Alumni
Our Alumni are grantees who have surpassed the top 250 mark. We are proud that there have been many, many more who have obtained a ATP/WTA ranking, graduated from a US College or continued a career within the sports industry, but most importantly experienced a lifetime enjoying the game.
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Grantees that achieved the 250 world ranking
ATP
1
Joe Salisbury
Born 20th April 1992, Joe Salisbury is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open and the 2022 US Open in men's doubles, partnering America’s Rajeev Ram. Salisbury has also won two mixed doubles titles, at the 2021 French Open and US Open alongside Desirae Krawczyk. He also finished runner-up at the 2021 Australian Open in men's doubles and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles, with Ram and Harriet Dart respectively. In April 2022, Salisbury became the third British world No. 1 in either singles or doubles and has 12 ATP Tour titles to his name.
WTA
10
Emma Raducanu MBE
Born 13th November 2002, Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open Women's singles title catapulting her to the top of the WTA rankings. Earlier in 2021, Emma reached the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships, the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the open era. In Juniors, Emma progressed to the quarter finals of the Girls’ Wimbledon and US Open junior events in 2018.
ATP
14
Kyle Edmund
Born 8th January 1995, Kyle reached the semi-finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open boys singles and went on to reach a career high of 8 in the ITF junior world rankings. He began on the senior circuit in 2012, and by 2014 had booked a place in the Great Britain Davis Cup team for the tie against the USA on clay courts and played the opening match in the first rubber of the final against Belgium’s David Goffin and becoming a Davis Cup champion at the tender age of 20. For the next two years, he consolidated his top 100 rankings before announcing himself as a top 20 player by reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January 2018. Kyle has been sidelined with a knee injury for the last 18 months but continues his comeback in 2023.
WTA
27
Katie Boulter
Born 1st August 1996, Katie hails from Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire. In March 2014 she was ranked the 10th best player in the ITF Junior world rankings, by which time she was also ranked within the top 800 in the seniors. She has established herself as a Billie Jean King Cup regular and in 2022 she claimed her first top 10 win at Eastbourne before reaching the third round at Wimbledon. She has start 2023 with a W60 title in Canberra.
ATP
37
Jack Draper
Born 22nd December 2001, the left-hander had a successful junior career reaching the final of the Boys’ Junior Wimbledon event and achieved a career high ITF Junior ranking of No.7. Jack began his breakthrough year in 2022 by going 24-4 on ATP Challenger Tour, winning titles on indoor hard courts at Forli-2, Forli-4, Forli-5 and St. Brieuc. Jack then advanced to his 1st ATP Tour semi-final at Eastbourne as a wildcard, earned biggest win of career over No.5 Tsitsipas en route to Montreal quarter-final as qualifier and defeated No. 8 Auger-Aliassime to reach US Open third round. Jack was selected for his first Davis Cup tie in 2023.
WTA
48
Anne Keothavong
Born 16th September 1983, Anne was born in Hackney to Laotian parents. She was a semi-finalist in the Wimbledon Juniors in 2001, losing to Dinara Safina, a future senior world No.1. She had played her first senior (ITF) event at only 14 but had to wait until she was 24 before she finally broke into the world’s top 100 in 2008. In 2009 she became the first British female to be ranked in the top 50 for 16 years. She reached seven WTA semi-finals in a long career in which she absolutely fulfilled her potential before choosing to retire at 29. Anne is now the GB Billie Jean King Cup captain and commentates on the Tour for various networks.
WTA
76
Naomi Broady
Born 28th February 1990, Naomi, who comes from Stockport in Cheshire, started playing tennis at the age of 7 and by 2007, she had forged herself a successful junior career, culminating in taking the title of GB U18 Champion. She turned professional in 2008 and reached her career high ranking in singles in March 2016. In 2014 she lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the second round at Wimbledon and in 2015, she and her brother Liam, became the first British mixed siblings to step on to the grass at Wimbledon in 37 years! Early in 2016, she qualified for Auckland and then beat former French champion Ana Ivanovic on her way to the semi-finals. Now, Naomi enjoys commentating for the WTA Tour.
