Sarah Beth Grey Explained

Sarah Beth Grey
Birth Date:10 August 1995
Residence:Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Plays:Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$237,151
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 277 (1 August 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 379 (29 July 2024)
Doublestitles:23 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 130 (20 July 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 130 (29 July 2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2021, 2022, 2024)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (2019, 2021)
Updated:29 July 2024

Sarah Beth Grey (born 10 August 1995; formerly known as Sarah Beth Askew) is a British tennis player.

Grey has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 277, achieved on 1 August 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 130, achieved on 29 July 2024. In her career, Grey has won one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Eden Silva.[2]

Personal

Grey was born in Liverpool and grew up in one of its suburbs, West Derby.[3] She lives in Wendover and trains at Halton Tennis Centre in Buckinghamshire. She has three older sisters, a younger brother, and two younger half-brothers.[4]

In February 2022, Grey successfully underwent cardiac ablation surgery to correct a potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm.

Playing style

Grey plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand. Although standing at only 5ft 6, she describes her serve as her favourite shot and she enjoys playing on grass courts.

Career statistics

Doubles

Tournament2021202220232024W–L
Australian OpenAAAA0–0
French OpenAAAA0–0
Wimbledon1R1RA1R0–3
US OpenAAA0–0
Win–loss0–10–10–00–10–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 2021ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech RepublicW25Carpet (i) Anastasia Kulikova6-2, 6-2

