By Tony Fairbairn
- Britwatch assesses the 2024 season of the top ten Brits with Jack Draper ending the season in the world’s top 15 while Billy Harris and Jacob Fearnley both made top 100 debuts this season.
LONDON, ENGLAND – The 2024 season has ended and now it’s time to see which ATP Brits got top marks and which Brits will need to do more studying next year.
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The 2024 season has been an eventful one for ATP Brits as there have been landmark results this year. A late surge by Jack Draper saw the British number one reach a career high of 15 in the world after winning a maiden ATP 500 title. While there were also top 100 debuts for Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris after achieving breakthrough moments throughout the grass court season and challenger tour. Now it’s time to assess where the ATP Brits are heading into the 2025 season and which players have plenty of work to do in the off-season.
1) Jack Draper
Start of season ranking: 62
End of season ranking: 15
It’s been another incredible year for Draper who started the year in inconsistent yet promising form with a final and a few good wins. Despite struggling at the Grand Slams, the British number one never gave up and claimed his first ATP title in Stuttgart as well as beating eventual Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s Club. An extraordinary year ended with a first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open as well as winning his maiden ATP 500 title in Vienna. Draper’s reward is now a career high ranking of 15 as he looks for more success in 2025.
Season highlights:
Adelaide: Final
Acapulco: Semi-Final
Munich: Quarter-Final
Stuttgart: Champion
Queen’s Club: Quarter-Final
Cincinnati: Quarter-Final
US Open: Semi-Final
Tokyo: Quarter-Final
Vienna: Champion
2) Cameron Norrie
Start of the season ranking: 18
End of the season ranking: 49
It’s been a bitterly disappointing season for Cameron Norrie as he has struggled for results for the majority of the season. Normally the South American clay swing would provide some much needed confidence for the Brit but even that failed to live up to his usual standards. Injury saw Norrie miss the Olympics and the US Open but the Brit produced some late momentum by reaching the final in Metz as Norrie will be hoping to carry that momentum into 2025.
Season highlights:
Auckland: Quarter-Final
Australian Open: Fourth Round
Rio De Janeiro: Semi-Final
Barcelona: Quarter-Final
Roanne Challenger: Quarter-Final
Metz: Final
3) Jacob Fearnley
Start of season ranking: 646
End of season ranking: 99
It’s been a season beyond Fearnley’s wildest imagination! The Brit started the year outside the world’s top 600 but an incredible grass court season turned his year around. After winning the Nottingham Challenger from qualifying, Fearnley climbed into the world’s top 300 and went from strength to strength as he pushed Novak Djokovic to four sets at Wimbledon. Fearnley went on to win three more Challenger titles as he makes his top 100 debut and will now enter the Australian Open without qualifying. An incredible achievement as he will be hoping more success awaits him next season.
Season highlights:
ITF Esch Alzette: Champion
Nottingham Challenger: Champion
Wimbledon: Second Round
Chicago Challenger: Semi-Final
Lincoln Challenger: Champion
Rennes Challenger: Champion
Orleans Challenger: Champion
Bratislava 2 Challenger: Quarter-Final
Helsinki Challenger: Quarter-Final
4) Billy Harris
Start of season ranking: 199
End of season ranking: 117
An outstanding season for Harris who built on the momentum he created towards the end of last year. Back-to-back Challenger semi-finals at Surbiton and Nottingham saw the start of an incredible Grass court season which included a maiden ATP tour quarter-final at Queen’s Club and a semi-final at Eastbourne. Although he entered Wimbledon as a top 100 player, the Brit couldn’t capitalise that momentum as he will be targeting consistency in 2025.
