Jay Clarke (tennis)
{{short description|British tennis player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Jay Clarke
|image = Clarke RGQ19 (5) (48002720678).jpg
|caption = Clarke at the 2019 French Open
|fullname = Jay Alexander Clarke
|country = {{GBR2}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|27}}
|birth_place = Derby, United Kingdom
|residence = Derby, United Kingdom
|height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}}
|turnedpro = 2016
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|coach = Yasmin Clarke
|careerprizemoney = $916,150
|singlesrecord = 2–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 153 (22 July 2019)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 255 (14 April 2025)
|AustralianOpenresult = Q1 (2019, 2020, 2021)
|FrenchOpenresult = Q2 (2018)
|Wimbledonresult = 2R (2019)
|USOpenresult = Q1 (2018, 2019, 2022)
|doublesrecord = 2–5
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 221 (16 April 2018)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 380 (14 April 2025)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (2017)
|Mixed = yes
|WimbledonMixedresult = SF (2018)
|updated = 17 June 2024
}}
Jay Alexander Clarke (born 27 July 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 22 July 2019.
Clarke has won eight Futures titles and three Challenger titles.
In 2017, on a Wimbledon wildcard, Clarke and Marcus Willis beat the defending doubles champions and second seeds, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, in the second round, in five sets.
Early and personal life
Clarke is from Pear Tree, Derby.{{cite news |date=2014 |title=Jay Clarke |website=Derbyshire Sport County Sports Partnerships |url=http://www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/jay-clarke-tennis-from-peartree}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} He is of Jamaican-British descent. Clarke grew up in a tennis-oriented family with his two sisters and brother also playing tennis. He attributes his love of tennis to his father Earol who also coached him and his siblings. Clarke’s older sister Yasmin (former 532 WTA) is a big part of his team.
Junior career
=2012=
Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.tenniseurope.org/page.aspx?id=16412|title=European Winter Cups 14 & Under Boys|publisher=Tennis Europe|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701144623/http://tenniseurope.org/page.aspx?id=16412|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://te.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatch.aspx?id=E4D857C2-CF1E-46A2-855B-7D3180D5A414&match=65|title=EUROPEAN WINTER CUPS B14|publisher=Tennis Europe|date=19 February 2012|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220161734/https://te.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fteammatch.aspx%3Fid%3DE4D857C2-CF1E-46A2-855B-7D3180D5A414%26match%3D65|url-status=live}}
Clarke won two Tennis Europe 14U Grade 1 events to become the 14U No.1 in Europe. Consequently, Clarke gained the May AEGON Junior Player of the Month Award.{{cite news|url=https://www3.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-Awards/May/AEGON-Junior-Player-of-the-Month/|title=May 2012 – Jay Clarke|publisher=LTA|date=May 2012|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019055200/https://www3.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-Awards/May/AEGON-Junior-Player-of-the-Month/|url-status=live}}
=2015=
Clarke was the no 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.
Professional career
=2016–2017=
Clarke has risen from an ATP singles ranking of No. 1,621 in the world in June 2016 to a career high of No. 219 achieved on 4 December 2017. He trained with Andy Murray before the French Open and travelled with the Great Britain Davis Cup team for their tie against France.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40273822|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Jay Clarke: British tennis player says he gets 15 to 20 racist messages a month|date=14 June 2017|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226114515/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40273822|url-status=live}}
Clarke received a singles wild card for the 2017 Wimbledon qualifiers but lost in the final round. Clarke was awarded a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Marcus Willis, where they reached the third round after upsetting the defending champions and second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a five-setter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2017/07/08/marcus-willis-repeating-wimbledon-fairytale-alongside-doubles/|title=Marcus Willis repeating Wimbledon fairytale – alongside doubles partner Jay Clarke|date=2017-07-08|work=The Telegraph|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623001333/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2017/07/08/marcus-willis-repeating-wimbledon-fairytale-alongside-doubles/|url-status=live}}
=2018=
Clarke made his ATP main draw debut at the Queen's Club Championships where he was given a wildcard into the singles event, he lost in straight sets to the American fifth seed Sam Querrey. Clarke was awarded a wild card to the main draw of the 2018 Wimbledon Championship for his grand slam singles debut. Clarke reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart beating the first seeds in the third round.{{cite web |title=The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 – Official Site by IBM |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/atpci14.html |website=wimbledon.com |access-date=16 July 2018 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194656/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/atpci14.html |url-status=live }}
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
=Singles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–0 |{{dts|Dec 2016}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Egypt F35, Cairo |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|CHI}} Laslo Urrutia Fuentes |6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–0 |{{dts|Dec 2016}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Egypt F36, Cairo |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|EGY}} Youssef Hossam |6–4, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–0 |{{dts|Mar 2017}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F9, Antalya |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Alexis Musialek |6–2, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|3–1 |{{dts|Sep 2017}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Gaio |2–6, 5–7 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |2017 Bengaluru Open – Singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Bangalore, India |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Sumit Nagal |3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|3–2 |{{dts|Mar 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Qatar F2, Doha |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Hassan |6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4–2 |{{dts|Mar 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Qatar F3, Doha |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Rondoni |6–1, 7–5 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–1 |2018 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Binghamton, United States |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Thompson |6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–1 |2019 Kunming Open – Men's singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Anning, China |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|IND}} Prajnesh Gunneswaran |6–4, 6–3 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2–2 |2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Pune, India |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} James Duckworth |6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2–3 |2021 President's Cup – Men's singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Max Purcell |6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2–4 |2022 Città di Forlì II – Singles |style="background:moccasin;"|Forlì, Italy |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Draper |3–6, 0–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–4 |style="background:moccasin;"|Cuernavaca, Mexico |style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Menéndez Maceiras |6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|5–2 |{{dts|May 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Julian Ocleppo |6–3, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|6–2 |{{dts|Nov 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Antalya, Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|BIH}} Nerman Fatic |6–4, 7–5 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|6–3 |{{dts|Feb 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Hammamet, Tunisia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|POL}} Kamil Majchrzak |3–6, 5–7 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|7–3 |{{dts|Feb 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Hammamet, Tunisia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|AUT}} Sandro Kopp |4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|7–4 |{{dts|Mar 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Rovinj, Croatia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|CRO}} Matej Dodig |6–7, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|8–4 |{{dts|May 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sánchez Jover |7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|8–5 |{{dts|Jun 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|POL}} Maks Kaśnikowski |2–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|8–6 |{{dts|Sep 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Bali, Indonesia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Omar Jasika |4–6, 1–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|9–6 |{{dts|Oct 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Mager |6–3 ret. |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|10–6 |{{dts|Mar 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Chandigarh, India |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|KOR}} Woobin Shin |7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–0 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|11–6 |{{dts|Mar 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Ahmedabad, India |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|ITA}} Alexandr Binda |6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|11–7 |{{dts|Apr 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Bengaluru, India |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Crawford |2–5 ret. |
=Doubles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |{{dts|Dec 2016}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Egypt F35, Cairo |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} Curtis Clarke |{{flagicon|IND}} Chandril Sood |3–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |2018 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Doubles |bgcolor=moccasin| San Luis Potosí, Mexico |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Kevin Krawietz |{{flagicon|ESA}} Marcelo Arévalo |1–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–1 |2023 Chennai Open Challenger – Doubles |bgcolor=moccasin| Chennai, India |bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|IND}} Arjun Kadhe |{{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Ofner |6–0, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–1 |{{dts|Oct 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|UKR}} Volodoymyr Uzhylovkyi |{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiri Barnat |7–5, 7–5 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–1 |{{dts|Nov 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Antalya, Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|CRO}} Josip Simundza |{{flagicon|TUR}} Cengiz Aksu |1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–8] |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–1 |{{dts|Dec 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Antalya, Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} James MacKinlay |{{flagicon|TUR}} Sarp Ağabigün |7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4–1 |{{dts|Dec 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Antalya, Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} James MacKinlay |{{flagicon |
{{flagicon|BUL}} Petr Nesterov
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–1
|2024 Oeiras Indoors – Doubles
|style="background:moccasin;"|Oeiras, Portugal
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard (i)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Marcus Willis
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Théo Arribagé
{{flagicon|BEL}} Michael Geerts
|6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–3]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|4–2
|{{dts|Jan 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Loughborough, Great Britain
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Hard
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Millen Hurrion
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Broom
{{flagicon|GBR}} George Houghton
|5–7, 3–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|5–2
|{{dts|Feb 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Hammamet, Tunisia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sandro Kopp
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Denolly
{{flagicon|SUI}} Damien Wenger
|6–2, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|6–2
|{{dts|Mar 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Badalona, Spain
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Augusto Virgili
|{{flagicon|NED}} Ryan Nijboer
{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejo Sanchez Quilez
|6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|7–2
|{{dts|Apr 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Hammamet, Tunisia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
|{{flagicon|}} Aleksandr Lobanov
{{flagicon|TUN}} Aziz Ouakaa
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|8–2
|{{dts|May 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GER}} Kai Wehnelt
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Arnaboldi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Arnaboldi
|5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|2–2
|bgcolor=moccasin| Amersfoort, Netherlands
|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GBR}} David Stevenson
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Demoliner
{{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Durán
|6–7(2–7), 4–6
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References
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