Draft:Charles Broom

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Charles Broom
Country (sports)United Kingdom
Born (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed, Two-handed backhand
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 352 (21 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 410 (29 May 2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 199 (11 September, 2023)
Current ranking(No. 216 (29 May, 2023)
Last updated on: 2 June 2023.

Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 352 achieved in November 2022, and a career high doubles ranking of 199 achieved on 11 September 2023.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire,[3] and attended Baylor University.[4]

Career[edit]

In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Beoom won a challenger tour doubles title in Bath, England.[5] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir.[6] In May 2022 Broom won a doubles tournament on the Challenger Tour in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash.[7]

In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox.[8] 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.[9][10]

In August 2022 he won a Challenger Tour doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[11]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Doubles: 11 titles[edit]

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Aug 2017 F8, Belguim Futures Clay Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Germany Tom Schonenberg
Netherlands Colin Van Beem
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win Nov 2020 M15 Fayetteville, United States World Tour Hard Chile Matias Soto Canada Liam Draxl
United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win Jul 2021 M15 Novi Sad, Serbia World Tour Clay Czech Republic Tadeas Paroulek Romania Nicolae Frunză
Romania Alexandru Jecan
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win Oct 2021 M15 Ithica, United States World Tour Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten United States Eduardo Nava
United States Nathan Ponwith
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss Nov 2021 M15 Fayetteville, United States World Tour Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten United States George Goldhoff
Czech Republic Tadeas Paroulek
4–6, 2–6
Win Dec 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tour Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten Netherlands Sidane Pontjodikromo
Germany Kai Wehnelt
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win Jan 2022 M25 Bath, United Kingdom World Tour Hard United Kingdom Alastair Gray Netherlands Guy Den Ouden
United Kingdom Luke Johnson
6–2, 6–2
Loss Feb 2022 M25 Glasgow,
United Kingdom
World Tour Hard Germany Constantin Frantzen Netherlands Gijs Brouwer
United Kingdom Aidan McHugh
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Loss Mar 2022 M25 Calabasas, United States World Tour Hard United Kingdom Henry Patten South Korea Nam Ji-sung
South Korea Song Min-kyu
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win April 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tour Hard Germany Constantin Frantzen China Li Zhe
China Bu Yunchaokete
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss May 2022 M15 Nottingham,
United Kingdom
World Tour Hard United Kingdom Jan Choinski United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win May 2022 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tour Hard United Kingdom Julian Cash Italy Gabriele Bosio
United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse
7–5, 6–4
Loss Jul 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Grass United Kingdom Luke Johnson United Kingdom Alastair Gray
United Kingdom Stuart Parker
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win Aug 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tour Grass United Kingdom Luke Johnson United Kingdom Ben Jones
United Kingdom Joe Tyler
6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss Sep 2022 Columbus,
United States
Challenger Hard Germany Constantin Frantzen United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
2–6, 5–7
Loss Mar 2023 M25 Trimbach, Switzerland World Tour Carpet United Kingdom Anton Matusevich Germany Daniel Masur
Germany Johannes Härteis
6-7 7-6 [10-5]
Loss May 2023 M25 Varnamo, Sweden World Tour Clay United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse Sweden Simon Freund
Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim
3-6 3-6
Win July 2023 M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom World Tour Hard United Kingdom George Houghton United Kingdom Emile Hudd
United Kingdom Johannus Monday
6-4 4-6 11-9
Win July 2023 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tour Grass United Kingdom Ben Jones United Kingdom Matthew Howse

United Kingdom Joel Pierleoni

(W/O)
Loss Oct 2023 M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom World Tour Hard United Kingdom David Stevenson United Kingdom Jacob Fearnley
United Kingdom Connor Thomson
6-7 7-6 [10-7]
Loss Oct 2023 M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada World Tour Hard United Kingdom Ben Jones France Max Westphal
United States Theodore Winegar
6-4 3-6 [9-11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/players/charles-broom/bv21/overview%7Ctitle=Charles Broom|website=ATP|accessdate=2 June 2023}}
  2. ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Charles Broom". Dartmouth Sports. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "Charles Broom wins second Doubles title of the Year whilst Tara Moore loses out in an epic Doubles Final in Bogota". lta. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Biggest title win moves Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls into world's top 90 for first time". Team Bath. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.