Sarah Beth Grey

Sarah Beth Grey
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceWendover, Buckinghamshire
Born (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995 (age 29)
Liverpool, England
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 242,190
Singles
Career record225–241
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 277 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 409 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record260–162
Career titles26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 153 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2022, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 16 November 2024.

Sarah Beth Grey (born 10 August 1995; formerly known as Sarah Beth Askew) is a British tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 128, achieved on 5 August 2024. She also has a best singles ranking of No. 277, achieved on 1 August 2022. In her career, Grey has won one singles title and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Eden Silva.[2] Grey made her singles WTA Tour debut as a qualifier at the 2021 Nottingham Open, losing in the first round to Leonie Küng.[3]

Personal

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Grey was born in Liverpool and grew up in one of its suburbs, West Derby.[4] She lives in Wendover and trains at Halton Tennis Centre in Buckinghamshire. She has three older sisters, a younger brother, and two younger half-brothers.[4][5]

In February 2022, Grey successfully underwent cardiac ablation surgery to correct a potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm.[4]

Playing style

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Grey plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand. Although standing at only 5ft 6, she describes her serve as her favourite shot and she enjoys playing on grass courts.[5]

Career statistics

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Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 1R 0–3
US Open A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Legend
W25 tournaments
Finals by surface
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic W25 Carpet (i) Finland Anastasia Kulikova 6-2, 6-2

