_(21010931264)_(cropped).jpg) Lapthorne in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Andrew David Lapthorne | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-10-11)11 October 1990 (age 35) Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 285–160[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (27 January 2020)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 4 (2 September 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2014,2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | F (2011, 2012, 2017, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games | F (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 177–96[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (31 January 2011)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 3 (2 September 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2011,2012,2014,2015,2017,2022,2024,2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2021,2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2019,2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2017,2018,2019,2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters Doubles | W (2010, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games | F (2012,2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 4 September 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew David Lapthorne[2] (born 11 October 1990) is a Britishwheelchair tennis player. He took up wheelchair tennis in 2005, and entered the quad division in 2008. He is active in both singles and doubles tournaments, and has 17 grand slam titles in singles and doubles. He competed at his firstSummer Paralympics atLondon 2012 in the quad singles and in the quad doubles, in which he won a silver medal and is now a four-time Paralympic medallist and British no.1 Quad tennis player, who started playing wheelchair tennis at the age of 10.
Lapthorne hascerebral palsy, and uses a wheelchair.[3] He can walk for limited periods, but not very far and the condition has left him unable to straighten his arms fully. He joined a disabled football team at the age of eight, and also tried wheelchair basketball.[4]
Lapthorne took up the sport full-time in 2005 after playing at a sports camp for people in wheelchairs. He was spotted by coaches from the Tennis Federation, and became a professional player.[3][5] In 2008, he registered in the quad division and in his first quad tournament he reached the semi-final of the 2008 Nottingham Indoor event. In 2009 he reached the finals of his first tournaments including defeatingJohan Andersson, who was the silver medallist at the2008 Summer Paralympics, in the quarter finals of the Florida Open.[3]
Lapthorne began teaming up withPeter Norfolk, to compete in the quad doubles. They appeared at the Florida Open in 2009 for the first time, and defeated the reigning Olympic champions in the first round before going on to win the tournament. Lapthorne won his first singles title during the same year, at the Wroclaw Cup, and also won the singles title at Prague Cup Czech Indoor resulting in completing his first full season as a quad player ranked ninth in the world.[3]
In 2010, Lapthorne won both the Melbourne Open singles titles and doubles alongside Norfolk. He reached the final of the Sydney Open and regularly appeared in the quarter finals of the year's Super Series tournaments. His world ranking in 2010 improved to number six, and he won the end of season Camozzi Doubles Masters, teaming with Norfolk once more.[3] In 2011, he appeared at a Grand Slam for the first time, winning the doubles tournament with Norfolk which increased their ranking to number one in the world.[3] It was the first occasion that an all British pair had won a quad doubles grand slam, as the duo defeatedDavid Wagner andNick Taylor by 6–3, 6–3, to win the title. It marked the fourth victory that Lapthorne and Norfolk had made during the previous two seasons over Wagner and Taylor, who are the reigningParalympics champions.[6] They retained the title a year later.[7]
Lapthorne was selected for the Great Britain squad for the2012 Summer Paralympics in London in both the quad singles and quad doubles tennis events.[8]Channel 4 featured Norfolk in a special aired on 7 August 2012, prior to the London Paralympics. Lapthorne was also featured in the special resulting inThe Daily Telegraph describing him as "the young pretender, talented, aggressive and gobby in the extreme".[9] At the time of the Paralympics, he was ranked fourth in the world in the singles, and number one in the doubles with Norfolk.[8] In the singles, he was drawn against Anders Hard in the first round, while he and Norfolk received a bye to the semi-finals of the doubles tournament.[10] He was knocked out of the singles competition in the first round by Hard, with a score of 7–5, 3–6, 3–6.[11] However, in the doubles tournament he reached the final against Taylor and Wagner. Before the match he received good luck messages from the West Ham football team, and fellow tennis playerAndy Murray. The British pair lost the match, 2–6, 7–5, 2–6, but Lapthorne and Norfolk won a silver medal each in the process.[12]
In 2014 Lapthorne went on to win theUS open singles title. In January 2019, Lapthorne and partnerDavid Wagner were beaten in the quad wheelchair doubles final in theAustralian Open.[13]
Playing with IsraeliGuy Sasson at the2024 French Open, the two made it to the finals where they were defeated byNiels Vink andSam Schröder of the Netherlands.
Lapthorne won a silver medal at the2024 Summer Paralympics in thequad doubles playing alongsideGregory Slade.[14]
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2014 | US Open | Hard |  David Wagner | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard |  Dylan Alcott | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2017 | US Open | Hard | David Wagner | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Dylan Alcott | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2019 | US Open(2) | Hard | Dylan Alcott | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | Dylan Alcott | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2020 | French Open | Clay | Dylan Alcott | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | Peter Norfolk | Nicholas TaylorDavid Wagner | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2012 | Australian Open(2) | Hard | Peter Norfolk | David Wagner Noam Gershony | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2013 | US Open | Hard |  Lucas Sithole | Nicholas Taylor David Wagner | 0–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 2014 | Australian Open(3) | Hard | David Wagner | Dylan Alcott Lucas Sithole | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2014 | US Open | Hard | Lucas Sithole | Nicholas Taylor David Wagner | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2015 | Australian Open(4) | Hard | David Wagner | Dylan Alcott Lucas Sithole | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Nicholas Taylor David Wagner | 6–4, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Lucas Sithole David Wagner | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2017 | Australian Open(5) | Hard | David Wagner | Dylan AlcottHeath Davidson | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2017 | US Open | Hard | David Wagner | Dylan AlcottBryan Barten | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 2018 | US Open(2) | Hard | David Wagner | Dylan Alcott Bryan Barten | 3–6, 6–0, [10–4] |
| Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Dylan Alcott |  Koji Sugeno David Wagner | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 2019 | US Open(3) | Hard | Dylan Alcott | Bryan Barten David Wagner | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6] |
| Win | 2020 | US Open(4) | Hard | Dylan Alcott |  Sam Schröder David Wagner | 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Loss | 2020 | French Open | Clay | Dylan Alcott | Sam Schröder David Wagner | 6–4, 5–7, [8–10] |
| Win | 2021 | French Open | Clay | David Wagner | Dylan Alcott Sam Schröder | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 2021 | Wimbledon(2) | Grass | David Wagner | Dylan Alcott Sam Schröder | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2022 | Australian Open(6) | Hard | David Wagner | Niels Vink Sam Schröder | 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | David Wagner | Niels Vink Sam Schröder | 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Win | 2023 | French Open(2) | Clay | Donald Ramphadi | Heath Davidson Robert Shaw | 1–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 2024 | Australian Open(7) | Hard | David Wagner | Donald Ramphadi Guy Sasson | 6–4, 3–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 2024 | French Open | Clay | Guy Sasson | Niels Vink Sam Schröder | 6–7(9–11), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | Guy Sasson | Niels Vink Sam Schröder | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 2025 | Australian Open(8) | Hard | Sam Schröder | Guy Sasson Niels Vink | 6–1, 6–4 |
Lapthorne is an ambassador ofBrentford F.C.[5] He is a fan ofWest Ham United F.C.[15] He lives inEastcote, Greater London.[3] He has a brother called Samuel.
Lapthorne was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2025 Birthday Honours for services to tennis.[16]
