Jacob Fearnley

Jacob Fearnley (born 15 July 2001) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 271 achieved on 24 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 238 achieved on 20 May 2024.

College career
Fearnley played college tennis for coach David Roditi at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. At TCU, he earned All-Big 12 and All-America honors all four years, leading the Horned Frogs to back-to-back ITA Indoor National Championships in 2022 and 2023 and the school's first NCAA Division I men's tennis championship in 2024.

2023: Major debut in doubles
He won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Nottingham Open with Johannus Monday. The pair received wildcards in doubles for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

2024: ATP and Major and top 250 debuts in singles
He won his first singles ATP Challenger title at the 2024 Nottingham Open as a qualifier, getting his first top-100 win against Shang Juncheng in the quarterfinals, and defeating compatriot Charles Broom in the final. It was only Fearnley's second appearance in the main draw of an ATP Challenger event. He became the fourth Brit to win the trophy after Andy Murray (2023), Dan Evans (2019 & 2022) and Greg Rusedski (1997 & 2003).

Ranked No. 270, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International as a wildcard. He lost to compatriot and fellow wildcard Billy Harris.

For his Grand Slam singles debut, he also received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. He recorded his first Major win over debutant Alejandro Moro Canas and moved 58 positions up into the top 220 in the rankings. In the second round, he took a set off Novak Djokovic before losing by three sets to one.