.jpg) Hewett at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Residence | Cantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
| Born | 6 December 1997 Norwich, England, United Kingdom |
| 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: 9 in singles and 21 in doubles, partnering Gordon Reid on every occasion. The pair completed the men's doubles 'set' of all four tournaments in a calendar year in 2021 (becoming the first to do so since Stéphane Houdet first achieved the feat in 2014 with two partners) and won Paralympic gold in men's doubles at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, having been silver medalists in the two previous Games. Hewett is also a two-time Paralympic silver medalist in singles (2016, losing to Reid, and 2024). 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]
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