Charles Broom (born 24 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 23 September 2024.
Early life From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity. He later completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy at Baylor University.
Career 2022: Four doubles ITF titles In January 2022 alongside Alastair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England. In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir. In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash. In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkley Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox. Broom was given a wildcard into qualifying for the Men's singles at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships but lost in straight sets to Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov. In August 2022, he won another ITF doubles title alongside Luke Johnson in Nottingham.
2024: Top 250, ATP and Major debuts Alongside compatriot Ben Jones he won the final of the doubles event at the 2024 Kachreti Challenger on 25 May 2024.
In June 2024, he reached his first singles ATP Challenger final at the 2024 Nottingham Open, where he lost to compatriot Jacob Fearnley.
The following week at the 2024 Ilkley Trophy he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin and was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the third round of the doubles tournament, partnering with Arthur Fery.
Ranked No. 245, he made his ATP debut at the 2024 Eastbourne International where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round, after the withdrawal of second seed Tommy Paul. He lost to compatriot and wildcard Billy Harris in three sets.
Broom won the doubles title at the 2024 Kozerki Open with David Stevenson.
2025: United Cup He played alongside Harris, and Katie Boulter representing Great Britain in the 2025 United Cup in Australia.
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 19 (10–9) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF World Tennis Tour (10–7)Finals by surfaceHard (10–8)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Ithaca, United StatesWTTHard Henry Patten6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4Win2–0M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Kyle Seelig6–3, 6–3Loss2–1M25 Bath, United KingdomWTTHard Daniel Cox4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–2M25 Calabasas, United StatesWTTHard Rinky Hijikata5–7, 2–6Loss2–3M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Omar Jasika5–7, 3–6Win3–3M15 Helsinki, FinlandWTTHard Filip Peliwo4–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss3–4M25 Sheffield, United KingdomWTTHard Daniel Little3–6, 4–6Win4–4M25 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CanadaWTTHard (i) Aziz Dougaz6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2Loss4–5M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Paul Jubb6–3, 2–6, 3–6Win5–5M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Henry Searle6–3, 6–3Loss5–6Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jacob Fearnley6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss5–7M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard George Loffhagen2–6, 2–6Win6–7M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Fabrizio Andaloro6–4, 6–3Win7–7M25 Castelo Branco, PortugalWTTHard Maxwell McKennon6–2, 6–2Win8–7M25 Sapporo, JapanWTTHard Kaichi Uchida7–6(7–4), 7–5Win9–7M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWTTHard Lui Maxted6–4, 6–1Loss9–8M25 Créteil, FranceWTTHard Marvin Möller3–6, 2–6Win10–8M25 Roehampton, United KingdomWTTHard Oliver Tarvet6–3, 6–2Loss10–9Roehampton, United KingdomChallengerHard George Loffhagen5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 33 (17–16) LegendATP Challenger (3–5)ITF World Tennis Tour (14–11)Finals by surfaceHard (12–11)Clay (2–1)Grass (3–3)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Belgium F8EupenFuturesClay Colin Sinclair Tom Schonenberg Colin Van Beem4–6, 6–1, [10–5]Win2–0M15 Fayetteville,United StatesWTTHard Matías Soto Liam Draxl Aleksandar Kovacevic2–6, 6–2, [10–5]Win3–0M15 Novi Sad,Serbia WTTClay Tadeas Paroulek Nicolae Frunză Alexandru Jecan2–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win4–0M15 Ithaca,United StatesWTTHard Henry Patten Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith7–6(8–6), 6–3Loss4–1M15 Fayetteville,United StatesWTTHard Henry Patten George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek4–6, 2–6Win5–1M15 Heraklion,GreeceWTTHard Henry Patten Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt5–7, 6–2, [10–8]Win6–1M25 Bath,United KingdomWTTHard Alastair Gray Guy den Ouden Luke Johnson6–2, 6–2Loss6–2M25 Glasgow,United KingdomWTTHard Constantin Frantzen Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]Loss6–3M25 Calabasas,United StatesWTTHard Henry Patten Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win7–3M15 Monastir,TunisiaWTTHard Constantin Frantzen Li Zhe Bu Yunchaokete7–5, 2–6, [10–8]Loss7–4M15 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTHard Jan Choinski Julian Cash Henry Patten6–7(5–7), 2–6Win8–4M15 Heraklion,GreeceWTTHard Julian Cash Gabriele Bosio Mark Whitehouse7–5, 6–4Loss8–5M25 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTGrass Luke Johnson Alastair Gray Stuart Parker6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]Win9–5M25 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTGrass Luke Johnson Ben Jones Joe Tyler6–1, 7–6(7–4)Loss9–6Columbus,United StatesChallengerHard (i) Constantin Frantzen Julian Cash Henry Patten2–6, 5–7Loss9–7M25 Trimbach,Switzerland WTTCarpet Anton Matusevich Daniel Masur Johannes Härteis6-7(3–7), 7-6(7–3), [5-10]Loss9–8M25 Värnamo,SwedenWTTClay Mark Whitehouse Simon Freund Eric Vanshelboim3–6 3–6Win10–8M25 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTGrass Ben Jones Matthew Howse Joel PierleoniWalkoverWin11–8M25 Roehampton,United KingdomWTTHard George Houghton Emile Hudd Johannus Monday6–4, 4–6, [11–9]Loss11–9M25 Edgbaston,United KingdomWTTHard David Stevenson Jacob Fearnley Connor Thomson6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [7–10]Loss11–10M25 Saint-Augustin,CanadaWTTHard (i) Ben Jones Max Westphal Theodore Winegar6–4, 3–6, [9–11]Loss11–11Calgary,CanadaChallengerHard (i) Ben Jones Juan Carlos Aguilar Justin Boulais3–6, 2–6Win12–11M25 Loughborough,United KingdomWTTHard (i) George Houghton Jay Clarke Millen Hurrion7–5, 6–3Loss12–12M25 Santo Domingo,Dominican RepublicWTTHard David Stevenson Nicolás Mejía Andrés Urrea6–7(2–7), 6–3, [7–10]Win13–12M25 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTHard Daniel Little James Davis Matthew Summers5–7, 7–5, [10–6]Win14–12M25 Kachreti,GeorgiaWTTHard Hamish Stewart Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy6–4, 6–4Win15–12Kachreti,GeorgiaChallengerHard Ben Jones Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgenii Tiurnev3–6, 6–1, [10–8]Win16–12Grodzisk Mazowiecki,PolandChallengerHard David Stevenson Daniel Cukierman Johannes Ingildsen6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss16–13M25 Nottingham,United KingdomWTTHard Ben Jones Justin Boulais Andres Martin6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss16–14Ilkley,United KingdomChallengerGrass Ben Jones Diego Hidalgo Patrik Trhac3–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]Loss16–15Nottingham II,United KingdomChallengerGrass Mark Whitehouse Scott Duncan James MacKinlay5–7, 6–4, [18–20]Win17–15 Nottingham I,United KingdomChallengerHard (i) David Stevenson Miloš Karol Daniel Masur6–2, 7–6(7–5)Loss17–16 Glasgow,United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Ben Jones Christoph Negritu Adrià Soriano Barrera6–2, 2–6, [4–10]
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