Alfie Hewett (born 6 December 1997) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 2 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles.
Hewett has won a total of 37 major titles: 11 in singles and 26 in doubles, partnering Gordon Reid for all of the latter. The pair completed the Grand Slam in 2021 (the first to do so since Stéphane Houdet first achieved the feat in 2014 with multiple partners), and won Paralympic gold in men's doubles at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, having been silver medalists in the two previous Games. Hewett is also a two-time Paralympic silver medalist in singles (in 2016 and 2024). He won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in both singles and doubles in 2017, 2021, and 2023.
Hewett was born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery at six months, and suffered from Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a condition that inhibits blood flow from the pelvis to the hip joint. His ability to walk was severely impaired and from the age of six he has been a wheelchair user. Though able to walk, Hewett is not fully mobile in the conventional sense and cannot participate in able-bodied sports.
Tennis career
Hewett attended Acle High School and went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at City College Norwich.
In July 2016 Hewett won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Gordon Reid, coming back from a set down to win against the French pair Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.
He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with Reid, who beat him in the singles final.
In May 2017 Hewett won his first Grand Slam in singles at the French Open, beating Gustavo Fernández of Argentina in three sets, despite losing the first to love.
In July 2017, in a repeat of the final a year earlier, Hewett won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles, alongside Reid, winning in three sets against Houdet and Peifer.
Hewett won the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough, UK. He ended 2017 ranked No 2 in the world, then a career-high.
On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1.
In March 2018 Hewett won his first Super Series singles title at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, USA.
On 2 September 2018 he claimed his second Super Series title at the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships in St. Louis. Later that month Hewett won the singles title at the US Open as well as the doubles title with Reid.
In September 2019 he successfully defended both his singles and, with Reid, doubles titles at the US Open.
In 2020 Hewett won the French Open singles title in three sets against Joachim Gérard and partnered Reid to win all three available Grand Slam doubles titles at the Australian Open, US Open and French Open, with the Wimbledon Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After winning a silver medal in the men's doubles with Reid at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and losing the bronze medal singles match to Reid, world number 2 Hewett spoke about his Paralympic future being "out of his hands", due to a review into whether his disability is severe enough to qualify him to play in a wheelchair under the 2019 revision of International Tennis Federation rules. Hewett was allowed to continue his tennis career after an alteration to the new ITF rules in November 2021.
Hewett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to tennis.
Hewett kicked off 2024 by winning a fifth Australian Open doubles title in a row with Reid. In May 2024 Hewett was part of the Great Britain team which won the World Team Cup for a second successive year beating Spain 2–0 in the final of the event held in Turkey. It was the team's fourth win in the competition since 2015.
Hewett and Reid won a fifth straight French Open in June with a 6-1 6–4 victory over second-seeded Japanese duo Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final.
At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Hewett defeated Martín de la Puente in the final, 6–2, 6–3, to complete the singles career Grand Slam. He and Reid also won doubles title, defeating Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2).
Hewett won the doubles gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. He lost in Paralympic wheelchair tennis men's singles final.
In 2026, Hewett was the men's singles champion of the inaugural Miami Open wheelchair tournament, which was played at the WT500 level and at the same time and venue as the Miami Open tournament for the ATP and the WTA tours. Hewett secured the title after beating Tokito Oda of Japan in two sets at the final.
