Draft:Harry Wendelken

Harry Wendelken (born 18 December 2001) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 499 achieved on 30 January 2023. He has a career high doubles ranking of 487 achieved on 31 October 2022.

Early life
Born to parents Kevin and Kim Wendelken, he was raised in Horseheath in Cambridgeshire, Wendelken was schooled at Linton Village College before changing to Culford School in Bury St Edmonds in 2015.

Junior career
Given wildcards into the junior competitions at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, he lost in the first round of the singles to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo but reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Juniors Boys’ Doubles alongside James Story before losing in two tie-breaks to eventual winners Yankı Erel and Otto Virtanen. Shortly afterwards he moved his base to the Good to Great Academy, near Stockholm in Sweden.

2022
After turning pro he reached his first $25,000 ITF Tour final as a wildcard entrant into a tournament in Shrewsbury in February 2022 where he was defeated by compatriot Alastair Gray.

After overcoming illness and injury Wendelken had success on the British tour in 2022.

In September 2022 Wendelken and Benjamin Hannestad were unseeded but won an ITF doubles title in Sintra Portugal.

2023
In June 2023 he defeated the higher ranked Li Tu and Pierre-Hugues Herbert to qualify for the Surbiton Trophy main singles draw. In the first round he lost to Bu Yunchaokete. That month, he made his debut in qualifying for a grand slam tournament at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, losing to world No.254 Matteo Gigante 6-3 7-6.

Personal life
Wenkelden has described himself as being good friends with Jack Draper and close to other British players on tour of a similar age, such as Blu Baker, James Story, Jacob Fearnley, Connor Thomson, and Anton Matusevich. He is also a big cricket fan and played cricket for Essex from the age of seven to 12 years-old. He supports Premier League football club West Ham.