Toby Samuel
| File:Samuel WMQ23 (53061881914).jpg Samuel at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain |
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| Born | 6 September 2002 Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | USC[1] |
| Coach | Josh Goffi |
| Prize money | $114,259 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 266 (8 December 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 266 (8 December 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 242 (20 May 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,725 (8 December 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledon Junior | SF (2019) |
Medal record | |
| Last updated on: 8 December 2025. | |
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Toby Samuel (born 6 September 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 266 achieved on 8 December 2025 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 242 achieved on 20 May 2025.[2][3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]From St Leonards, Dorset, he attended Castle Court Prep School and Bournemouth Collegiate School.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]2019: Juniors
[edit | edit source]Samuel reached the semifinals of the Boys' doubles at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships alongside compatriot Arthur Fery.[5]
2021-2024: College years
[edit | edit source]In 2023 as a student at the University of South Carolina,[1] Samuel alongside partner Connor Thomson won the All American Doubles title and became the number one ranked doubles team in Collegiate tennis.[6] The pair received all-American honours for being seeded for the NCAA Championships.[7]
Senior career
[edit | edit source]2023
[edit | edit source]In June 2023, Samuel received a wildcard with his partner Connor Thomson for the Men's doubles at the 2023 Surbiton Trophy and the pair beat the second seeds Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan in straight sets before losing to eventual finalists Alexei Popyrin and Aleksandar Vukic in the quarterfinals.[8]
Samuel and Thomson reached the semifinals of the 2023 Nottingham Open.[9] He and Thomson were subsequently awarded wildcards into the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[10] They won their opening match against Pedro Cachin and Yannick Hanfmann.[11] In the second round their run ended with a 6-3, 7-6 defeat to experienced pair of Santiago González of Mexico and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France.[12]
At the 2023 Calgary National Bank Challenger he secured his third win at this level over Ryan Seggerman.[13]
2025
[edit | edit source]He won the silver medal in the men's singles at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, and also won a silver medal in the team competition at the Games.[14]
In November, Samuel won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the Soma Bay Open, defeating Jay Clarke in the final.[15] The following week he made it back-to-back titles, overcoming Ilia Simakin in the final to claim the trophy at the Manama Challenger in Bahrain .[16]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit | edit source]Singles: 11 (8–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2022 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | United Kingdom Henry Patten | 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2022 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United States Learner Tien | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 2022 | M15 Winston-Salem, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United States Alex Michelsen | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | United Kingdom Billy Harris | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Aug 2023 | M25 Aldershot, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Arthur Fery | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Aug 2025 | M25 Aldershot, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Paul Jubb | 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 5–2 | Sep 2025 | M15 Hurghada, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Hungary Peter Makk | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| Win | 6–2 | Sep 2025 | M15 Hurghada, Egypt | WTT | Hard | United Kingdom Liam Broady | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Nov 2025 | M15 Marsa, Malta | WTT | Hard | France Arthur Nagel | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–3 | Nov 2025 | Soma Bay, Egypt | Challenger | Hard | United Kingdom Jay Clarke | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
| Win | 8–3 | Nov 2025 | Manama Challenger, Bahrain | Challenger | Hard | File:Flag placeholder.svg Ilia Simakin | 6–0, 6-2 |
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2022 | M15 Winston-Salem, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Ben Jones | France Robin Catry Switzerland Luca Staeheli |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2023 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Sweden André Göransson | Canada Liam Draxl United Kingdom Giles Hussey |
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–8] |
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References
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External links
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- British male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Winchester
- Sportspeople from Bournemouth
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis players
- British expatriate tennis players in the United States
- English male tennis players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Medalists at the 2025 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis