Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Residence | Cantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
Born | Norwich, England, United Kingdom | 6 December 1997
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (29 January 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 2 (23 September 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (2023) |
French Open | W (2017, 2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | W (2024) |
US Open | W (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Masters | W (2017, 2021, 2023) |
Paralympic Games | Silver Medal (2016, 2024) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (3 February 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
French Open | W (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
Wimbledon | W (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
US Open | W (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Masters Doubles | W (2017, 2021, 2023) |
Paralympic Games | Gold Medal (2024) Silver Medal (2016, 2020) |
Last updated on: 30 January 2022. |
Alfie Hewett[1] OBE (born 6 December 1997 in Norwich, Norfolk) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player.[2][3] He is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He has won a total of 30 Grand Slam titles, with 9 singles and 21 doubles titles.
Hewett is a 30-time major champion, having won nine titles in singles and 21 in doubles, the latter all partnering Gordon Reid. The pair completed the Grand Slam in 2021, becoming the first to do so in wheelchair men's doubles since Stéphane Houdet in 2014. Hewett won Paralympic gold in men's doubles at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and is a three-time silver medalist. He won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in both singles and doubles in 2017, 2021 and 2023.
Hewett was born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery at six months, and suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a condition that inhibits blood flow from the pelvis to the hip joint. His ability to walk was severely impaired and from the age of six he has been a wheelchair user. Though able to walk, Hewett is not fully mobile in the conventional sense and cannot do able-bodied sports.[4]