Charles Broom
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | 24 April 1998 |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Plays | Right-handed, Two-handed backhand |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 285 (20 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 285 (20 May 2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 196 (18 March, 2024) |
Current ranking | (No. 217 (20 May, 2024) |
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 285 achieved on 20 May 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of 196 achieved on 18 March 2024.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy.[3]
Career[edit]
In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won a challenger tour doubles title in Bath, England.[4] In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir.[5] In May 2022 Broom won a doubles tournament on the Challenger Tour in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash.[6]
In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox.[7] 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.[8][9]
In August 2022 he won a Challenger Tour doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.[10]
Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]
Doubles: 12 titles[edit]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Aug 2017 | F8, Belgium | Futures | Clay | Colin Sinclair | Tom Schonenberg Colin Van Beem |
4–6, 6–1, [10–5] | |
Win | Nov 2020 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tour | Hard | Matias Soto | Liam Draxl Aleksandar Kovacevic |
2–6, 6–2, [10–5] | |
Win | Jul 2021 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | World Tour | Clay | Tadeas Paroulek | Nicolae Frunză Alexandru Jecan |
2–6, 6–3, [10–6] | |
Win | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithica, United States | World Tour | Hard | Henry Patten | Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith |
7–6(8–6), 6–3 | |
Loss | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tour | Hard | Henry Patten | George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek |
4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | Dec 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tour | Hard | Henry Patten | Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt |
5–7, 6–2, [10–8] | |
Win | Jan 2022 | M25 Bath, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Alastair Gray | Guy Den Ouden Luke Johnson |
6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | Feb 2022 | M25 Glasgow, United Kingdom |
World Tour | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh |
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10] | |
Loss | Mar 2022 | M25 Calabasas, United States | World Tour | Hard | Henry Patten | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
Win | April 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tour | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Li Zhe Bu Yunchaokete |
7–5, 2–6, [10–8] | |
Loss | May 2022 | M15 Nottingham, United Kingdom |
World Tour | Hard | Jan Choinski | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 | |
Win | May 2022 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash | Gabriele Bosio Mark Whitehouse |
7–5, 6–4 | |
Loss | Jul 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Luke Johnson | Alastair Gray Stuart Parker |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10] | |
Win | Aug 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Grass | Luke Johnson | Ben Jones Joe Tyler |
6–1, 7–6(7–4) | |
Loss | Sep 2022 | Columbus, United States |
Challenger | Hard | Constantin Frantzen | Julian Cash Henry Patten |
2–6, 5–7 | |
Loss | Mar 2023 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | World Tour | Carpet | Anton Matusevich | Daniel Masur Johannes Härteis |
6-7 7-6 [10-5] | |
Loss | May 2023 | M25 Varnamo, Sweden | World Tour | Clay | Mark Whitehouse | Simon Freund Eric Vanshelboim |
3-6 3-6 | |
Win | July 2023 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | George Houghton | Emile Hudd Johannus Monday |
6-4 4-6 11-9 | |
Win | July 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Grass | Ben Jones | Matthew Howse Joel Pierleoni |
Walkover | |
Loss | Oct 2023 | M25 Edgbaston, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | David Stevenson | Jacob Fearnley Connor Thomson |
6-7 7-6 [10-7] | |
Loss | Oct 2023 | M25 Saint-Augustin, Canada | World Tour | Hard | Ben Jones | Max Westphal Theodore Winegar |
6-4 3-6 [9-11] | |
Win | May 2024 | M25 Kachreti, Georgia | World Tour | Hard | Hamish Stewart | Denis Istomin Evgeniy Karlovsky |
6-4 6-4 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Charles Broom". ATP. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom". ITF. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "C.Broom". Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Cox wins the Men's Singles title in the opening LTA Performance Competition of 2022". lta. 18 January 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Norrie, Hewett, Cash and Broom bring home titles from across Europe". lta.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Charles Broom reaches main draw of Ilkley Trophy". Kidderminster Shuttle. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Metcalfe, Neil (21 June 2022). "Charles Broom looking to build on Wimbledon qualification chance". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Broom pleased to gain crucial experience following Wimbledon qualifying defeat". Echo-News. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "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.