Jay Clarke

Jay Clarke
Clarke 2019 in Paris
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	July 27, 1998
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2016
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Curtis Clarke Esteban Carril
Prize money:	$ 275,694
singles
Career record:	1: 3
Highest ranking:	161 (April 22, 2019)
Current placement:	161
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	2: 2
Highest ranking:	221 (April 16, 2018)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: April 22, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jay Alexander Clarke (born July 27, 1998 in Derby , England ) is a British tennis player .

Career

Junior tour

Jay Clarke won the European Winter Cup in Correggio with the British U14 team in 2012 when they beat Sweden 2-1 in the final. Clarke was able to contribute a victory in both singles and doubles. In the same year he was able to win two U14 tournaments of grade 1 and became number 1 in the European U14 rankings. With these successes, he secured the AEGON Junior Player of the Month award for May. In 2014 he was the UK's best junior player despite not training in the UK or receiving financial support from the UK tennis governing body . He was trained by his sister Yasmin.

Professional tour

Clarke made his professional tour debut when he was 15. He mainly plays in tournaments on the Future and Challenger Tour. So far, he has won three individual titles on the Future Tour.

Clarke came to Wimbledon for his Grand Slam premiere in 2017 . Together with his partner Marcus Willis , he received a wildcard for the double competition. There he sensationally made it into the second round with two 5-set successes in the first two rounds. In the second round they were able to beat the number 2 duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut . In the round of 16 he lost in three sets against the eventual finalists Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić . He celebrated his first title win on the Challenger Tour in Binghamton . In the final, he beat the top seeded Australian Jordan Thompson in just three sets . With this success he made it into the top 200 for the first time and with 175th place his best place in the world rankings to date .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (2)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	29th July 2018	Binghamton	Hard court	Jordan Thompson	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
2.	April 21, 2019	Anning	sand	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	6: 4, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Jay Clarke (English)
• ITF-profile Jay Clarke (English)
• ITF junior profile Jay Clarke (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Great Britain wins the final against Sweden. In: te.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved October 18, 2017 (English). 
2. ↑ Jay Clarke wins AEGON Junior Player of the Month. In: lta.org.uk. Retrieved October 18, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Jay Clarke benefits from moving to Sweden. In: bbc.com. Retrieved October 18, 2017 (English).