LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
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ALFIE HEWETT <strong>2013</strong><br />
CAREER:<br />
Diagnosed with Perthes Disease at the age of seven Alfie started playing wheelchair tennis in<br />
2005 after attending a Tennis Foundation Camp. He played his first tournament in 2008 and he<br />
made his debut for Great Britain in the 2010 World Team Cup. In 2010 at the age of 12, he became<br />
the youngest Briton to gain a senior men’s singles world ranking.<br />
Alfie had an outstanding 2012, which started with him becoming just the second Brit to win the<br />
boys’ singles title at the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in Tarbes, France, where he also won<br />
the boy’s doubles title.<br />
Alfie won a total of five men’s singles titles and eight men’s doubles titles in 2012, gaining his<br />
first senior main draw singles title at the Memorial Jens Vanherck in Belgium at which he won<br />
the two men’s singles titles, two men’s doubles titles and two junior singles titles.<br />
Alfie started <strong>2013</strong> by retaining his Junior Masters singles and doubles titles in Tarbes and becoming<br />
the world No. 1 ranked junior player.<br />
YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />
KEY FACTS<br />
Born: 06.12.1997<br />
Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />
Lives: Cantley, Norwich<br />
Career Titles (singles): 6<br />
Career Titles (doubles): 9<br />
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
58 120 279 - - - - - - - - - -<br />
Coach: Donna Andrews<br />
Highest Ranking: 27 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />
Website: www.alfietennis.co.uk<br />
<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide<br />
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