Jay Alexander Clarke (born 27 July 1998) is a British tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 22 July 2019. Clarke has won 5 Challenger and 12 Futures titles.

Early and personal life

Clarke is from Pear Tree, Derby. He is of Jamaican-British descent. Clarke grew up in a tennis-orientated 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.

Junior career 2012 Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final.

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.

2015 Clarke was the No. 1 ranked British junior, living and training in Stockholm.

Professional career 2016 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. 2017 Clarke received a singles wildcard 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.

2018 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 wildcard to the main draw of the 2018 Wimbledon Championship for his grand slam singles debut. Clarke reached the semifinals in the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart beating the first seeds in the third round.

2025 Jay Clarke won his first title in three years and fourth Challenger title overall at the 2025 Macedonian Open.

In November, he won the inaugural 2025 Islamabad Challenger.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ1Q1Q1AAAAQ10 / 00–0French OpenAQ2Q1Q1Q1Q1AAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ31R2RNH1R1RAQ21R0 / 51–5US OpenAQ1Q1AAQ1AAQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–11–10–00–10–10–00–00–10–00 / 51–5ATP Masters 1000Miami OpenAAQ2NHAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals Singles: 31 (17 titles, 14 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (5–6)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–8)Finals by surfaceHard (6–9)Clay (11–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Sumit Nagal3–6, 6–3, 2–6Win1–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Jordan Thompson6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–4Win2–1Anning, ChinaChallengerClay Prajnesh Gunneswaran6–4, 6–3Loss2–2Pune, IndiaChallengerHard James Duckworth6–4, 4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanChallengerHard Max Purcell6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss2–4Forlì, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jack Draper3–6, 0–6Win3–4Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Win4–4 May 2025Skopje, North Macedonia ChallengerClay Nerman Fatić6–2, 6–3Loss4–5Sep 2025Târgu Mureș, RomaniaChallengerClay Franco Agamenone3–6, 4–6Loss4–6Nov 2025Soma Bay, EgyptChallengerHard Toby Samuel6–4, 6–7(4–7), 0–6Win5–6Nov 2025Islamabad Challenger, PakistanChallengerHard Mert Alkaya6–3, 6–1Win1–0Egypt F35, CairoFuturesClay Laslo Urrutia Fuentes6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1Win2–0Egypt F36, CairoFuturesClay Youssef Hossam6–4, 6–4Win3–0Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesClay Alexis Musialek6–2, 6–4Loss3–1Italy F29, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Federico Gaio2–6, 5–7Loss3–2Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Benjamin Hassan6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6Win4–2Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Pietro Rondoni6–1, 7–5Win5–2M25 Reggio Emilia, ItalyWorld TourClay Julian Ocleppo6–3, 6–4Win6–2M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld TourClay Nerman Fatic6–4, 7–5Loss6–3M25 Hammamet, TunisiaWorld TourClay Kamil Majchrzak3–6, 5–7Win7–3M25 Hammamet, TunisiaWorld TourClay Sandro Kopp4–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss7–4M15 Rovinj, CroatiaWorld TourClay Matej Dodig6–7, 4–6Win8–4M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld TourClay Carlos Sánchez Jover7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4Loss8–5M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWorld TourClay Maks Kaśnikowski2–6, 2–6Loss8–6M25 Bali, IndonesiaWorld TourHard Omar Jasika4–6, 1–6Win9–6M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld TourClay Gianluca Mager6–3 ret.Win10–6M15 Chandigarh, IndiaWorld TourHard Woobin Shin7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–0Win11–6M15 Ahmedabad, IndiaWorld TourHard Alexandr Binda6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss11–7M25 Ahmedabad, IndiaWorld TourHard Aryan Shah1–6, 3–6Loss11–8M25 Bengaluru, IndiaWorld TourHard Oliver Crawford2–5 ret.Win12–8M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld TourClay Arthur Gea4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (3–3)ITF Futures (8–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (8–3)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Egypt F35, CairoFuturesClay Curtis Clarke Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood3–6, 2–6Loss0–1 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Kevin Krawietz Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela1–6, 4–6Win1–1 Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Arjun Kadhe Sebastian Ofner Nino Serdarušić6–0, 6–4Win1–1M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Volodoymyr Uzhylovkyi Jiri Barnat Jan Hrazdil7–5, 7–5Win2–1M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Josip Simundza Cengiz Aksu Mert Naci Türker1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–8]Win3–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay James MacKinlay Sarp Ağabigün Corentin Denolly7–6(7–5), 7–5Win4–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay James MacKinlay Bogdan Bobrov Petr Nesterov6–1, 6–2Win2–1Oeiras, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Marcus Willis Théo Arribagé Michael Geerts6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–3]Loss4–2M25 Loughborough, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Millen Hurrion Charles Broom George Houghton5–7, 3–6Win5–2M25 Hammamet, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Sandro Kopp Corentin Denolly Damien Wenger6–2, 7–5Win6–2M25 Badalona, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Augusto Virgili Ryan Nijboer Alejo Sánchez Quílez6–3, 4–6, [11–9]Win7–2M25 Hammamet, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Aleksandr Lobanov Aziz Ouakaa6–3, 6–4Win8–2M25 Reggio Emilia, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Kai Wehnelt Andrea Arnaboldi Federico Arnaboldi5–7, 6–2, [10–8]Loss2–2 Amersfoort, NetherlandsChallengerClay David Stevenson Marcelo Demoliner Guillermo Durán6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss2–3Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Mukund Sasikumar Pruchya Isaro Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha4–6, 4–6Win3–3Kigali, RwandaChallengerClay Max Houkes Siddhant Banthia Alexander Donski6–4, 6–7(6–8), [12–10]

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