Cameron Norrie

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Cameron Norrie Tennis player
Cameron Norrie
Norrie at Wimbledon (2018)
Nation: New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
2010–2013 United Kingdom 2013–
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Birthday: 23rd August 1995
Size: 188 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Playing hand: Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer: James Trotman
Prize money: $ 1,494,956
singles
Career record: 38:40
Highest ranking: 41 (May 20, 2019)
Current placement: 62
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 11:12
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 156 (April 1, 2019)
Current placement: 170
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox:
August 5th, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Cameron Norrie (born August 23, 1995 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a British tennis player .

Life

Cameron Norrie was born in South Africa to a Scottish and Welsh woman; his family moved to New Zealand shortly afterwards when he was an infant. Until 2013 he played for the local association u. a. on the ITF Junior Tour, where he was able to advance to 10th place. At the age of 15, Norrie moved to Europe alone and played a few tournaments - a little later he made another tour to Asia. He then moved to Great Britain and from then on joined the local association. There he lived with a host family for two years and trained at the National Tennis Center in Great Britain. In 2013 he received a tennis scholarship from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth , Texas , where he climbed to number 1 in college tennis on the NCAA rankings, making him the best college tennis player. After completing his studies, Norrie became a professional tennis player.

2013–2016: The beginnings

During the semester break as a student, the British-born player played a number of futures and challenger tournaments. In 2014 in Adelaide he was able to qualify for a Challenger tournament for the first time and reach the second round. At the tournament he defeated Matt Reid for the first time, a top 200 player. In 2015 he won his first Future, and in early 2016 two more. In mid-August, Cameron Norrie celebrated his greatest success to date. In Aptos he fought his way through the qualification and only failed in the final against Daniel Evans . He jumped into the top 300 in the world rankings . At the end of the year he also took part in the finals in doubles in Columbus . He finished the year 278th in singles and 574th in doubles.

From 2017: Premiere on the World Tour

In January, Norrie was able to reach another Challenger semi-final in Maui , where he had to bow to Taro Daniel . In June in Surbiton he succeeded against the world number 71. Malek Jaziri his biggest win so far; in the last sixteen, however, he lost against Serhiy Stachowskyj in straight sets. Two weeks later he made his debut on the ATP World Tour through a wildcard at the Queen's Club . Here he had few chances against Sam Querrey and lost 1: 6, 4: 6. He won his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour in Binghamton when he beat the top seeded Australian Jordan Thompson in three sets in the final. Through this success he made it into the top 200 of the world rankings for the first time.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250 (1)
ATP Challenger Tour (3)
ATP title by topping
Hard Court (0)
Sand (1)
Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 30, 2017 United StatesUnited States Binghamton Hard court AustraliaAustralia Jordan Thompson 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 4
2. October 1, 2017 United StatesUnited States Tiburon Hard court United StatesUnited States Tennys Sandgren 6: 2, 6: 3
3. October 8, 2017 United StatesUnited States Stockton Hard court BarbadosBarbados Darian King 6: 1, 6: 3

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. January 12, 2019 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court United StatesUnited States Tennys Sandgren 4: 6, 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. May 6, 2018 PortugalPortugal Estoril sand United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kyle Edmund NetherlandsNetherlands Wesley Koolhof Artem Sitak
New ZealandNew Zealand 
6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Tennis player Cameron Norrie is going pro after this semester. In: tcu360.com. April 27, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017 .
  2. Steward Fisher: Introducing Cameron Norrie. In: heraldscotland.com. June 18, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017 .
  3. Rising star Cameron Norrie ready to take professional tennis by storm. In: dailymail.co.uk. June 16, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017 .