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Great Britain · born Sèvres, France, 2002 · right-handed · Wimbledon semi-finalist 2026
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Wimbledon 2026, as a wildcard ranked 114th
2nd
Wildcard ever to reach a Wimbledon semi-final
6-0
Third set against the ninth seed Flavio Cobolli
No. 33
Career high, August 2026
Born in Sèvres, France, on 12 July 2002 to French parents, Arthur Fery moved to London at a month old and grew up in Wimbledon. He represented France at under-12 level before switching to Great Britain, and holds both nationalities. He reached No. 12 in the junior rankings, then spent three years at Stanford, where he became the university's first NCAA singles No. 1 since Bob Bryan and was Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year in 2023. He won his first Challenger title in Barranquilla in 2025, made his Davis Cup debut against Poland that September, and in August 2026 reached his first ATP final, in Winston-Salem, and a career-high No. 33. His 2026 grass season brought a first ATP Tour quarter-final at Queen's and, as a wildcard ranked 114th, a Wimbledon semi-final.
| Wimbledon singles | Lost in the final qualifying round in 2021 to Tallon Griekspoor, in five sets. First round 2023, lost to Daniil Medvedev, and 2024. Second round 2025, after beating the 20th seed Alexei Popyrin. Semi-final 2026 |
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| Wimbledon 2026 | Beat Damir Džumhur, Otto Virtanen, Zizou Bergs, Grigor Dimitrov in five sets, and the ninth seed Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0; lost to Alexander Zverev 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 |
| Queen's 2026 | Wildcard: beat Toby Samuel and Adrian Mannarino for a first ATP Tour quarter-final, then lost to Francisco Cerúndolo 6-7 (1), 6-3, 4-6 |
| Records | Second wildcard to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals, after Goran Ivanišević in 2001; first unseeded British player, man or woman, to get there in the Open Era |
| Grass titles | None yet |
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Wimbledon 2026
Fery grew up minutes from the All England Club. He came into the 2026 Championships ranked 114th on a wildcard, having won one of his four previous Wimbledon matches. Through to the quarter-finals, he said an 11-year-old version of himself would never have imagined it.
Source: TennisheadWimbledon 2026 · Centre Court
Watching television in the changing room before his fourth-round match against Grigor Dimitrov, Fery saw Roger Federer take his seat in the Royal Box. He texted his team that he was "pretty tight". He then beat Dimitrov in five sets to reach his first major quarter-final.
Source: TennisheadStanford, 2021 to 2023
Fery went to Stanford on a tennis scholarship to study science, technology and society. As a sophomore he became the first Stanford player ranked No. 1 in NCAA singles since Bob Bryan, and in 2023 he was Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year. He reached the NCAA singles quarter-finals twice before turning professional.
Source: WikipediaQueen's 2026
Given a wildcard into Queen's, he beat Toby Samuel and Adrian Mannarino for his first ATP Tour quarter-final, then served for the first set against Francisco Cerúndolo and lost in three. "I played two really good matches. Well, three really good matches," he said, looking ahead to Wimbledon.
Source: LTASèvres, 2002
Born in Sèvres to French parents, Fery moved to London at a month old. He represented France at under-12 level before switching to Great Britain, and holds both citizenships. On 13 July 2026, a day after his 24th birthday, he entered the top 50 and became British No. 1 ahead of Cameron Norrie.
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