Henry Searle (tennis)


Henry Searle is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 353 achieved on 5 January 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 926 reached on 26 February 2024.
Searle won the Wimbledon Championships - Boys' singles|boys' singles] title at the 2023 Wimbledon.

Juniors

In 2022, Searle won the Under 16 & Junior British National Championship.
Searle also had notable results on ITF junior circuit. He reached the quarterfinals at the 2023 French Open boys singles before losing to eventual champion Dino Prižmić.
In July 2023, he defeated the top seed Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo in Boys' singles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. He followed that up with wins over Manas Dhamne, Arthur Géa and João Fonseca, without dropping a set. He defeated American junior Grand Slam winner Cooper Williams in the semifinals, again winning in straight sets. During the semifinal he was recorded as serving a first serve at 129 mph. In the final he faced Yaroslav Demin again winning in straight sets, becoming the first British junior to win the boys' title at Wimbledon since Stanley Matthews, in 1962. As a result of that successful season, he reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 3 in January 2024.

Professional career

2024-2025: ATP and Major debuts, First Challenger final

In April, Searle defeated top seed JJ Wolf at the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, his third victory in a Challenger level event, before losing his next match to Joel Schwaerzler.
He made his ATP debut at the Eastbourne International as a lucky loser but lost to Lorenzo Sonego.
For his Grand Slam debut, Searle received a wildcard for Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Marcos Giron.
Searle reached his first ATP Challenger final in Nottingham Challenger – Singles|Nottingham] in January, losing to Viktor Durasovic in three sets.
He was awarded a wildcard into the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, where he was defeated in the first round of the singles by American Ethan Quinn. In the men's doubles, alongside Dan Evans, he lost in the first round to defending champions Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara.

Coaches

Searle's coach is Morgan Phillips, the head coach at the Lawn Tennis Association's national academy in Loughborough. He said that the Wimbledon boy's victory, and the associated rankings increase, could "fast-track" him into senior tournaments.

Personal life

Searle is from Wolverhampton. He attended St Peter's Collegiate Academy, and played tennis at the Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. He is the son of cricketer Harvey Trump, and the grandson of Gerald Trump. A keen footballer, he is a fan of his local Premier League team Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He attends Loughborough Amherst School which partners with Loughborough University to support the National Tennis Academy.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1[2025 Lexus Nottingham Challenger – Singles|]Nottingham Challenger, UKChallengerHard

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1[2024 Glasgow Challenger – Doubles|]Glasgow Challenger, UKChallengerHard

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1M25 Nottingham, UKWTTHard

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard