Hannah Klugman

Hannah Klugman (born 18 February 2009) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career high singles ranking of 527 achieved on 1 July 2024.

Early life
The youngest of four girls, Klugman was brought up in SW19 and learned tennis at the Westside Club near Wimbledon Village. Her sister Alice is an England U18 field hockey international.

Klugman's first tennis coach was Alison Taylor, wife of former Wimbledon semi-finalist Roger Taylor. She began training under Ben Haran from the age of nine.

In late 2023, Klugman reiterated her desire to stay at Wimbledon High School to complete her GCSEs. However, she switched to online learning in the following month.

Career
Klugman has been coached by Ben Haran in Reeds Tennis School in Cobham since she was nine years old. Haran has previously worked with British tennis professionals Jack Draper and Dan Evans.

2022
Klugman reached the final of the U14 Orange Bowl.

2023
In April 2023, Klugman defeated Mika Stojsavljevic to win the LTA Junior National Championships under-16 girls' singles, held at the LTA's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton.

Later that year at the age of 14 years-old, she recorded her first career win in a junior singles grand slam singles event when she recorded a victory over the seeded Italian Federica Urgesi at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. In the girls' doubles event at the tournament, she and teammate Isabelle Lacy started their campaign with a win over Emerson Jones and Ema Milic. They progressed through the rounds to reach the final of the girls' singles, beating American pair Tatum Evans and Alanis Hamilton in straight sets in the semi-final. In the final, they were defeated by Czech pair Alena Kovačková and Laura Samsonová in straight sets.

In September 2023, Klugman reached the quarterfinals of the girls’ singles and girls' doubles at the 2023 US Open. Her run included a win over third seed Sayaka Ishii. Her run was ended when she had to retire from her quarterfinal match after 47 minutes.

In October 2023, she competed against senior players in Shrewsbury, England after being given a wild card into qualifying. She came through qualifying and aged 14 years-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for a $100,000 event on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, beating the record set by Coco Gauff. She reached the quarterfinals in Shrewsbury before her run was ended by world no. 115 Oceane Dodin.

In December 2023, Klugman, still only 14 year-old, won the under-18 Orange Bowl in Florida, beating Laura Samsonová in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Iva Jovic in the last four, before defeating American Tyra Caterina Grant 6-3 6-3 in the final.

2024
In January 2024, Klugman entered the junior events at the 2024 Australian Open. She reached the semifinals of the Girls' doubles alongside Mingge Xu.

In June 2024, she was awarded a wild card into qualifying for the singles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. In the first round she defeated Petra Marčinko, and in the second round Linda Fruhvirtová. She lost in the final qualifying round to American Alycia Parks.