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
Wheelchair singles Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQFQFQFSFFFWFWSF 2 / 10 18–8French OpenAWQFSFWWSFFSFFF 3 / 10 22–7WimbledonQFSFSFQFNHQFFFWFF 1 / 10 16–9US Open NHFWWFFWWNH SFW 5 / 9 26–4Win–loss0–16–34–34–36–27–39–313–29–212–312–311 / 3882–28
Wheelchair doubles Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAFFSFWWWWWWSF6 / 1018–4French OpenAAFSFSFWWWWWWW7 / 1016–3WimbledonSFWWWFNHWFWWFW7 / 1120–4US OpenANHWWWWWFSFNHFW6 / 914–3Win–loss0–12–06–25–23–36–08–06–29–19–010–210–124 / 4074–14
Grand Slam tournament finals
Wheelchair singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner-ups)
ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2017French OpenClay Gustavo Fernández0–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2Loss2017US Open Hard Stéphane Houdet2–6, 6–4, 3–6Win2018US Open Hard Shingo Kunieda6–3, 7–5Win 2019US Open (2)Hard Stéphane Houdet7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)Loss2020US Open Hard Shingo Kunieda3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)Win2020French Open (2)Clay Joachim Gérard6–4, 4–6, 6–3Loss2021Australian OpenHard Joachim Gérard0–6, 6–4, 4–6Win2021French Open (3)Clay Shingo Kunieda6–3, 6–4Loss2021US Open Hard Shingo Kunieda1–6, 4–6Loss2022Australian OpenHard Shingo Kunieda5–7, 6–3, 2–6Loss2022WimbledonGrass Shingo Kunieda6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–10)Win2022US Open (3)Hard Shingo Kunieda7–6(7–2), 6–1Win2023Australian OpenHard Tokito Oda6–3, 6–1Loss2023French OpenClay Tokito Oda1–6, 4–6Loss2023WimbledonGrass Tokito Oda4–6, 2–6Win2023US Open (4)Hard Gordon Reid6–4, 6–3Loss2024Australian OpenHard Tokito Oda 2–6, 4–6Win2024WimbledonGrass Martín de la Puente6–2, 6–3Win2025Australian Open (2)Hard Tokito Oda6–4, 6–4Loss2025French OpenClay Tokito Oda4–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss2025WimbledonGrass Tokito Oda6–3, 5–7, 2–6Loss2026French OpenClay Tokito Oda3–6, 3–6Loss2026WimbledonGrass Tokito Oda1–6, 1–6Win2026US Open Hard Tokito Oda6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Wheelchair doubles: 32 (25 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2016WimbledonGrass Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)Loss2017Australian OpenHard Gustavo Fernández Joachim Gérard Gordon Reid3–6, 6–3, [3–10]Loss2017French OpenClay Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer4–6, 3–6Win2017Wimbledon (2)Grass Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)Win2017US Open Hard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer7–5, 6–4Loss2018Australian OpenHard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer4–6, 2–6Win2018Wimbledon (3)Grass Gordon Reid Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson6–1, 6–4Win2018US Open (2)Hard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer5–7, 6–3, [11–9]Loss2019WimbledonGrass Gordon Reid Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson4–6, 2–6Win2019US Open (3)Hard Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda1–6, 6–4, [11–9]Win2020Australian Open Hard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Win2020US Open (4)Hard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer6–4, 6–1Win2020French OpenClay Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–3]Win2021Australian Open (2)Hard Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer7–5, 7–6(7–3)Win2021French Open (2)Clay Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer6-3, 6–0Win2021Wimbledon (4)Grass Gordon Reid Tom Egberink Joachim Gerard7–5, 6–2Win2021US Open (5)Hard Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda6-2, 6–1Win2022Australian Open (3)Hard Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda6–2, 4–6, [10–7]Win2022French Open (3)Clay Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)Loss2022WimbledonGrass Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda3–6, 1–6Loss2022US Open Hard Gordon Reid Martín de la Puente Nicolas Peifer6–4, 5–7, [6–10]Win2023Australian Open (4)Hard Gordon Reid Maikel Scheffers Ruben Spaargaren6–1, 6–2Win2023French Open (4)Clay Gordon Reid Martín de la Puente Gustavo Fernández7–6(11–9), 7–5Win2023Wimbledon (5)Grass Gordon Reid Takuya Miki Tokito Oda3–6, 6–0, 6–3Win2024Australian Open (5)Hard Gordon Reid Takuya Miki Tokito Oda6–3, 6–2Win2024French Open (5)Clay Gordon Reid Takuya Miki Tokito Oda6–1, 6–4Win2024Wimbledon (6)Grass Gordon Reid Takuya Miki Tokito Oda6–4, 7–6(7–2)Win2025Australian Open (6)Hard Gordon Reid Daniel Caverzaschi Stéphane Houdet6–2, 6–4Win2024French Open (6)Clay Gordon Reid Stéphane Houdet Tokito Oda6–4, 1–6, [10–7]Loss2025WimbledonGrass Gordon Reid Martín de la Puente Ruben Spaargaren7–6(7–1), 7–5Win2026French Open (7)Clay Gordon Reid Martin de la Puenta Stéphane Houdet6–2, 6–3Win2026Wimbledon (7)Grass Gordon Reid Gustavo Fernández Tokito Oda2–6, 6–1, 6–2
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