78 Facts About Cameron Norrie

Cameron Norrie is a British professional tennis player.

Cameron Norrie has reached career-high rankings of world No 8 in singles and No 117 in doubles.

Cameron Norrie has reached a major semifinal, in Wimbledon in 2022.

Cameron Norrie was the British No 1 in men's singles from October 2021 to June 2024.

Cameron Norrie was born in 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British microbiologist parents: his father David is from Glasgow and his mother Helen is from Cardiff.

In 1998, when Cameron Norrie was three, he and his family moved to Auckland, New Zealand, after being victims of a burglary in South Africa.

Since turning professional in 2017, Cameron Norrie has been based in Putney, southwest London.

Cameron Norrie is a supporter of South Sydney Rabbitohs, the New Zealand national rugby union team, and Newcastle United FC.

Cameron Norrie represented New Zealand as a junior, becoming No 10 in the world, but received only a few thousand dollars from Tennis NZ, so his parents had to finance his overseas travel.

Cameron Norrie lived and trained at the National Tennis Centre, later residing with a host family for two years while he continued his training.

Cameron Norrie had difficulty on the European tennis circuit, so he considered training at an American university.

Cameron Norrie studied sociology on a sports scholarship at Texas Christian University and joined the Horned Frogs university team, where he became the top-ranked male college tennis player in the US, being the first time that TCU had such an honour.

In spite of being seeded No 1, Cameron Norrie missed the end of season NCAA Championships and put a hold on his studies, so that he could turn professional.

In 2018, Cameron Norrie won his debut Davis Cup match in Spain against world No 23 Roberto Bautista Agut, despite only turning professional eight months previously, and last playing on clay in 2013.

Cameron Norrie, ranked No 114, came from two sets down, in what former Davis Cup captain John Lloyd said was "one of the most impressive debuts of all time".

In January 2013, Cameron Norrie played his first senior tournament at the ATP Auckland Open, winning the first qualifying round.

Cameron Norrie played three clay-court events in 2013; the Great Britain Futures F9 second round and F11 quarterfinals, followed by the Boy's French Open first round.

On 11 October 2015, Cameron Norrie won the USA Futures F29 at Mansfield, Texas, and reached a ranking of No 706.

Cameron Norrie made his ATP main-draw debut at the Aegon Championships, after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw, where he was defeated by Sam Querrey in the first round.

Cameron Norrie earned his first ATP main-draw victory by beating Horacio Zeballos at Eastbourne, which was his first win over a top-50 player.

In July, Cameron Norrie won his first Challenger title at Binghamton, which had previously been won by Kyle Edmund in 2015, and Andy Murray in 2005.

Cameron Norrie recorded the biggest win of his career in his first match, coming from two sets down to defeat world No 23 Roberto Bautista-Agut in five sets.

Cameron Norrie made his ATP main-draw debut at Delray Beach Open as a lucky loser.

Cameron Norrie lost in the first round to Hyeon Chung.

At the Estoril Open, Cameron Norrie teamed up with fellow Briton Kyle Edmund in the doubles and won his maiden ATP Title, beating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak and without dropping a set throughout the entire tournament.

At the French Open Cameron Norrie was a direct entrant into a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

Cameron Norrie played Peter Gojowczyk in the opening round, and won after Gojowczyk retired through injury.

Cameron Norrie eventually lost to the French number one in five sets, after darkness interrupted play at the end of the fourth set.

Cameron Norrie reached his second ATP semifinal at the Atlanta Open after beating Malek Jaziri, sixth seed Jeremy Chardy and second seed Nick Kyrgios.

Cameron Norrie received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 Auckland Open, in which he beat Benoit Paire, Joao Sousa, Taylor Fritz and Jan-Lennard Struff to reach his debut ATP final.

Cameron Norrie lost to second seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.

Cameron Norrie reached the third round of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in his career at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters singles, where he beat Adrian Mannarino, and Marton Fucsovics before he lost to qualifier Lorenzo Sonego.

At Wimbledon, Cameron Norrie reached the second round with a win over Denis Istomin, before losing to eighth seed Kei Nishikori in straight sets in his first match on Centre Court.

Cameron Norrie reached the semifinals in Atlanta, losing to Taylor Fritz in three sets, after defeating seventh seed Jordan Thompson, Kwon Soon-woo and Alexei Popyrin to make it through to the last four.

Cameron Norrie lost to qualifier Gregoire Barrere in the first round at the US Open, losing in a tiebreaker in the fifth set.

Cameron Norrie lost to Andy Murray in the second round in three sets.

Cameron Norrie then defeated Federico Coria before falling in the third round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Cameron Norrie matched this performance by reaching the same round at the 2021 Australian Open, where he was defeated by the world No 2 Rafael Nadal.

Cameron Norrie reached his second ATP Tour singles final at the Estoril Open, defeating second seed Christian Garin and sixth seed Marin Cilic before losing to Albert Ramos Vinolas in the final.

Cameron Norrie continued by reaching the final after defeating eighth seed Karen Khachanov, where he was beaten by second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Cameron Norrie reached the third round of a major at the French Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Cameron Norrie reached the third round of a major yet again, where he was defeated by the sixth seed Roger Federer in four sets.

Cameron Norrie won his first ATP title at the Los Cabos Open, beating Brandon Nakashima in the final.

At the US Open, Cameron Norrie was defeated in straight sets in the opening round by Carlos Alcaraz.

Cameron Norrie won his 40th match win of the season at the San Diego Open, defeating world No 13 Denis Shapovalov.

Cameron Norrie then defeated Diego Schwartzman to advance to the semifinals and surpass Dan Evans as the British No 1 in men's singles.

Cameron Norrie beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets to advance to the final, where he came from a set and a break down to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili and win the title.

Cameron Norrie entered the top 20 in rankings after the tournament.

At the Paris Masters, Cameron Norrie defeated Federico Delbonis for his 100th career win.

Cameron Norrie next defeated Reilly Opelka before falling to Taylor Fritz in the third round.

Cameron Norrie entered the tournament as an alternate for Stefanos Tsitsipas after both Matteo Berrettini and Tsitsipas withdrew due to injuries.

Cameron Norrie played Casper Ruud and Novak Djokovic as part of the Green Group, but was defeated in both matches.

At the Delray Beach Open, Cameron Norrie dropped just one set en route to his third career singles title, defeating Reilly Opelka in the final.

Cameron Norrie reached his ninth ATP final in Acapulco, beating Daniel Altmaier, John Isner, Peter Gojowczyk and world No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas en route.

Cameron Norrie defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the third round in a rematch of the previous year's final, and then eliminated Jenson Brooksby to reach the quarterfinals.

Cameron Norrie won his fourth title in Lyon, beating Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets, then Sebastian Baez, Holger Rune and Alex Molcan in three sets becoming the fifth player to win multiple tour-level titles in 2022.

Cameron Norrie lost to the top seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets after being a set up.

Cameron Norrie lost in the third round to Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Canadian Open.

At the US Open, Cameron Norrie lost in the fourth round to Andrey Rublev in straight sets.

Cameron Norrie started the season at the United Cup with two top-10 wins where he defeated world No 2 Rafael Nadal and world No 9 Taylor Fritz.

At the Australian Open, Cameron Norrie lost in the third round to Jiri Lehecka in a five set match.

Cameron Norrie made his second back to back final and his third of the year at the Rio Open where he avenged his Argentina loss by defeating defending champion, top seed and world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz in three sets.

At the Indian Wells Masters, Cameron Norrie reached the quarterfinals after defeating sixth seed Andrey Rublev in the third round.

In Miami, Cameron Norrie lost in the second round to Gregoire Barrere after receiving a first-round bye.

Cameron Norrie went out in the third round at the French Open to 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti.

Cameron Norrie reached the Wimbledon second round where he was eliminated by Christopher Eubanks.

Cameron Norrie reached the quarterfinals at the Zhuhai Challenger with a win over qualifier Marc Polmans but lost in the last eight to Aslan Karatsev.

Cameron Norrie recorded his 200th career win at the Barcelona Open over wildcard Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the quarterfinals, becoming the eighth British man to reach the milestone in the Open Era.

In July 2024, Cameron Norrie pulled out just hours before his first round match at the 2024 Paris Olympics was set to start due to a forearm injury which subsequently caused him to miss the entire North American hardcourt swing of the season including withdrawing from the US Open.

In October 2024, Cameron Norrie made his return to the ATP Tour at the Stockholm Open but lost in straight sets to Miomir Kecmanovic.

Cameron Norrie lost in the first rounds in Vienna to Frances Tiafoe and at the Masters in Paris to Quentin Halys, increasing his losing streak to three.

Cameron Norrie then overcame lucky loser Luca Van Assche and Zizou Bergs to reach his 25th ATP Tour semifinal.

Cameron Norrie lost the final to Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets.

Cameron Norrie began his 2025 season at the Hong Kong Open, where he reached the quarterfinals with wins over Learner Tien and Lorenzo Sonego.

Cameron Norrie lost in the last eight to wildcard entrant Kei Nishikori in three sets.

Cameron Norrie was unhurt and he was given a code violation warning by the umpire but avoided disqualification.

At the Australian Open, Cameron Norrie lost in the first round to Matteo Berrettini.

Cameron Norrie lacks the raw power of many contemporary players, but excels at constructing points and frustrating opponents with consistent retrieval and injections of pace midway through rallies.