Charles Broom

Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 15 July 2024.

Early life
From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy.

2022: Four doubles ITF titles
In January 2022 alongside Alistair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England. In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir. In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash. In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox. 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. In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.

2024: Top 250, ATP and Major debuts
Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.

In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.

The following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.

Ranked No. 245, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, after the withdrawal of second seed Tommy Paul. He lost to compatriot and wildcard Billy Harris in three sets.