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{{short description|British tennis player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{short description|British tennis player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Jay Clarke
|name = Jay Clarke
|image = Clarke WM17 (22) (36016694612).jpg
|image = Clarke RGQ19 (5) (48002720678).jpg
|caption = Clarke at the [[2017 Wimbledon Championships]]
|caption = Clarke at the [[2019 French Open]]
|fullname = Jay Alexander Clarke
|fullname = Jay Alexander Clarke
|country = {{GBR2}}
|country = {{GBR2}}
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|birth_place = [[Derby]], United Kingdom
|birth_place = [[Derby]], United Kingdom
|residence = Derby, United Kingdom
|residence = Derby, United Kingdom
|height = {{convert|1.88|m|abbr=on}}
|height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}}
|turnedpro = 2016
|turnedpro = 2016
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|coach = Curtis Clarke and Yasmin Clarke
|coach = Yasmin Clarke
|careerprizemoney = $624,628
|careerprizemoney = $828,378
|singlesrecord = 2–9 (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]])
|singlesrecord = 2–11 (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]])
|singlestitles = 0
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 153 (22 July 2019)
|highestsinglesranking = No. 153 (22 July 2019)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 173 (28 February 2022)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 324 (17 June 2024)
|AustralianOpenresult = Q1 ([[2019 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2019]], [[2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2020]], [[2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2021]])
|AustralianOpenresult = Q1 ([[2019 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2019]], [[2020 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2020]], [[2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2021]])
|FrenchOpenresult = Q2 ([[2018 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|2018]])
|FrenchOpenresult = Q2 ([[2018 French Open – Men's singles qualifying|2018]])
|Wimbledonresult = 2R ([[2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2019]])
|Wimbledonresult = 2R ([[2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2019]])
|USOpenresult = Q1 ([[2018 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2018]], [[2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2019]])
|USOpenresult = Q1 ([[2018 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2018]], [[2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2019]], [[2022 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2022]])
|doublesrecord = 2–4
|doublesrecord = 2–5
|doublestitles = 0
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 221 (16 April 2018)
|highestdoublesranking = No. 221 (16 April 2018)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 545 (28 February 2022)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 273 (17 June 2024)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2017]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2017]])
|Mixed = yes
|Mixed = yes
|WimbledonMixedresult = SF ([[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|2018]])
|WimbledonMixedresult = SF ([[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|2018]])
|updated = 28 February 2022
|updated = 17 June 2024
}}
}}


'''Jay Alexander Clarke''' (born 27 July 1998) is a British [[tennis]] player.
'''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.

In 2017, on a [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles#Section 4|Wimbledon]] wildcard, Clarke and [[Marcus Willis]] beat the defending doubles champions and second seeds, [[Nicolas Mahut]] and [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]], in five sets, to progress to the third round.
Clarke has won four Futures titles and two Challenger titles.
Clarke has won eight Futures titles and three Challenger titles.

In 2017, on a [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles#Section 4|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==
==Early and personal life==


Clarke has an older brother Curtis (by four years) and an older sister Yasmin (by nine years), who are both former professional tennis players, and all were coached by their father Earol. Clarke is from [[Pear Tree, Derby]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/jay-clarke-tennis-from-peartree|title=Jay Clarke|website=Derbyshire Sport County Sports Partnerships|date=2014}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/tennis-club-holds-open-day-budding-players/story-18956020-detail/story.html|title=Tennis club holds open day for budding players|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|date=11 May 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Clarke is from [[Pear Tree, Derby]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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==
==Junior career==
===2012===
===2012===
Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


===2015===
===2015===
Clarke was the no 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.
Clarke was the no 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.


==Senior career==
==Professional career==
===2016–2017===
===2016–2017===
Clarke has risen from an [[Association of Tennis Professionals|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 [[2017 French Open|French Open]] and travelled with the Great Britain Davis Cup team for their [[2017 Davis Cup World Group#France vs. Great Britain|tie against France.]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Clarke has risen from an [[Association of Tennis Professionals|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 [[2017 French Open|French Open]] and travelled with the Great Britain Davis Cup team for their [[2017 Davis Cup World Group#France vs. Great Britain|tie against France.]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>


Clarke received a singles wild card for the [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying#Fourteenth qualifier|2017 Wimbledon qualifiers]] but lost in the final round. Clarke was awarded a wildcard to the [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles#Section 4|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Clarke received a singles wild card for the [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying#Fourteenth qualifier|2017 Wimbledon qualifiers]] but lost in the final round. Clarke was awarded a wildcard to the [[2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles#Section 4|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


