BIOGRAPHY

A 18 time Grand Slam Champion and Double Paralympic Silver medallist, Alfie Hewett is one of the biggest names in Wheelchair Tennis.

Born with the congenital heart defect Tetralogy of Fallot, Alfie underwent open heart surgery at six months old. He was diagnosed with Perthes Disease at the age of six. Alfie started playing wheelchair tennis in 2005 after attending a Tennis Foundation Camp. He played his first tournament in 2008 and was selected to represent Great Britain at the ITF’s European Junior Wheelchair Tennis Camp.

In 2016, Alfie stormed onto the tennis major scene winning the Wimbledon Men’s Doubles title with his partner Gordon Reid. The pair have been one of the most competitive duo’s in the history of wheelchair tennis with multiple titles to their name.

Again in 2016 Alfie won two Silver medals in the singles and doubles competition at his first Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, topping off an amazing year at the tender age of 19.

Still at the tender age of 19 Alfie topped off 2016 at the Paralympic Games in Rio, where he won silver medals in both the singles and doubles events.

Alfie’s confidence then grew in his singles game, 2017 was a breakthrough year where he made history with his Singles title at the French Open. The only British player to have done so to date. Again Alfie and Gordon were able to retain their Wimbledon title in the summer along with adding the US Open doubles title for the first time. Further wins for Alfie in the NEC Wheelchair Masters event in Loughborough saw him crowned as the overall Masters Champion and he finished the year ranked no.1 in the world.

2017 was a breakthrough year for Alfie, brimming with confidence he started the year by becoming the first British player to ever win a Men’s Singles French Open title. Alongside Gordon, Alfie retained their Wimbledon title and also added the US Open doubles titles to their names. Further wins for Alfie in the NEC Wheelchair Masters event in Loughborough saw him crowned as the overall Masters Champion and he finished the year ranked no.1 in the world.

2018 saw Alfie and Gordon retain their Wimbledon title for the third year in a row. They then continued their success together winning the US Open doubles title again. Alfie was able to add the US Singles to his list of accolades defeating Shingo Kunieda in the final, 6–3, 7–5.

2019 saw the introduction of both Singles and Doubles to the Queens Championship’s in London, Alfie had a brilliant tournament becoming the first ever Queens Singles Wheelchair Champion.

Sadly Alfie and Gordon were not able to maintain their unbeaten doubles run but Alfie finished the year strongly, retaining both his singles and doubles titles at the US Open.

2020 started well with a doubles win for Alfie at the Australian Open and that takes his Grand Slam tally to 10; all eyes firmly set on retaining both his titles at the US Open.

For a 22 year old Alfie has achieved a formidable amount in his sport. He is a spokesperson for sport in general. Wisdom and maturity at such a young age have been key for Alfie to persevere and continue to drive disability sport forward on a global scale.