Season highlights:
Barcelona Challenger: Quarter-Final
Rome Challenger: Quarter-Final
Surbiton Challenger: Semi-Final
Nottingham 2 Challenger: Semi-Final
Queen’s Club: Quarter-Final
Eastbourne: Semi-Final
5) Dan Evans
Start of season ranking: 40
End of season ranking: 164
It’s been a challenging year for Dan Evans who once again struggled to gain results in the first half of the season. Although there were some promising performances, Evans struggled for a win over the clay court swing and an unfortunate injury at Queen’s Club halted his progress at Wimbledon. The Brit sacrificed ranking over enjoyment as he went on a rollercoaster with Andy Murray at the Olympics. As a result Evans’ ranking dropped but a historic US Open and a strong end to the year will give the Brit confidence heading into a hopefully more efficient 2025.
Season highlights:
Miami: Second Round
Nottingham Challenger: Quarter-Final
Olympics: Second Round
US Open: Third Round
Almaty: Second Round
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6) Jan Choinski
Start of season ranking: 160
End of season ranking: 174
There were some moments of promise from Jan Choinski over the season with the Brit winning a Challenger title, qualifying for ATP events and the US Open. However Choinski will know he will have to do more than that if he wants to progress his ranking further than it already is.
Season highlights:
Ottignes-Louvain-la-Neuve Challenger: Quarter-Final
Estoril: Second Round
Oeiras 4 Challenger: Quarter-Final
Heilbronn Challenger: Semi-Final
Bonn Challenger: Quarter-Final
US Open: First Round
Tulin Challenger: Champion
Valencia Challenger: Quarter-Final
Helsinki Challenger: Quarter-Final
7) Paul Jubb
Start of season ranking: 669
End of season ranking: 181
It’s been an incredible year for Paul Jubb which included reaching the semi-finals at Mallorca and being inches away from winning his first ever main draw match at Wimbledon. The 25 year-old will now use this as a platform for bigger things as he aims to continue his rise up the rankings.
Season highlights:
Indian Wells 1 Challenger: Semi-Final
Glasgow Challenger: Final
Busan Challenger: Quarter-Final
ITF Nottingham: Champion
Kachreti Challenger: Semi-Final
Mallorca: Semi-Final
Lincoln Challenger: Quarter-Final
St. Brieuc Challenger: Quarter-Final
8) Jay Clarke
Start of season ranking: 393
End of season ranking: 263
It’s been a decent season for Jay Clarke who has climbed up 130 places from the start of the year. The Brit has won a few ITF tour titles but that wasn’t enough to take a Wimbledon main draw wildcard as he lost in qualifying. Now Clarke will aim to improve that next year as he will look to enter Grand Slam qualifying automatically next season.
Season highlights:
ITF Hammamet: Final
ITF Hammamet 2: Champion
ITF Porec: Champion
ITF Rovinj: Final
ITF Badalona: Semi-Final
ITF Santa Margherita di Paula: Champion
ITF Kiseljak: Final
ITF Sarajevo: Semi-Final
ITF Bali: Final
9) Charles Broom
Start of season ranking: 327
End of season ranking: 275
It’s been a good season for Charles Broom who has entered the world’s top 300 after some consistent performances on the ITF circuit. Furthermore, Broom swept up some form by reaching his first Challenger final in Nottingham. Now Broom will hope to continue his great form in 2025 and continue to produce consistently tricky tennis.
Season highlights:
ITF Loughborough: Semi-Final
ITF Santo Domingo: Quarter-Final
ITF Calabasas: Semi-Final
ITF Nottingham: Champion
Nottingham 2 Challenger: Final
ITF Edgbaston: Quarter-Final
ITF Norwich: Semi-Final
10) Kyle Edmund
Start of season ranking: 538
End of season ranking: 357
There have been some really good performances from Kyle Edmund at ITF level this season. Now the Brit aims to continue his consistency as he will want to push up into the world’s top 300 and be within a shout of a Wimbledon wildcard next year.
Season highlights:
ITF Loughborough: Champion
ITF Sunderland: Champion
ITF Nottingham: Quarter-Final
Cassis Challenger: Second Round
Columbus Challenger: Semi-Final
St. Brieuc Challenger: Quarter-Final
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