===2018===
===2018===
Clarke made his ATP main draw debut at the [[2018 Queen's Club Championships|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 [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles]] with [[Harriet Dart]] beating the first seeds in the third round.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 – Official Site by IBM |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/atpci14.html |website=www.wimbledon.com}}</ref>
Clarke made his ATP main draw debut at the [[2018 Queen's Club Championships|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 [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles]] with [[Harriet Dart]] beating the first seeds in the third round.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>


==ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals==
==ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals==
===Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)===
===Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)===
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!Legend
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (2–4)
|ATP Challenger (3–4)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (4–2)
|ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–5)
|}
|}
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!Finals by surface
!Finals by surface
|-
|-
|Hard (2–5)
|Hard (3–5)
|-
|-
|Clay (4–1)
|Clay (8–4)
|-
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|Grass (0–0)
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|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jack Draper (tennis)|Jack Draper]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jack Draper (tennis)|Jack Draper]]
|3–6, 0–6
|3–6, 0–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–4</small>
|[[2022 Morelos Open – Singles|{{dts|May 2022}}]]
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Morelos Open|Cuernavaca]], Mexico
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Adrián Menéndez Maceiras]]
|6–1, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>5–2</small>
|{{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
|<small>6–2</small>
|{{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
|<small>6–3</small>
|{{dts|Feb 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Hammamet, Tunisia|Hammamet]], Tunisia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kamil Majchrzak]]
|3–6, 5–7
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>7–3</small>
|{{dts|Feb 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Hammamet, Tunisia|Hammamet]], Tunisia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sandro Kopp
|4–6, 6–2, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>7–4</small>
|{{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
|<small>8–4</small>
|{{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<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 3–6, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>8–5</small>
|{{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
|}
|}


===Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)===
===Doubles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)===
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!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (0–1)
|ATP Challenger (2–2)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (0–1)
|ITF Futures (8–2)
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!Finals by surface
!Finals by surface
|-
|-
|Hard (0–0)
|Hard (3–1)
|-
|-
|Clay (0–2)
|Clay (7–3)
|-
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|Grass (0–0)
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|Clay
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Curtis Clarke
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Curtis Clarke
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandril Sood]]<br>{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshit Sood]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandril Sood]]<br />{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshit Sood]]
|3–6, 2–6
|3–6, 2–6
|-
|-
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|Clay
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kevin Krawietz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kevin Krawietz]]
|{{flagicon|ESA}} [[Marcelo Arévalo]]<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela]]
|{{flagicon|ESA}} [[Marcelo Arévalo]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela]]
|1–6, 4–6
|1–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|[[2023 Chennai Open Challenger – Doubles|{{dts|Feb 2023}}]]
|bgcolor=moccasin| [[Chennai Open Challenger|Chennai]], India
|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arjun Kadhe]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Sebastian Ofner]]<br>{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nino Serdarušić]]
|6–0, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|{{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 <br />{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Hrazdil
|7–5, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|{{dts|Nov 2023}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Antalya]], Turkey
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Josip Simundza
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Cengiz Aksu <br />{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Mert Naci Türker]]
|1–6, 7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>, [10–8]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–1</small>
|{{dts|Dec 2023}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GBR}} James MacKinlay
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Sarp Ağabigün]] <br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Corentin Denolly]]
|7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>4–1</small>
|{{dts|Dec 2023}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GBR}} James MacKinlay
|{{flagicon|}} [[Bogdan Bobrov]] <br />{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]]
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|[[2024 Oeiras Indoors – Doubles|{{dts|Jan 2024}}]]
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Oeiras Indoors|Oeiras]], Portugal
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard (i)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Marcus Willis]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Théo Arribagé<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Michael Geerts]]
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(9–11)</sup>, [10–3]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>4–2</small>
|{{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]] <br />{{flagicon|GBR}} George Houghton
|5–7, 3–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>5–2</small>
|{{dts|Feb 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Hammamet, Tunisia]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sandro Kopp
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Corentin Denolly]] <br />{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Damien Wenger]]
|6–2, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>6–2</small>
|{{dts|Mar 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Badalona]], Spain
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Augusto Virgili
|{{flagicon|NED}} Ryan Nijboer <br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejo Sanchez Quilez
|6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>7–2</small>
|{{dts|Apr 2024}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Hammamet, Tunisia|Hammamet]], Tunisia
|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour
|Clay
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
|{{flagicon|}} Aleksandr Lobanov <br />{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Aziz Ouakaa]]
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>8–2</small>
|{{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]] <br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federico Arnaboldi]]
|5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>2–2</small>
|[[2024 Dutch Open – Doubles|{{dts|Jul 2024}}]]
|bgcolor=moccasin| [[Dutch Open (tennis)|Amersfoort]], Netherlands
|bgcolor=moccasin|Challenger
|Clay
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Stevenson (tennis)|David Stevenson]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Demoliner]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Durán]]
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 4–6
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 13:16, 26 October 2024

Jay Clarke
Clarke at the 2019 French Open
Full nameJay Alexander Clarke
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceDerby, United Kingdom
Born (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 26)
Derby, United Kingdom
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachYasmin Clarke
Prize money$828,378
Singles
Career record2–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (22 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 324 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2019, 2020, 2021)
French OpenQ2 (2018)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2018, 2019, 2022)
Doubles
Career record2–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 221 (16 April 2018)
Current rankingNo. 273 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2017)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonSF (2018)
Last updated on: 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

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Clarke is from Pear Tree, Derby.[1] 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

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2012

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Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final.[2][3]

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.[4]

2015

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Clarke was the no 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.

