend, Hewett retaining his men’s singles title at the ITF 1 Series tournament in Rome that runs alongside the final three days of the Italian Open and Breakwell winning the women’s doubles at the Camozzi Open in Brescia.
Top seed Hewett overcame Argentinian third seed Gustavo Fernandez 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the semi-finals before going on to clinch his second successive title at ITF 1 level in Rome with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands.
Hewett and Gordon Reid looked to be on track to defending their men’s doubles title in Rome after a straight sets semi-final win over Egberink and Joachim Gerard but then handed a walkover to Martin de la Puente and Spaargaren ahead of the final.
Breakwell’s return to the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour for the first time since February, after a period of ill health, saw the Paris Paralympian partner Switzerland’s Angela Groswiler to victory in the women’s doubles in Brescia. The top seeds defeated Italian duo Silvia Morotti and Vanessa Ricci 6-0, 6-2 in the in the semis before edging out the USA’s Sabina Czauz and Austria’s Christina Pesendorfer 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 to give Breakwell her first title of 2025.
Breakwell also reached the women’s singles final after beating Morotti and Grosswiler in straight sets but narrowly missed out in the final to Swiss third seed Nalani Buob 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Elsewhere, after Great Britain’s bronze medal-winning performance at the World Team Cup, Ben Bartram defeated teammate Dahnon Ward 6-1, 7-6(5) ahead of his third career win over a top 10 ranked opponent at Madrid’s ITF 2 hard court tournament. Bartram beat USA top seed Casey Ratzlaff 7-5, 6-3 before bowing out in the semi-finals 6-3, 7-5 to eventual champion Daniel Rodrigues of Brazil, a player that Bartram had beaten at the World Team Cup.
