Alfie Hewett

Alfie Hewett
OBE
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceCantley, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Born (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (29 January 2018)
Current rankingNo. 1 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (2023)
French OpenW (2017, 2020, 2021)
WimbledonW (2024)
US OpenW (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
MastersW (2017, 2021, 2023)
Paralympic Games Silver Medal (2016)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 1 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
French OpenW (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
WimbledonW (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)
US OpenW (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2017, 2021, 2023)
Paralympic Games Silver Medal (2016, 2020)
Last updated on: 30 January 2022.

Alfie Hewett[1] OBE (born 6 December 1997) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. 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 is also a three-time Paralympic silver medalist, and 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 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.[2]

  1. ^ "King's Birthday Honours: Sarah Hunter and Ian Wright among those included". BBC Sport. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Alfie Hewett: 'My sport is being snatched from me. It's not fair'". iNews. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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