Sarah Beth Grey

Sarah Beth Grey
Grey at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Residence Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Born 10 August 1995
Liverpool, England
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Plays Left Handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$199,318
Singles
Career record 20–219 (8.4%)
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 277 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking No. 407 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record 232–141 (62.2%)
Career titles 22 ITF
Highest ranking No. 143 (21 October 2019)
Current ranking No. 178 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Sarah Beth Grey (born 10 August 1995; formerly known as Sarah Beth Askew) is a British tennis player.

Grey has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 277, achieved August 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 143, achieved on 21 October 2019. In her career, Grey has won one singles title and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Eden Silva.

Personal

Grey was born in Liverpool and grew up in one of its suburbs, West Derby. She lives in Wendover and trains at Halton Tennis Centre in Buckinghamshire. She has three older sisters, a younger brother, and two younger half-brothers.

In February 2022, Grey successfully underwent cardiac ablation surgery to correct a potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm.

Playing style

Grey plays left-handed with a two-handed backhand. Although standing at only 5ft 6, she describes her serve as her favourite shot and she enjoys playing on grass courts.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Doubles

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open A A A 0–0
French Open A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0–2
US Open A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–2

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
W25 tournaments
Surface
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic W25 Carpet (i) Anastasia Kulikova 6-2, 6-2

Doubles: 41 (22 titles, 19 runner–ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Surface
Hard (19–16)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 ITF Rethymno, Greece W10 Hard Katy Dunne Margarita Lazareva
Lisanne van Riet 		2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Apr 2014 ITF Gloucester, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) Katy Dunne Lucy Brown
Hilda Melander 		5–7, 3–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2015 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK W25 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Lisa Whybourn 		1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Win 3–1 Feb 2016 ITF Wirral, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Veronica Corning
Harriet Dart 		6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 4–1 Sep 2016 ITF Nottingham, UK W10 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Dasha Ivanova
Margot Yerolymos 		6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss 4–2 Oct 2016 ITF Loughborough, UK W10 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Dasha Ivanova
Petra Krejsová 		6–7(2), 6–7(2)
Win 5–2 Nov 2016 ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom W10 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Mia Eklund
Nika Shytkouskaya 		7–63, 7–5
Win 6–2 Nov 2016 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W10 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Alicia Barnett
Lauren McMinn 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece W10 Hard Emilie Francati Manon Arcangioli
Despina Papamichail 		4–6, 2–6
Win 7–3 Feb 2017 ITF Birmingham, UK W15 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Melanie Stokke
Julia Wachaczyk 		6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 7–4 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W15 Clay Olivia Nicholls Gaia Sanesi
Martina Spigarelli 		0–6, 2–6
Loss 7–5 Sep 2017 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France W25 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Cornelia Lister
Vera Lapko 		4–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 Oct 2017 Open de Touraine, France W25 Hard (i) Samantha Murray Jaqueline Cristian
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 8–6 Nov 2017 ITF Sunderland, UK W15 Hard (i) Alicia Barnett Eleni Kordolaimi
Maia Lumsden 		6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win 9–6 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal W25 Clay Olivia Nicholls An-Sophie Mestach
Nina Stojanović 		4–6, 7–64, [10–6]
Win 10–6 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal W25 Clay Olivia Nicholls Jessika Ponchet
Ganna Poznikhirenko 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 10–7 May 2018 ITF Monzón, Spain W25 Clay Olivia Nicholls Cristina Bucșa
Yana Sizikova 		2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 10–8 Aug 2018 ITF Chiswick, UK W25 Hard Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Samantha Murray 		6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 10–9 Nov 2018 ITF Wirral, UK W25 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Freya Christie
Valeria Savinykh 		4–6, 5–7
Win 11–9 Nov 2018 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK W25 Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger 		0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 11–10 Dec 2018 ITF Solapur, India W25 Hard Ekaterina Yashina Miyabi Inoue
Lu Jiajing 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 11–11 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W60 Hard (i) Eden Silva Harriet Dart
Lesley Kerkhove 		3–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 Jul 2019 ITF Palmela, Portugal W25 Hard Eden Silva Estelle Cascino
Julia Terziyska 		7–5, 6–2
Win 13–11 Aug 2019 ITF Woking, UK W25 Hard Eden Silva Naiktha Bains
Ankita Raina 		6–2, 7–5
Win 14–11 Aug 2019 ITF Chiswick, UK W25 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Freya Christie
Samantha Murray Sharan 		6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 14–12 Oct 2020 ITF Cherbourg-en-Contentin, France W25 Hard (i) Harriet Dart Robin Anderson
Jessika Ponchet 		6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 14–13 Oct 2020 ITF Reims, France W25 Hard (i) Harriet Dart Séléna Janicijevic
Robin Montgomery 		w/o
Loss 14–14 May 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Dasha Ivanova Gozal Ainitdinova
Anna Kubareva 		5–7, 2–6
Loss 14–15 Jul 2021 Open de Biarritz, France W60 Clay Magali Kempen Oksana Selekhmeteva
Daniela Vismane 		3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 15–15 Aug 2021 Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech Republic W60 Clay Carolina Alves Mana Kawamura
Funa Kozaki 		6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 15–16 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Estelle Cascino Robin Anderson
Amandine Hesse 		3–6, 6–7(2)
Win 16–16 Oct 2021 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25+H Hard (i) Arianne Hartono Estelle Cascino
Camilla Rosatello 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 16–17 Jul 2022 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W25 Hard Jamie Loeb Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 16–18 Sep 2022 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Weronika Falkowska Freya Christie
Ali Collins 		6–1, 6–7(4), [3–10]
Win 17–18 Jul 2023 ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom W25 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Madeleine Brooks
Holly Hutchinson 		0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win 18–18 Aug 2023 ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom W25 Hard Destanee Aiava Erina Hayashi
Saki Imamura 		6–4, 6–3
Win 19–18 Aug 2023 ITF Vigo, Spain W25 Hard Nefisa Berberović Anastasia Abbagnato
Patricija Paukštytė 		6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 20–18 Aug 2023 ITF Valladolid, Spain W25 Hard Alexandra Bozovic Ava Markham
Tian Fangran 		7–5, 6–0
Win 21–18 Nov 2023 ITF Calgary, Canada W60+H Hard (i) Eden Silva Hanna Chang
Katarina Jokić 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 21–19 Jan 2024 ITF Loughborough, Great Britain W35 Hard (i) Alicia Barnett Liv Hovde
Ella McDonald 		6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 22–19 Jan 2024 ITF Porto, Portugal W75+H Hard (i) Olivia Nicholls Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge 		4–6, 6–3, [10–6]