Doubles: 50 (26 titles, 24 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (22–20)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 ITF Rethymno, Greece W10 Hard United Kingdom Katy Dunne Russia Margarita Lazareva
Netherlands Lisanne van Riet
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Apr 2014 ITF Gloucester, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Katy Dunne United Kingdom Lucy Brown
Sweden Hilda Melander
5–7, 3–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2015 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn
1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win 3–1 Feb 2016 ITF Wirral, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United States Veronica Corning
United Kingdom Harriet Dart
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 4–1 Sep 2016 ITF Nottingham, UK W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United States Dasha Ivanova
France Margot Yerolymos
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss 4–2 Oct 2016 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United States Dasha Ivanova
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
6–7(2), 6–7(2)
Win 5–2 Nov 2016 ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Finland Mia Eklund
Belarus Nika Shytkouskaya
7–63, 7–5
Win 6–2 Nov 2016 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W10 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Lauren McMinn
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece W10 Hard Denmark Emilie Francati France Manon Arcangioli
Greece Despina Papamichail
4–6, 2–6
Win 7–3 Feb 2017 ITF Birmingham, UK W15 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Norway Melanie Stokke
Germany Julia Wachaczyk
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 7–4 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W15 Clay United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Italy Gaia Sanesi
Italy Martina Spigarelli
0–6, 2–6
Loss 7–5 Sep 2017 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Sweden Cornelia Lister
Belarus Vera Lapko
4–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 Oct 2017 Open de Touraine, France W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 8–6 Nov 2017 ITF Sunderland, UK W15 Hard (i) United Kingdom Alicia Barnett Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
United Kingdom Maia Lumsden
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win 9–6 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal W25 Clay United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Serbia Nina Stojanović
4–6, 7–64, [10–6]
Win 10–6 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal W25 Clay United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls France Jessika Ponchet
Ukraine Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–2, 6–1
Loss 10–7 May 2018 ITF Monzón, Spain W25 Clay United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Spain Cristina Bucșa
Russia Yana Sizikova
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 10–8 Aug 2018 ITF Chiswick, UK W25 Hard United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Samantha Murray
6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 10–9 Nov 2018 ITF Wirral, UK W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls United Kingdom Freya Christie
Russia Valeria Savinykh
4–6, 5–7
Win 11–9 Nov 2018 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger
0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 11–10 Dec 2018 ITF Solapur, India W25 Hard Russia Ekaterina Yashina Japan Miyabi Inoue
China Lu Jiajing
3–6, 3–6
Loss 11–11 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W60 Hard (i) United Kingdom Eden Silva United Kingdom Harriet Dart
Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
3–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 Jul 2019 ITF Palmela, Portugal W25 Hard United Kingdom Eden Silva France Estelle Cascino
Bulgaria Julia Terziyska
7–5, 6–2
Win 13–11 Aug 2019 ITF Woking, UK W25 Hard United Kingdom Eden Silva United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
India Ankita Raina
6–2, 7–5
Win 14–11 Aug 2019 ITF Chiswick, UK W25 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan
6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 14–12 Oct 2020 ITF Cherbourg-en-Contentin, France W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Harriet Dart United States Robin Anderson
France Jessika Ponchet
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 14–13 Oct 2020 ITF Reims, France W25 Hard (i) United Kingdom Harriet Dart France Séléna Janicijevic
United States Robin Montgomery
w/o
Loss 14–14 May 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard United States Dasha Ivanova Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova
Belarus Anna Kubareva
5–7, 2–6
Loss 14–15 Jul 2021 Open de Biarritz, France W60 Clay Belgium Magali Kempen Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva
Latvia Daniela Vismane
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 15–15 Aug 2021 Zubr Cup, Czech Republic W60 Clay Brazil Carolina Alves Japan Mana Kawamura
Japan Funa Kozaki
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 15–16 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard France Estelle Cascino United States Robin Anderson
France Amandine Hesse
3–6, 6–7(2)
Win 16–16 Oct 2021 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25+H Hard (i) Netherlands Arianne Hartono France Estelle Cascino
Italy Camilla Rosatello
6–3, 6–2
Loss 16–17 Jul 2022 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W25 Hard United States Jamie Loeb Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge
3–6, 1–6
Loss 16–18 Sep 2022 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Poland Weronika Falkowska United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins
6–1, 6–7(4), [3–10]
Win 17–18 Jul 2023 ITF Roehampton, UK W25 Hard India Rutuja Bhosale United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks
United Kingdom Holly Hutchinson
0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win 18–18 Aug 2023 ITF Aldershot, UK W25 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Saki Imamura
6–4, 6–3
Win 19–18 Aug 2023 ITF Vigo, Spain W25 Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Italy Anastasia Abbagnato
Lithuania Patricija Paukštytė
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 20–18 Aug 2023 ITF Valladolid, Spain W25 Hard Australia Alexandra Bozovic United States Ava Markham
China Tian Fangran
7–5, 6–0
Win 21–18 Nov 2023 Calgary Challenger, Canada W60+H Hard (i) United Kingdom Eden Silva United States Hanna Chang
Serbia Katarina Jokić
6–4, 6–4
Loss 21–19 Jan 2024 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W35 Hard (i) United Kingdom Alicia Barnett United States Liv Hovde
United Kingdom Ella McDonald
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 22–19 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor, Portugal W75+H Hard (i) United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 22–20 Feb 2024 Open de l'Isère, France W75 Hard (i) United Kingdom Eden Silva United Kingdom Emily Appleton
United Kingdom Freya Christie
6–3, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss 22–21 Apr 2024 ITF Calvi, France W50+H Hard France Amandine Hesse Poland Urszula Radwańska
Switzerland Valentina Ryser
3–6, 2–6
Win 23–21 May 2024 Kurume Cup, Japan W75 Carpet United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks Japan Momoko Kobori
Japan Ayano Shimizu
6–4, 6–0
Loss 23–22 Jun 2024 Surbiton Trophy, UK W100 Grass United Kingdom Tara Moore United States Emina Bektas
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
1–6, 1–6
Loss 23–23 Jul 2024 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks Japan Sayaka Ishii
Japan Naho Sato
6–7(1), 5–7
Win 24–23 Sep 2024 ITF Leiria, Portugal W35 Hard Portugal Matilde Jorge Canada Bianca Fernandez
Slovakia Radka Zelníčková
7–6(1), 6–2
Loss 24–24 Sep 2024 ITF Santarém, Portugal W35 Hard Slovakia Katarína Kužmová Anastasiia Gureva
Slovakia Radka Zelníčková
5–7, 1–6
Win 25–24 Sep 2024 ITF Reims, France W35 Hard (i) United Kingdom Mingge Xu Ekaterina Ovcharenko
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
6–3, 6–1
Win 26–24 Oct 2024 Open de Touraine, France W35 Hard (i) Switzerland Leonie Küng Ukraine Anastasiia Firman
Switzerland Chelsea Fontenel
6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ Glenys Furness (12 November 2018). "Sarah Beth Grey & Olivia Nicholls secure doubles title in Shrewsbury". Britwatch Sports.
  2. ^ Alex Macpherson. "Dubai 2019: Monday's Order of Play and Match Points". WTA Tennis.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Parnaby, Laura (29 June 2022). "Sister hails 'down to earth and funny' tennis star ahead of Wimbledon match". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Sarah Beth Grey Tennis Player Profile". LTA. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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