Toby Samuel (born 6 September 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 414 achieved on 30 October 2023. He has a career high doubles ranking of 303 achieved on 25 September 2023.

Early and personal life

From St. Leonards, parents Richard and Sarah (who represented Great Britain at gymnastics) he has an older brother called Ben and a younger brother called Rafe and all three are keen sportsmen. He attended Castle Court Prep School and Bournemouth Collegiate School. A student at the University of South Carolina, in 2023 Samuel alongside partner Connor Thomson won the All American Doubles title and became the number one ranked doubles team in Collegiate tennis. The pair received all-American honours for being seeded for the NCAA Championships.

Career

Junior career

Samuel reached the semifinals of the Boys' doubles at the

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alongside

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Senior career

In June 2023, Samuel received a wildcard with his partner Connor Thomson for the Men's doubles at the 2023 Surbiton Trophy and the pair beat the second seeds Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan in straight sets before losing to eventual finalists Alexei Popyrin and

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in the quarterfinals. They then reached the semifinals of the

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. He and Thomson were subsequently awarded wildcards into the

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. They won their opening match against Pedro Cachin and Yannick Hanfmann. At the

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he secured his third win at this level over

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

References

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* 2002 births Living people British male tennis players Sportspeople from Winchester Sportspeople from Bournemouth 21st-century British sportspeople South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis players British expatriate tennis players in the United States {{UK-tennis-bio-stub