Background and career
Arthur Fery (French: Arthur Féry; born 12 July 2002) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 achieved on 31 August 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 201 achieved on 29 July 2024. His breakthrough came at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, reaching his first tour-level semifinal, on a wildcard entry. He is the current British No. 1 in singles.
Arthur Féry was born in Sèvres, France, to French parents. His mother, Olivia Féry (née Gravereaux), is a former professional tennis player, featuring in the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1991 French Open and later representing the Hong Kong Fed Cup team when she became a resident of Hong Kong. His father is Loïc Féry, a businessman and the president of French association football club Lorient. Fery grew up in Wimbledon, London, following his parents' move from France to the UK when he was a month old, and attended local Donhead Preparatory School and the nearby King's College School. In London, his father worked as a hedge fund manager, while his mother was a business development manager at the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Fery represented France at the under-12 level before switching his representation to Great Britain; he holds dual citizenship of both countries. He is a fan of Premier League club Chelsea.
For his higher education, Fery attended Stanford University on a tennis scholarship for a science, technology, and society degree programme, playing in the Pac-12 Conference for three years. During his tenure at Stanford, he was the Pac-12 champion in 2021, a two-time ITA All-American, and the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year in 2023. As a sophomore, he became the first Stanford player to be ranked No. 1 in singles by the NCAA since Bob Bryan. In both 2022 and 2023, he reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in singles, as well as the round of 16 in doubles.
Fery competed in ITF junior events, reaching the semifinals of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles and the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles. He reached a career high junior world ranking of No. 12 on 2 March 2020.
Fery received a wildcard into Wimbledon qualifying in 2021, where he beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Matthew Ebden, before losing in five sets in the final round of qualifying to Tallon Griekspoor, despite winning the first two sets and going a break up in the third. He was entered into the mixed doubles of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships as an alternate, partnering Tara Moore, after the withdrawal of Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina. Fery and Moore were eliminated in the third round. Fery made his major men's doubles debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where he and his partner Felix Gill received a wildcard into the draw. They won their first round match against Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar before losing to Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the second round.
In June 2023, Fery secured his first win at the Challenger level when he defeated Steve Johnson at the Nottingham Open. In July, ranked No. 391, Fery received a wildcard for the singles main draw of the Wimbledon Championships, for his Grand Slam singles debut. Fery lost to third seed Daniil Medvedev. Fery made his top 250 debut on 6 May 2024. He received a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the third round of the doubles tournament, partnering with Charles Broom.
