Jacob Fearnley

Quick fire facts

• Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
• University: Texas Christian University, USA
• Family: His mum Samantha was a human resources manager at the National Health Service and his father Craig, worked for Johnson Controls.
• Fun fact: Fearnley practised with Roger Federer at Wimbledon when he was a junior
• Tennis beginnings: Fearnley started playing tennis at the age of three

In 2018, Fearnley played in his first professional tennis tourmament at the Murray Trophy in Glasgow where he was offered a wild card Following that, he then went on to attend Texus Christian University in the United States where he studied kinesiology - the study of human movement. 

There, Fearnley became fundamental to the university's dominance and accrued a series of accolades, including topping the doubles rankings, assisting the university to No.1 in the team rankings and winning back-to-back National Indoor Championships.

In 2024, Fearnley won his first ATP Challenger title as a qualifier at the Rothesay Open Nottingham, to crack into the top 500 for the first time. The event in Nottingham acted as a springboard for an incredible run which saw him win a further four titles and match Jack Draper's record of Challenger trophies won in a single year.

In October 2024, Fearnley broke into the world's top 100 for the first time in his career.