Doubles: 46 (23 titles, 23 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (19–19)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2013ITF Rethymno, GreeceW10Hard Katy Dunne Margarita Lazareva
Lisanne van Riet
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss1–1Apr 2014ITF Gloucester, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Katy Dunne Lucy Brown
Hilda Melander
5–7, 3–6
Win2–1Nov 2015GB Pro-Series Bath, UKW25Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Lisa Whybourn
1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win3–1Feb 2016ITF Wirral, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Veronica Corning
Harriet Dart
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Win4–1Sep 2016ITF Nottingham, UKW10Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Dasha Ivanova
Margot Yerolymos
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss4–2Oct 2016GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW10Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová
6–7(2), 6–7(2)
Win5–2Nov 2016ITF Sheffield, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Mia Eklund
Nika Shytkouskaya
7–63, 7–5
Win6–2Nov 2016GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW10Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Alicia Barnett
Lauren McMinn
6–3, 6–3
Loss6–3Nov 2016ITF Heraklion, GreeceW10Hard Emilie Francati Manon Arcangioli
Despina Papamichail
4–6, 2–6
Win7–3Feb 2017ITF Birmingham, UKW15Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Melanie Stokke
Julia Wachaczyk
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss7–4May 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15Clay Olivia Nicholls Gaia Sanesi
Martina Spigarelli
0–6, 2–6
Loss7–5Sep 2017ITF Clermont-Ferrand, FranceW25Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls4–6, 3–6
Win8–5Oct 2017Open de Touraine, FranceW25Hard (i) Samantha Murray Jaqueline Cristian
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss8–6Nov 2017ITF Sunderland, UKW15Hard (i) Alicia Barnett Eleni Kordolaimi
Maia Lumsden
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win9–6Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25Clay Olivia Nicholls An-Sophie Mestach
Nina Stojanović
4–6, 7–64, [10–6]
Win10–6Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25Clay Olivia Nicholls Jessika Ponchet
Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–2, 6–1
Loss10–7May 2018ITF Monzón, SpainW25Clay Olivia Nicholls2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss10–8Aug 2018ITF Chiswick, UKW25Hard Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Samantha Murray
6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss10–9Nov 2018ITF Wirral, UKW25Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Valeria Savinykh
4–6, 5–7
Win11–9Nov 2018GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW25Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger
0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss11–10Dec 2018ITF Solapur, IndiaW25Hard Ekaterina Yashina Miyabi Inoue
Lu Jiajing
3–6, 3–6
Loss11–11Mar 2019Open de Seine-et-Marne, FranceW60Hard (i) Eden Silva Harriet Dart
Lesley Kerkhove
3–6, 2–6
Win12–11Jul 2019ITF Palmela, PortugalW25Hard Eden Silva Estelle Cascino
Julia Terziyska
7–5, 6–2
Win13–11Aug 2019ITF Woking, UKW25Hard Eden Silva Naiktha Bains
Ankita Raina
6–2, 7–5
Win14–11Aug 2019ITF Chiswick, UKW25Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Freya Christie
Samantha Murray Sharan
6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss14–12Oct 2020ITF Cherbourg-en-Contentin, FranceW25Hard (i) Harriet Dart Robin Anderson
Jessika Ponchet
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss14–13Oct 2020ITF Reims, FranceW25Hard (i) Harriet Dart Séléna Janicijevic
Robin Montgomery
w/o
Loss14–14May 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Dasha Ivanova Gozal Ainitdinova
Anna Kubareva
5–7, 2–6
Loss14–15Jul 2021Open de Biarritz, FranceW60Clay Magali Kempen Oksana Selekhmeteva
Daniela Vismane
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win15–15Aug 2021Zubr Cup, Czech RepublicW60Clay Carolina Alves Mana Kawamura
Funa Kozaki
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss15–16Oct 2021ITF Le Neubourg, FranceW80+HHard Estelle Cascino Robin Anderson
Amandine Hesse
3–6, 6–7(2)
Win16–16Oct 2021ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25+HHard (i) Arianne Hartono Estelle Cascino
Camilla Rosatello
6–3, 6–2
Loss16–17Jul 2022ITF Guimarães, Portugal W25Hard Jamie Loeb Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
3–6, 1–6
Loss16–18Sep 2022ITF Le Neubourg, FranceW80+HHard Weronika Falkowska Freya Christie
Ali Collins
6–1, 6–7(4), [3–10]
Win17–18Jul 2023ITF Roehampton, UKW25Hard Rutuja Bhosale Madeleine Brooks
Holly Hutchinson
0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win18–18Aug 2023ITF Aldershot, UKW25Hard Destanee Aiava Erina Hayashi
Saki Imamura
6–4, 6–3
Win19–18Aug 2023ITF Vigo, SpainW25Hard Nefisa Berberović Anastasia Abbagnato
Patricija Paukštytė
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win20–18Aug 2023ITF Valladolid, SpainW25Hard Alexandra Bozovic Ava Markham
Tian Fangran
7–5, 6–0
Win21–18Nov 2023Calgary Challenger, CanadaW60+HHard (i) Eden Silva Hanna Chang
Katarina Jokić
6–4, 6–4
Loss21–19Jan 2024GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW35Hard (i) Alicia Barnett Liv Hovde
Ella McDonald
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win22–19Jan 2024Porto Indoor, PortugalW75+HHard (i) Olivia Nicholls Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss22–20Feb 2024Open de l'Isère, FranceW75Hard (i) Eden Silva Emily Appleton
Freya Christie
6–3, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss22–21Apr 2024ITF Calvi, FranceW50+HHard Amandine Hesse Urszula Radwańska
Valentina Ryser
3–6, 2–6
Win23–21May 2024Kurume Cup, JapanW75Carpet Madeleine Brooks Momoko Kobori
Ayano Shimizu
6–4, 6–0
Loss23–22Jun 2024Surbiton Trophy, UKW100Grass Tara Moore Emina Bektas
Aleksandra Krunić
1–6, 1–6
Loss23–23Jul 2024Figueira da Foz International Ladies Open, PortugalW100Hard Madeleine Brooks Sayaka Ishii
Naho Sato
6–7(1), 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarah Beth Grey & Olivia Nicholls secure doubles title in Shrewsbury. Britwatch Sports. Glenys Furness. 12 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Dubai 2019: Monday's Order of Play and Match Points. Alex Macpherson. WTA Tennis.
  3. Web site: Parnaby . Laura . Sister hails 'down to earth and funny' tennis star ahead of Wimbledon match . . 7 November 2022 . en . 29 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Sarah Beth Grey Tennis Player Profile . LTA . . 7 November 2022.