The 21st century
Great Britain · born Johannesburg, 1995 · left-handed · Wimbledon semi-finalist 2022
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Wimbledon 2022, his best major result
4th
British man of the Open Era in Wimbledon's last four
2
Wimbledon quarter-finals or better, 2022 and 2025
2021
Queen's final, lost to Matteo Berrettini
No. 8
Career-high ranking, September 2022
Born in Johannesburg on 23 August 1995, Cameron Norrie moved with his family to Auckland in 1998 and represented New Zealand as a junior, reaching No. 10 in the combined junior rankings. In April 2013, at 17, he switched to Great Britain, citing a lack of funding in New Zealand. He played college tennis at Texas Christian University, finishing 2017 as the first player in its history ranked No. 1 in the ITA singles poll, and turned professional that year, when he also began working with the coach Facundo Lugones. He won five ATP titles, the biggest at Indian Wells in 2021, and reached a career-high No. 8 in September 2022. His 2026 grass season brought two singles matches and two defeats, at Queen's to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and at Wimbledon to the qualifier Michael Zheng.
| Wimbledon singles | Semi-final 2022; quarter-final 2025; third round 2021 and 2024; second round 2019 and 2023; first round 2017, 2018 and 2026 |
|---|---|
| Wimbledon 2022 | Seeded ninth: beat Tommy Paul and then David Goffin 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, the first British man in the semi-finals since Andy Murray in 2016. Took the first set from Novak Djokovic and lost 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 4-6 |
| Wimbledon 2025 | Ranked 61st: beat Roberto Bautista Agut, the 12th seed Frances Tiafoe, Mattia Bellucci and Nicolás Jarry in five sets; lost the quarter-final to Carlos Alcaraz 2-6, 3-6, 3-6 |
| Queen's | Final 2021: lost to Matteo Berrettini, who won 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 without facing a break point |
| Wimbledon 2026 | Seeded 26th: lost in the first round to the qualifier Michael Zheng, who won 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (10-4) on No. 2 Court |
| Grass titles | None |
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Johannesburg to Auckland, 1998
Born in Johannesburg to a Scottish father and a Welsh mother, Norrie grew up in Auckland after the family moved there in 1998. He represented New Zealand as a junior, with his parents paying for his travel, and in April 2013, aged 17, switched to Great Britain, citing the lack of funding in New Zealand.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2022
At Texas Christian University Norrie went 21-1 at No. 1 singles in 2017 and became the first player in the programme's history to finish the year top of the ITA rankings. During his run to the 2022 Wimbledon semi-finals his coach Facundo Lugones, also a former TCU player, wore his TCU cap throughout, and several more sat in the family box.
Source: Sports IllustratedQueen's 2021
Norrie reached the Queen's final in 2021 trying to become only the second British singles champion there since the Second World War. Matteo Berrettini, on his debut at the event, hit 19 aces and did not face a break point. "I didn't have any really chances on his serve," Norrie said.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon 2022 · Court One
Two sets to one down against David Goffin in the quarter-final, Norrie drew on the Court One crowd, broke in the fourth set and won 7-5 in the fifth. "I'm honestly speechless, I can't even talk," he said. He was the first British man in a Wimbledon semi-final since Andy Murray in 2016.
Source: LTAWimbledon 2026 · No. 2 Court
Seeded 26th, Norrie led the qualifier Michael Zheng twice by a set and was broken only once, but lost a match of just over four hours in a deciding tie-break, 10-4. It was his first five-set defeat at Wimbledon after three wins in a row in such matches. Zheng, on his main-draw debut, hit 74 winners.
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