British tennis stars take home 260 titles in 2024

The Brits have won an incredible 260 unique pro titles this year – that’s more than both 2022 (209) and 2023 (214).

To break down a few more of the numbers, this includes:

• 95 different British title winners
• 181 non-wheelchair titles
• 79 wheelchair titles
• 61 titles won on home soil in Great Britain

From Grand Slams to Paralympics, the British stars have clinched silverware all over the world and at almost every level of the professional game.

As the season draws to a close – we look back at the biggest titles and highlights from the British stars this year.

Grand Slam glory for four Brits

Henry Patten, Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne all made headlines this year as British Grand Slam champions.

The highlight of a breakout season for 28-year-old Patten was a first major title alongside Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara – and where better to do it than Wimbledon.

Patten became the third Briton to win the men’s doubles title in the Open Era after coming through an epic final against Australia’s Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell 6-7(7), 7-6(8), 7-6(9).

It sparked a meteoric rise for Patten. Winning a Grand Slam after only two months playing together, he has since gone on to become British No.1, reach a career-high world No.12 and qualified for his first Nitto ATP Finals where he reached the semi-finals.

In wheelchair tennis, 26-year-old Hewett became only the second men’s player to complete the career Grand Slam after winning his maiden Wimbledon singles title.

While his straight sets win over Spain’s Martin De La Puente marked his ninth singles major, this one was extra special, coming at the tournament he’d dreamt of winning his whole life.

Having missed out in the final on previous occasions, Hewett embraced every moment of his victory. “These last few years have been difficult leaving The Championships,” he said. “I think today proves that no matter how many times you get knocked down you can get back up again and keep trying.”

Hewett and Reid also continued their dominance in Grand Slam doubles – winning all three titles on offer this season at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon (US Open cancelled due to clash with the Paralympics).

A 21^st Grand Slam title for Hewett and Reid at Wimbledon saw them surpass the tally of most major doubles titles won by one partnership, overtaking the 20 titles shared by the partnerships of Althea Louise Brough and Margaret Evelyn Du Pont, and Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

They’ve lost just one Grand Slam match together in the last two years – winning six of the last seven titles available.

Rounding off the Grand Slam success this season, we have British quad wheelchair tennis star Lapthorne, who added a seventh Australian Open doubles title to his tally back in January.

Lapthorne and David Wagner overcame Donald Ramphadi and Guy Sasson 6-4, 3-6, 10-2 in the final to clinch the title – 10 years on from their first trophy together in Melbourne.

British medals at the Paris Paralympics

Grand Slams weren’t the only major titles on offer this year, with the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games taking centre stage over the summer.

Hewett and Reid made history on Court Philippe-Chatrier as they completed the Golden Slam with an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win over Japanese second seeds Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki in the final.

It marked Hewett’s first Paralympic gold medal to add to his three silvers from Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, while Reid added a second gold to go alongside his 2016 singles gold medal, as well as two silvers (2016 & 2020) and a bronze (2020).

Hewett also made the final of the men’s singles, but came away with the silver medal, and there were also silvers for Lapthorne and Greg Slade in the quad doubles.

Boulter, Draper & Kartal lift tour titles

Katie Boulter, Jack Draper and Sonay Kartal set new milestones of their own this season after all three won tour-level titles.

British No.1 Boulter kicked off her season in great form, culminating with the biggest title of her career at the WTA 500 San Diego, where she defeated five players ranked inside the world’s top 40.

Just a few months later she was back at the Rothesay Open Nottingham to defend her title. Having battled her way to the final with two three-set thrillers against her Billie Jean King Cup teammates Harriet Dart and Emma Raducanu, Boulter made it back-to-back trophies at her home event after beating Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

“I’m very happy with today,” she said after the final. “I never thought it would happen again. I thought it would be one time in Nottingham, but this one is very special to me.”

Meanwhile, Draper has enjoyed the best season of his career in 2024. Having missed out on the title in Adelaide earlier in the year, he managed to clinch his first ATP silverware in Stuttgart on the grass – taking down two-time cinch Championships winner Matteo Berrettini in the final.