| Jay Clarke | |
| Fullname: | Jay Alexander Clarke |
| Birth Date: | 1998 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Derby, United Kingdom |
| Residence: | Derby, United Kingdom |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2016 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach: | Yasmin Clarke |
| Careerprizemoney: | $828,378 |
| Singlesrecord: | 2–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 153 (22 July 2019) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 324 (17 June 2024) |
| 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. 273 (17 June 2024) |
| 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.
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.
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]
Clarke was the no 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.
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]
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]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Egypt F35, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Laslo Urrutia Fuentes | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Egypt F36, Cairo | Futures | Clay |  Youssef Hossam | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3–0 | Turkey F9, Antalya | Futures | Clay |  Alexis Musialek | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 3–1 | Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay |  Federico Gaio | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 0–1 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard |  Sumit Nagal | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Hassan | 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 4–2 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard | Pietro Rondoni | 6–1, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Jordan Thompson | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Anning, China | Challenger | Clay | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Max Purcell | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Jack Draper | 3–6, 0–6 | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Win | 5–2 | M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Julian Ocleppo | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 6–2 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tour | Clay |  Nerman Fatic | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 6–3 | M25 Hammamet, Tunisia | World Tour | Clay |  Kamil Majchrzak | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 7–3 | M25 Hammamet, Tunisia | World Tour | Clay |  Sandro Kopp | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 7–4 | M15 Rovinj, Croatia | World Tour | Clay | Matej Dodig | 6–7, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 8–4 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Carlos Sánchez Jover | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 8–5 | M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina | World Tour | Clay | Maks Kaśnikowski | 2–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||
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| Loss | 0–1 | Egypt F35, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Curtis Clarke | Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood | 3–6, 2–6 | ||||
| Loss | 0–1 | bgcolor=moccasin | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | bgcolor=moccasin | Challenger | Clay | Kevin Krawietz | Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | bgcolor=moccasin | Chennai, India | bgcolor=moccasin | Challenger | Hard | Arjun Kadhe | Sebastian Ofner Nino Serdarušić | 6–0, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Volodoymyr Uzhylovkyi |  Jiri Barnat Jan Hrazdil | 7–5, 7–5 | ||||
| Win | 2–1 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Josip Simundza |  Cengiz Aksu Mert Naci Türker | 1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–8] | ||||
| Win | 3–1 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | James MacKinlay | Sarp Ağabigün Corentin Denolly | 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | ||||
| Win | 4–1 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | James MacKinlay | Bogdan Bobrov Petr Nesterov | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||
| Win | 2–1 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marcus Willis | Théo Arribagé Michael Geerts | 6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–3] | ||||
| Loss | 4–2 | M25 Loughborough, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Millen Hurrion | Charles Broom George Houghton | 5–7, 3–6 | ||||
| Win | 5–2 | M25 Hammamet, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Sandro Kopp | Corentin Denolly Damien Wenger | 6–2, 7–5 | ||||
| Win | 6–2 | M25 Badalona, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Augusto Virgili | Ryan Nijboer Alejo Sanchez Quilez | 6–3, 4–6, [11–9] | ||||
| Win | 7–2 | M25 Hammamet, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine | Aleksandr Lobanov  Aziz Ouakaa | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||
| Win | 8–2 | M25 Reggio Emilia, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Kai Wehnelt | Andrea Arnaboldi Federico Arnaboldi | 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] | ||||
| Loss | 2–2 | bgcolor=moccasin | Amersfoort, Netherlands | bgcolor=moccasin | Challenger | Clay | David Stevenson |  Marcelo Demoliner Guillermo Durán | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |