Kyle Edmund

Kyle Edmund

Full name	Kyle Edmund
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Beverley, England
Born	(1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Richard Plews (2005–2008) John Black (2009–2011) Colin Beecher (2011–2014))[1] Greg Rusedski (2013,[2] 2014) James Trotman (2014–2015) Ryan Jones (2016–)[3]
Prize money	$473,930
Singles
Career record	4–15 (21.05% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 4 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 84 (8 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 84 (8 February 2016)[4]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015, 2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	Q3 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Highest ranking	No. 713 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2015)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Kyle Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African-born British tennis player, currently ranked 84 in the world and is the British number 3 behind Andy Murray and Aljaz Bedene.

He has won two junior Grand Slam doubles titles, at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 French Open, both with Portuguese partner Frederico Ferreira Silva.^[5] Edmund was part of the Great Britain team that won the Junior Davis Cup for the first time in 2011.

Edmund made his Davis Cup debut in the 2015 Final, against Belgium, with Great Britain winning the Davis Cup, the nation's first success in the tournament for 79 years. The Davis Cup team won the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.^[6]

Early and personal life

Edmund was born in South Africa, but moved to Britain when he was three and grew up in the village of Tickton^[7] near Beverley, East Yorkshire.

Initially cricket and swimming were his main childhood pursuits, but he switched to tennis at 10 after lessons at the David Lloyd Racquet and Fitness Club in Hull with coach Richard Plews. He was educated at Pocklingtons Prep School and Beverley Grammar School and by the age of 13 moved to Canons in Hull to train with John Black. At 14, he moved with John Black to train at Win Tennis, based at the National Sports Centre in Bisham Abbey. When he was nearly 17, he based himself at the Lawn Tennis Association’s National Training Centre in Roehampton to be coached by Colin Beecher, returning to see his family at weekends.^[8]

His parents, Steven, a director of a renewable energy company, and Denise invested tens of thousands into their son’s tennis until the LTA provided funding through Aegon that took care of travel and coaching. ^[9][10] At home, Edmund trains at the Beverley and East Riding Lawn Tennis Club.^[11]

Junior career

Edmund made his first breakthrough on the Junior circuit in 2011, when he reached the semifinals of the 2011 US Open boy's singles event, where he was defeated by top seed and eventual runner-up Jiří Veselý of the Czech Republic.

Playing in the Great Britain Under 16 boys team, with Evan Hoyt and Luke Bambridge, they won the European Summer Cup defeating Italy in the final.^[12][13]

Great Britain won the 2011 Junior Davis Cup tournament for the first time after beating Italy in the final in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Coached by Greg Rusedski, the team of Edmund, Evan Hoyt and Luke Bambridge justified their top seeding in the event. ^[14][15]

The following year he won his first junior Grand Slam title, at the boy's doubles event of the 2012 US Open, partnered by Portuguese player Frederico Ferreira Silva. The two defeated Australian duo Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson in the final, after losing the first set. At the 2013 French Open, Edmund and Silva won their second Grand Slam title, defeating Chilean pair Christian Garín and Nicolás Jarry in the final. Edmund reached a career high of no. 8 in the combined ITF junior rankings in January 2012.

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: QF (2012)
French Open: QF (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon: SF (2013)
US Open: SF (2011)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: 2R (2011)
French Open: W (2013)
Wimbledon: SF (2013)
US Open: W (2012)

Senior career

2012

In October, Edmund began on the ITF Futures circuit, winning his first tournament in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.^[16]

2013

Edmund played in his first ATP tour match in June when he was awarded a Wildcard for the annual Queen's Club tournament in London, losing to Slovenian Grega Zemlja, however that didn't dent his confidence as he then won his first senior match at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. Following a wildcard entrance into the tournament, he defeated the world No. 82 Kenny de Schepper, ranked 360 places above him, in straight sets.^[17] Kyle then lost two close sets to world No. 17 Gilles Simon, both completed in tie-breaks.

At Wimbledon, his first senior appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, he entered five separate tournaments, receiving wildcards into the men's singles and doubles due to his junior success. In the men's singles, he lost in the first round to 24th seed Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets. In the men's doubles, he partnered Jamie Baker, losing in the first round to David Marrero and Andreas Seppi in straight sets. In the mixed doubles, he partnered fellow teenager Eugenie Bouchard, losing again in the first round to Frederik Nielsen and Sofia Arvidsson, again in straight sets.

In December, Andy Murray invited Edmund, James Ward and Ross Hutchins to his training camp in Miami.^{[18] [19] [20]}

2014

In January, Edmund received his first call-up to the Great Britain Davis Cup team for their World Group tie against the USA, and was part of the initial nominations before being replaced by doubles specialist Dominic Inglot, meaning he was the first reserve singles player.

In April it was announced that former British player, Greg Rusedski, had assumed the role of Kyle Edmund's full-time coach.^[1]

After less than six months, Edmund dispensed with Greg Rusedski following a recent slump in form. Edmund lost five consecutive first rounds and is believed to have concluded that Rusedski’s other commitments will prevent him from putting in the necessary time at this key stage of his development. Edmund opted to concentrate on working with his other coach, James Trotman.^[21]

In November, Edmund reached his first final at the Yokohama Challenger, thanks to back-to-back victories over higher-ranked players. But Australian John Millman proved too strong in the final, winning 6–4 6–4 in Japan. Consequently, Edmund broke into the top 200.^[22]

In December, Edmund and James Ward again stayed with Andy Murray at his training camp in Miami for two and a half weeks.^[23]

2015: Davis Cup Champion

Edmund began the 2015 season at the qualifying tournament of the Australian Open. He defeated Tristan Lamasine from France and Austin Krajicek of the USA to reach the final round of qualifying, where he faced Australian wildcard Dane Propoggia. He defeated Propoggia in three close sets to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, and make his first appearance at a major tournament besides Wimbledon.^[7] In the first round of the main competition Edmund faced Steve Johnson, but lost to the American in straight sets.

He came back from the defeat well the following week, making it to the final of the Hong Kong Challenger, and defeating world No. 94 Tatsuma Ito of Japan in a dominant display to claim his first ever Challenger Tour title without dropping a set. As a result of both his Australian Open qualifying campaign and his title in Hong Kong, Edmund broke into the world's top 150 for the first time, reaching 148th in the world. The following week, Edmund reached the quarterfinals of the Burnie International, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Chung Hyeon.^[24] Throughout the spring Edmund continued to rise up the rankings, achieving a career high of world No. 121 in the world on May 18 due to his success in Challenger level events.

Following three rounds of qualifying, Edmund made it to the main draw of the French Open for the first time in his career. In the first round he faced Frenchman Stephane Robert, and recorded his first ever Grand Slam level victory, as well as his first ever five-set match win. He was due to face Nick Kyrgios in the second round, but was forced to withdraw with a stomach injury, which it was feared could make him miss the entire grass court season if exacerbated.^[25] Following his first round win, Edmund reached a career high ranking of 101. After receiving a wildcard for Wimbledon,^[26] Edmund was beaten in the first round in straight sets by Alexandr Dolgopolov.^[27]

In July, Edmund won the Binghampton Challenger 6–2, 6–3 in 66 minutes, which was ten years after Andy Murray won the same title. ^[28]

Edmund was announced for the Great Britain squad for the Davis Cup Semi-Final against Australia. However Edmund picked up an ankle injury on the Tuesday before the tie, so Dan Evans was given a surprise recall ahead of the woefully out-of-form James Ward. Though Evans lost both his singles matches, Great Britain won 3–2 and reached the Davis Cup Final for the first time since 1978.^[29]

Edmund reacted to a disappointing autumn by parting company with his coach James Trotman, just five weeks ahead of the Davis Cup final. ^[30]

Davis Cup Captain Leon Smith supervised Edmund and James Ward, accompanying them to South America to help him decide on his second singles player for the Davis Cup Final. In November, the 20 year old Edmund won the Copa Fila Challenge title in Argentina on clay beating Brazil’s Carlos Berlocq, ranked No 112 in the world and an expert on the red stuff.^[31] Ward lost in the second round of the same event, though Ward, ranked 156, had also recently won a hard court challenger tournament. On the same day as Edmund's victory, Dan Evans, ranked 271, won the Knoxville Challenger on a hard court,^[32] but with Belgium opting to stage the tie on an indoor clay court, Smith chose to go with the British number two Edmund, now ranked 100.^[33]

Edmund made his Davis Cup debut in the 2015 final versus Belgium in Ghent, playing the first singles match against Belgian Number 1 David Goffin, ranked No 16. Edmund cruised through the opening two sets, but dropped the next three, eventually losing 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 1–6, 0–6. Edmund became only the sixth man in the 115-year history of the Davis Cup to make his debut in the final.^[34] Great Britain went on to lead 3–1, and win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.

In December, Edmund was invited to participate in the inaugural Tie Break Tens tournament^[35] at the Royal Albert Hall, with Andy Murray, Tim Henman, David Ferrer, John McEnroe and Xavier Malisse. Edmund lost to Andy Murray in the group stage, but beat Murray 10–7 in a thrilling final.^[36]

Edmund joined the rest of the Davis Cup team at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Show, where they won the 2015 Team of the Year Award.^[6]

Edmund accompanied Andy Murray at his training camp in Dubai, which included a trial period with British coach Ralph Jones.^[3]

2016

In his first tournament of 2016, Edmund entered the Qatar Open qualifying draw. He progressed through the qualifying tournament with straight sets wins over Andrea Arnaboldi and Radu Albot.^[37] In the first round of the main draw Edmund achieved his first ever top-50 win over 43-ranked Martin Kližan in straight sets,^[38] before defeating Daniel Muñoz de la Nava to reach his first ATP quarterfinal,^[39] where he lost in straight sets to world number 7 Tomáš Berdych.^[40]

Career finals

Singles finals: 13 (9-4)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	28 October 2012	Birmingham, USA	Clay	Chase Buchanan	7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	11 November 2012	Niceville, USA	Clay	Chase Buchanan	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Winner	5 May 2013	Orange Park, USA	Clay	Carsten Ball	6–3, 6–2
Winner	10 August 2013	Bolzano, Italy	Clay	Gianluca Naso	6–3, 6–2
Winner	19 January 2014	Sunrise, USA	Clay	Yoshihito Nishioka	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	26 January 2014	Weston, USA	Clay	Victor Crivoi	7–6(7–2), 5–7, 0–6
Winner	10 February 2014	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard	Filip Veger	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	16 November 2014	Keio Challenger, Japan	Hard	John Millman	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1 February 2015	Hong Kong Challenger, Hong Kong	Hard	Tatsuma Ito	6–1, 6–2
Winner	26 July 2015	Binghampton Challenger, USA	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15 November 2015	Copa Fila, Argentina	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	31 January 2016	Tennis Championships of Maui, USA	Hard	Wu Di	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	6 February 2016	RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, USA	Hard (i)	Daniel Evans	6–3, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2012	US Open	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	2013	French Open	Clay	Frederico Ferreira Silva	Christian Garin Nicolás Jarry	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam Performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

This table is correct up to the 2016 Australian Open.

^a 2015 French Open counts as 1 win, 0 losses. Nick Kyrgios received a walkover in the second round, after Edmund withdrew because of a stomach injury,^[41] does not count as an Edmund loss (nor a Kyrgios win).

References

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External links

• Kyle Edmund at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kyle Edmund at the International Tennis Federation
• Kyle Edmund at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten British male singles tennis players as of 15 February 2016 1. Andy Murray (2 ) 2. Aljaž Bedene (51 1) 3. Kyle Edmund (84 ) 4. Daniel Evans (157 1) 5. James Ward (163 ) 6. Brydan Klein (198 5) 7. Liam Broady (287 23) 8. Joshua Milton (319 3) 9. Alexander Ward (347 1) 10. Lloyd Glasspool (460 3)