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Lloyd Glasspool

Lloyd Glasspool

British tennis player


Lloyd Glasspool (born 19 November 1993) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 7 (June 2023) and a career-high singles ranking of No. 282 (July 2016). In his career, Glasspool has won four ATP and five ATP Challenger doubles titles and 16 Futures titles (eleven in doubles and five in singles).

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Career

Glasspool studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where partnering Søren Hess-Olesen he captured the 2015 NCAA doubles championship.[1]

2016: ATP debut

Glasspool made his ATP Tour debut (in doubles) at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships having been given a wildcard to partner compatriot Dan Evans in the main draw.[2]

2021: Partnership with Heliövaara, Maiden title, Wimbledon third round

Partnering Harri Heliövaara, Glasspool won his first ATP Tour title at the 2021 Open 13 against Sander Arends and David Pel of the Netherlands in March.

2022: Two Major quarterfinals & ATP Finals semifinal, ATP 500 title, top 15

In May 2022, on their debut at the Italian Open, Glasspool and Heliövaara reached their first quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 level as alternates, defeating top seeds, world No. 1, Joe Salisbury, and world No. 2, Rajeev Ram, en route,[3] marking their first win at this level.[4]

At the French Open, he reached a major quarterfinal for the first time in his career with Heliövaara. As a result he moved into the top 50, at world No. 49 on 13 June 2022. The pair continued with their successful season reaching their first final on grass at the Queen's Club. Next they advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive year.[5]

They won the biggest title at the ATP 500 European Open defeating Matwe Middelkoop and Rohan Bopanna.[6] At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag they reached the semifinals defeating wildcards Mili Poljicak and Nino Serdarusic.[7] Next they defeated second seeds Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez to reach their fifth final of the season.[8]

At the 2022 National Bank Open the pair reached a second Masters quarterfinal for the season where they lost to third seeds Koolhof/Skupski.[9] He reached the top 30 on 22 August 2022 at No. 28.

Seeded 11th at the US Open they reached their second quarterfinal and first at this Major defeating 8th seeded pair of Kyrgios/Kokkinakis.[10] The pair reached their sixth final of the season at the 2022 Moselle Open.[11] As a result Glasspool reached the top 20 in the rankings on 26 September 2022.

On 4 November the pair qualified for their first 2022 ATP Finals after reaching their first Masters semifinal in Paris and Glasspool moved into the top 15.[12] They qualified for the semifinals defeating Arévalo/Rojer and Granollers/Zeballos both matches in straight sets.[13]

2023: Third title, Tenth final, Three Masters quarterfinals, World No. 7

Harri Heliövaara and Glasspool at the 2023 DC Open

He won his third title with his partner Heliövaara in Adelaide.[14] He also reached his tenth final in Dubai with Heliövaara.[15] He made his top 10 debut following the Rome Masters after winning the 2023 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux Challenger 175 with Heliövaara.[16]

2024: New partnership with Rojer, fourth title

For the 2024 season, Glasspool partnered with Jean-Julien Rojer and the pair won their first title at the 2024 Brisbane International.

Personal life

From 2016 to 2018 Glasspool was in a relationship with fellow tennis professional Heather Watson.[17]

He is the younger brother of former Hollyoaks actor Parry Glasspool.

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 US Open.

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Mixed doubles

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

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Doubles: 32 (16–16)

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References

  1. "Texas' Soren Hess-Olesen, Lloyd Glasspool win NCAA doubles championship". My Statesmen. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "Wild Cards Announcement for The Championships 2016". Wimbldon. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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