Alfie Hewett
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Hewett at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |  Great Britain |
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| 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 | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (29 January 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 2 (20 June 2022) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2023) |
| French Open | W (2017, 2020, 2021) |
| Wimbledon | F (2022) |
| US Open | W (2018, 2019, 2022) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Masters | W (2017, 2021) |
| Paralympic Games |  Silver Medal (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (3 February 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 1 (20 June 2022) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
| French Open | W (2020, 2021, 2022) |
| Wimbledon | W (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) |
| US Open | W (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Masters Doubles | W (2017, 2021) |
| Paralympic Games | Silver Medal (2016, 2020) |
| Last updated on: 30 January 2022. | |
Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997) is a British wheelchair tennis player. He is the former world No. 1 in singles and current world No. 1 in doubles.
Hewett is a 23-time major champion, having won seven titles in singles and 16 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 is also a three-time Paralympic silver medalist, and won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in both singles and doubles in 2017.
Hewett was born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery at six months, and also suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a condition that inhibits blood flow from the pelvis to the hip joint. His ability to walk has been severely impaired and he has been using a wheelchair since being six years old. Though able to walk, Hewett is not fully mobile in the conventional sense and cannot do able-bodied sports.[1]
Tennis career
Hewett attended Acle High School[2] and went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at City College Norwich.[3]
In July 2016 Hewett won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Gordon Reid, coming back from a set down to win against the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.[4]
He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with partner Gordon Reid, who beat him in the singles final.
In May 2017 Hewett won his first Grand Slam in singles at the French Open, beating Gustavo Fernández of Argentina in three sets, despite losing the first to love.
In July 2017, in a repeat of the final a year earlier, Hewett won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Reid, winning in three sets against Houdet and Peifer.
Hewett won the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough, UK. He ended 2017 ranked No 2 in the world, then a career-high.
On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1.[5]
In March 2018 Hewett won his first Super Series singles title at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, USA.
On 2 September 2018 he claimed his second Super Series title at the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis. Later that month Hewett won the singles title at the US Open as well as the doubles title with Gordon Reid.
In September 2019 he successfully defended both his singles and, with Gordon Reid, doubles titles at the US Open.[6]
In 2020 Hewett won the French Open singles title in three sets against Joachim Gérard and partnered Reid to win all three available Grand Slam doubles titles at the Australian Open, US Open and French Open, with the Wimbledon Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]
After winning a silver medal in the men's doubles with Gordon Reid at the 2020 Summer Paralympics[9] and losing the bronze medal singles match to Reid, world number 2[9] Hewett spoke about his Paralympic future being "out of his hands",[9] due to a review into whether his disability is severe enough to qualify him to play in a wheelchair under the 2019 revision of International Tennis Federation rules.[9] Hewett was allowed to continue his tennis career after an alteration to the new ITF rules in November 2021.[10]
Career Statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Wheelchair singles
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | QF | QF | QF | SF | F | F | W | 1 / 7 | 9–6 | 60% | ||
| French Open | A | W | QF | SF | W | W | SF | 3 / 6 | 11–3 | 79% | |||
| Wimbledon | QF | SF | SF | QF | NH | QF | F | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% | |||
| US Open | NH | F | W | W | F | F | W | 3 / 6 | 16–3 | 84% | |||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 7–3 | 9–3 | 4–0 | 7 / 25 | 40–18 | 69% | ||
Wheelchair doubles
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | F | F | SF | W | W | W | W | 4 / 7 | 11–3 | 79% | |
| French Open | A | A | F | SF | SF | W | W | W | 3 / 6 | 7–3 | 70% | ||
| Wimbledon | SF | W | W | W | F | NH | W | F | 4 / 7 | 10–3 | 77% | ||
| US Open | A | NH | W | W | W | W | W | F[upper-alpha 1] | 5 / 6 | 11–1 | 92% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 8–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 16 / 26 | 39–10 | 80% | |
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Wheelchair singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2016 | French Open | Clay |  Gustavo Fernández |
0–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2 |
| Loss | 2017 | US Open | Hard |  Stéphane Houdet |
2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 2018 | US Open | Hard |  Shingo Kunieda |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2019 | US Open (2) | Hard | Stéphane Houdet |
7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 2020 | US Open | Hard | Shingo Kunieda |
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 2020 | French Open (2) | Clay |  Joachim Gérard |
6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2021 | Australian Open | Hard | Joachim Gérard |
0–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 2021 | French Open (3) | Clay | Shingo Kunieda |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2021 | US Open | Hard | Shingo Kunieda |
1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Shingo Kunieda |
5–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | Shingo Kunieda |
6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–10) |
| Win | 2022 | US Open (3) | Hard | Shingo Kunieda |
7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
| Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard | Tokito Oda |
6–3, 6-1 |
Wheelchair doubles: 22 (16 titles, 6 runner-ups)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6) |
| Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | Gustavo Fernández |
Joachim Gérard Gordon Reid |
3–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
| Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2017 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 2017 | US Open | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2018 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Gordon Reid |
Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2018 | US Open (2) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
5–7, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Loss | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gordon Reid |
Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2019 | US Open (3) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
1–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
| Win | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Win | 2020 | US Open (4) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 2020 | French Open (3) | Clay | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 2021 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 2021 | French Open (4) | Clay | Gordon Reid |
Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer |
6-3, 6-0 |
| Win | 2021 | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | Gordon Reid |
 Tom Egberink Joachim Gerard |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 2021 | US Open (5) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
6-2, 6–1 |
| Win | 2022 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 2022 | French Open (5) | Clay | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gordon Reid |
Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2022 | US Open | Hard | Gordon Reid |
 Martin de la Puenta Nicolas Peifer |
6–4, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 2023 | Australian Open (4) | Hard | Gordon Reid |
Maikel Scheffers Ruben Spaargaren |
6–1, 6–2 |
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- Alfie Hewett at the British Paralympic Association
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