Professional career

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2016–2017

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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.[5]

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.[6]

2018

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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.[7]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (8–4)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2016 Egypt F35, Cairo Futures Clay Chile Laslo Urrutia Fuentes 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Dec 2016 Egypt F36, Cairo Futures Clay Egypt Youssef Hossam 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Mar 2017 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Clay France Alexis Musialek 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–1 Sep 2017 Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Federico Gaio 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–1 Nov 2017 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard India Sumit Nagal 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 3–2 Mar 2018 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard Germany Benjamin Hassan 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 4–2 Mar 2018 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard Italy Pietro Rondoni 6–1, 7–5
Win 1–1 Jul 2018 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Australia Jordan Thompson 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 2–1 Apr 2019 Anning, China Challenger Clay India Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Nov 2019 Pune, India Challenger Hard Australia James Duckworth 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2021 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2–4 Jan 2022 Forlì, Italy Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jack Draper 3–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 May 2022 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard Spain Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win 5–2 May 2023 M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy World Tour Clay Italy Julian Ocleppo 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–2 Nov 2023 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tour Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nerman Fatic 6–4, 7–5
Loss 6–3 Feb 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia World Tour Clay Poland Kamil Majchrzak 3–6, 5–7
Win 7–3 Feb 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia World Tour Clay Austria Sandro Kopp 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Mar 2024 M15 Rovinj, Croatia World Tour Clay Croatia Matej Dodig 6–7, 4–6
Win 8–4 May 2024 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tour Clay Spain Carlos Sánchez Jover 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Jun 2024 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina World Tour Clay Poland Maks Kaśnikowski 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (8–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Egypt F35, Cairo Futures Clay United Kingdom Curtis Clarke India Chandril Sood
India Lakshit Sood 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Germany Kevin Krawietz El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2023 Chennai, India Challenger Hard India Arjun Kadhe Austria Sebastian Ofner
Croatia Nino Serdarušić 		6–0, 6–4
Win 1–1 Oct 2023 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Volodoymyr Uzhylovkyi Czech Republic Jiri Barnat
Czech Republic Jan Hrazdil 		7–5, 7–5
Win 2–1 Nov 2023 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Josip Simundza Turkey Cengiz Aksu
Turkey Mert Naci Türker 		1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–8]
Win 3–1 Dec 2023 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay United Kingdom James MacKinlay Turkey Sarp Ağabigün
France Corentin Denolly 		7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 4–1 Dec 2023 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay United Kingdom James MacKinlay Bogdan Bobrov
Bulgaria Petr Nesterov 		6–1, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jan 2024 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Marcus Willis France Théo Arribagé
Belgium Michael Geerts 		6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–3]
Loss 4–2 Jan 2024 M25 Loughborough, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Millen Hurrion United Kingdom Charles Broom
United Kingdom George Houghton 		5–7, 3–6
Win 5–2 Feb 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Austria Sandro Kopp France Corentin Denolly
Switzerland Damien Wenger 		6–2, 7–5
Win 6–2 Mar 2024 M25 Badalona, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Augusto Virgili Netherlands Ryan Nijboer
Spain Alejo Sanchez Quilez 		6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 7–2 Apr 2024 M25 Hammamet, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay France Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Aleksandr Lobanov
Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa 		6–3, 6–4
Win 8–2 May 2024 M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Germany Kai Wehnelt Italy Andrea Arnaboldi
Italy Federico Arnaboldi 		5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2024 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay United Kingdom David Stevenson Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Argentina Guillermo Durán 		6–7(2–7), 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Jay Clarke". Derbyshire Sport County Sports Partnerships. 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "European Winter Cups 14 & Under Boys". Tennis Europe. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "EUROPEAN WINTER CUPS B14". Tennis Europe. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "May 2012 – Jay Clarke". LTA. May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Jay Clarke: British tennis player says he gets 15 to 20 racist messages a month". BBC Sport. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Marcus Willis repeating Wimbledon fairytale – alongside doubles partner Jay Clarke". The Telegraph. 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ "The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 – Official Site by IBM". wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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