Jay Clarke (tennis)
Jay Alexander Clarke is a British tennis player.
In 2017, on a Wimbledon wildcard, Clarke and Marcus Willis beat the defending doubles champions and second seeds, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, in a five-setter, to progress to the third round.
Clarke has won four Futures titles.
Early and personal life
Clarke has an older brother Curtis and older sister Yasmin, who are both former professional tennis players, and all were coached by their father Earol. Clarke is from Pear Tree, Derby, and trained at the CURC tennis club.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.Senior career
2016–2017
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.Clarke received a singles wild card 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 wild card to the main draw of the 2018 Wimbledon Championship for his grand slam singles debut. Clarke reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart beating the first seeds in the third round..ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Egypt F35, Cairo | Futures | Clay |  Laslo Urrutia Fuentes | 6–7, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Egypt F36, Cairo | Futures | Clay |  Youssef Hossam | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Turkey F9, Antalya | Futures | Clay |  Alexis Musialek | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay |  Federico Gaio | 2–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2017 Bengaluru Open – Singles| | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard |  Sumit Nagal | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Benjamin Hassan | 6–3, 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Win | 4–2 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard | Pietro Rondoni | 6–1, 7–5 | |
| Win | 1–1 | 2018 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles| | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Jordan Thompson | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | 2019 Kunming Open – Men's Singles| | Anning, China | Challenger | Clay | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | 2019 KPIT MSLTA Challenger - Singles| | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Egypt F35, Cairo | Futures | Clay |  Curtis Clarke | Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2018 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Doubles| | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Kevin Krawietz |  Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 1–6, 4–6 |