WTA
84
Harriet Dart
Born 28th July 1996, Harriet began her tennis at the Cumberland Club in Hampstead at the age of 6. She claimed her first $25k ITF Pro title in 2018, qualifying and beating 3 top 100 players on her way to victory. She made her Wimbledon singles debut as a Wild Card and paired with Jay Clarke reached the semi finals of the mixed doubles. In 2021 she went a step further and reached the final of the mixed doubles with Joe Salisbury. In 2022 she entered the Top 100 for the first time in her career, reaching the last 16 in Indian Wells winning over a Top 20 opponent, Svitolina. Later in 2022 at the US Open she claimed a victory over a Top 10 player beating Kasatkina. Harriet started the 2023 season representing Great Britain at the inaugural United Cup, helping Great Britain to finish top of Group D with wins against Australia and Spain.
WTA
85
Jodie Burrage
Born 25th May 1999, Jodie comes from Hindhead in Surrey. A scholarship to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth enabled her to develop her tennis at the West Hants Club under the tutelage of Rob Booth and Rich Irwin. In 2021 Jodie represented Team GB in a Billie Jean King Cup Play-Off tie against Mexico at the National Tennis Centre. Jodie had a career best run at the 2022 W100 Ilkley Trophy before claiming a win over the fifth best player in the world at the time, Paula Badosa in Eastbourne. She started the 2023 season reaching the W60 singles event in Canberra and in the summer won her first ever singles match at a Grand Slam. She has since broken in to the Top 100 for the first time.
ATP
108
Alex Bogdanovic
Born 22nd May 1984, Alex was born in Serbia and moved to the UK when he was eight. He was the first Briton to reach the semi-final of the Junior US Open in 2001 and concluded his junior career with an ITF ranking of 14. The following year he became national champion after beating Jamie Delgado in the final and was awarded his first wild card into Wimbledon. In 2006 he reached the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame event in Newport, Rhode Island, beating Jesse Levine and George Bastl before losing to Jurgen Melzer. The following year he entered Wimbledon with his career high ranking of 108, after reaching the last 16 at Queen’s where he lost narrowly to Andy Roddick.
ATP
93
Liam Broady
Born 4th January 1994, Liam followed sister Naomi into tennis and had a stellar junior career. He won the Boys’ Doubles at the 2010 Wimbledon and the 2012 Australian Open and was runner-up in the Boys’ Singles at Wimbledon in 2011. He finished his junior years with a No.2 high ranking in 2012. He broke into the ATP world’s top 200 in 2014, earning a wildcard into the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and went on to beat Australia’s Marinko Matosevic in the first round in a five-set thriller, and one which certainly put him centre stage in British tennis. In 2022 he was called up to represent Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where he achieved the best win of his career against Hubert Hurkacz, he captained the Great British team at the ATP Cup and went on to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time in his career.
WTA
118
Katie Swan
Born 24th March 1999, Katie was born in Bristol but a family career move has meant that the family home is now in Kansas. From an early age, it was clear that she could develop into an exciting player, and she began winning international tournaments at the age of 10. At 15 she represented Great Britain in the Maureen Connolly Trophy (18U) against the US and won her first pro tournament in Egypt. The following year she became Britain’s youngest ever Billie Jean King Cup player at 16 in the tie against South Africa and with Harriet Dart formed an effective partnership in helping Britain return to the World Group in 2019. In 2022 she secured a 10th ITF singles title to her collection at the W25 Santo Domingo. She started the 2023 season representing Great Britain at the inaugural United Cup - helping Great Britain to finish top of Group D.
ATP
153
Jay Clarke
Born 27th July 1998, Jay followed his sister Yasmin and brother Curtis into tennis in Derby and ended his junior career with a high of 15 in the ITF Junior World rankings. Jay rose over 1,500 spots on the ranking list in 18 months and to 255 in 2017. Since then he has remained in the top 200 with 3 third career ATP Challenger titles to his name.
WTA
162
Gabriella Taylor
Born 7th March 1998, Gabi started playing tennis at the age of 5 at David Lloyd, Southampton, the town where she was born. She won the Bressuire (France) U11’s in 2010 and returned the following year for the U12’s, winning both the singles and doubles that year. She was British Junior Champion in U12’s, U14’s and was a finalist at the Orange Bowl in 2012 with her highest Tennis Europe ranking of 7 that year. She was also a junior Billie Jean King Cup player that year, helping GB win the U14’s European Championship and then again the U14 World Cup in the same year. On the pro tour Gabi has won four WTA titles, one 25K doubles title and reached a career high of 162. Gabi is a talented artist and continues to pursue her passion creating artwork and supporting animal charities with the proceeds.
WTA
174
Naomi Cavaday
Born 24th April 1989, Naomi reached the quarter-finals of Junior Wimbledon in 2006 and achieved an ITF junior ranking of 23. During her career she claimed 6 ITF singles and 2 ITF doubles titles as well as representing Team GB at the Billie Jean King Cup in 2007. She is can now be heard as a commentator and podcast broadcaster.
ATP
184
Josh Goodall
Born 17th October 1985, as a junior Josh had some serious wins including Novak Djokovic helping him to a best ITF junior ranking of 28. He reached the last 16 of Junior Wimbledon and also played in the US Open Juniors. Turning pro at 19, in 2006 he qualified for both Wimbledon and the US Open beating Michael Llodra in the qualifying round. He represented GB twice in Davis Cup, at the Commonwealth Games and in the European Cup, and was GB No.2 behind Andy Murray in 2012. Josh retired from Tour tennis in 2013 and is now a coach.
ATP
206
Dan Cox
Born 28th September 1990, Dan first came to prominence as a semi finalist in Tennis Europe’s premier Under 14 event Les Petits As in Tarbes, France. Playing his trade principally on the Futures circuit (where he won several titles) and winning the right to graduate to the Challenger Tour, Dan earned places in Grand Slam qualifying draws as well as wild cards to the Wimbledon main draw in 2011 and 2014. He took some time away from the tour to focus on coaching but has since began a comeback with activity on the ITF tour again in 2023.
WTA
212
Katy Dunne
Born 16th February 1995, Katy represented GB throughout her junior career, was part of a Maureen Connolly team which beat the US, and played in the Junior Fed Cup finals in Mexico. She achieved a top ten junior ITF ranking and played in all the junior Grand Slams. Katy won her first ITF women’s title in 2013 in Greece and has won 8 singles and 8 doubles titles since she started on the women’s tour. She made her Wimbledon debut as a wild card in 2018. In 2023 Katy returns to the tour after recovering from injury.
WTA
250
Maia Lumsden
Born 10th January 1998, Maia attended Stirling University, where she was an integral member of the Great Britain University team which won eight international medals during her four years. She reached the British No.1 spot in doubles in October 2023 after making the quarter-finals of the doubles at The Championships, Wimbledon that summer alongside Naiktha Bains. Maia was selected to represent Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup Play-Off tie against Sweden in 2023 and is now fully focussed on her doubles career.
WTA
250
Amarni Banks
Born 8th October 2002, Amarni started her tennis journey at Bolton Arena before heading to Spain to develop her game. She reached a career high ITF Junior ranking of 40 in the world in 2020, claimed two junior titles the first at the 2018 ITF Junior T.C.Mahdia and the second the following year at the 2019 Lee Duk Here Cup International Junior Championships, before transitioning to the senior game. Now based back in the UK, she reached the 2023 final at the W100 Shrewsbury, knocking out 3 players inside the top 200. She started 2024 by winning her first pro title in Traralgon, Australia and a career high of 250 in April 2024.
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