Charles Broom | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1998 |
Height: | 1.78m |
Weight: | 180kg |
Plays: | Right-handed, Two-handed backhand [1] |
Singlesrecord: | 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 235 (17 June 2024) |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 252 (22 July 2024) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (2024) |
Doublesrecord: | 2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 143 (15 July 2024) |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 143 (15 July 2024) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (2024) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 1R (2024) |
Updated: | 16 July 2024 |
Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 15 July 2024.
From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy.[2]
In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England.[3] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir.[4] In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash.[5] In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox.[6] Broom was given a wildcard into qualifying for the Men’s singles at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships but lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov.[7] [8] In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[9]
Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.[10]
In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.[11] [12]
The following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[13]
Ranked No. 245, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, after the withdrawal of second seed Tommy Paul.[14] [15] He lost to compatriot and wildcard Billy Harris in three sets.[16]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 0–1 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Constantin Frantzen | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 1–1 | Kachreti, Georgia | Challenger | Hard | Ben Jones | Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev | 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | ||
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Win | 1–0 | Belgium F8 | Futures | Clay | Colin Sinclair | Tom Schonenberg Colin Van Beem | 4–6, 6–1, [10–5] | |||
Win | 2–0 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Matias Soto | Liam Draxl Aleksandar Kovacevic | 2–6, 6–2, [10–5] | |||
Win | 3–0 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | WTT | Clay | Tadeas Paroulek | Nicolae Frunză Alexandru Jecan | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] | |||
Win | 4–0 | M15 Ithaca, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 | |||
Loss | 4–1 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek | 4–6, 2–6 | |||
Win | 5–1 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt | 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] | |||
Win | 6–1 | M25 Bath, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Alastair Gray | Guy Den Ouden Luke Johnson | 6–2, 6–2 | |||
Loss | 6–2 | M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh | 6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10] | |||
Loss | 6–3 | M25 Calabasas, USA | WTT | Hard | Henry Patten | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |||
Win | 7–3 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Li Zhe Bu Yunchaokete | 7–5, 2–6, [10–8] | |||
Loss | 7–4 | M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Jan Choinski | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 | |||
Win | 8–4 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Julian Cash | Gabriele Bosio Mark Whitehouse | 7–5, 6–4 | |||
Loss | 8–5 | style=background:#cffcff | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | style=background:#cffcff | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Alastair Gray Stuart Parker | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10] | |
Win | 9–5 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Luke Johnson | Ben Jones Joe Tyler | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) | |||
Loss | 9–6 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | WTT | Carpet | Anton Matusevich | Daniel Masur Johannes Härteis | 6-7 7-6 [10-5] | |||
Loss | 9–7 | M25 Varnamo, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Mark Whitehouse | Simon Freund Eric Vanshelboim | 3-6 3-6 | |||
Win | 10–7 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | George Houghton | Emile Hudd Johannus Monday | 6-4 4-6 11-9 | |||
Win | 11–7 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Grass | Ben Jones | Matthew Howse Joel Pierleoni | walkover | |||
Loss | 11–8 | M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | David Stevenson | Jacob Fearnley Connor Thomson | 6-7 7-6 [10-7] | |||
Loss | 11–9 | M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada | WTT | Hard | Ben Jones | Max Westphal Theodore Winegar | 6-4 3-6 [9-11] | |||
Win | 12–9 | M25 Kachreti, Georgia | WTT | Hard | Hamish Stewart | Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6-4 6-4 |