Cameron Norrie

Cameron Norrie (; born 23 August 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 12 September 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 117, achieved on 13 June 2022. He is currently the No. 2 singles player from Great Britain.

As a junior, Norrie reached an ITF combined ranking of No. 10. He began representing Great Britain in 2013. Norrie attended Texas Christian University in 2014-2017.

After turning professional in 2017, Norrie made his top 200 debut that July following his first ATP Challenger title. He ended the year with three Challenger titles from four finals. In 2021, Norrie competed in six ATP finals, including his first at the ATP 500 and ATP Masters 1000 levels; he won two titles and sealed his top 20 debut following a victory at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters. He continued his momentum into the 2022 season, rising to the top 10 after claiming two additional ATP titles from four finals and reaching his maiden major semifinal at Wimbledon. Between October 2021 and June 2024, Norrie held the title of British No. 1 in men's singles. As of 2025, he has won five ATP Tour singles titles and one doubles title.

Early life

Cameron Norrie was born on 23 August 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British microbiologist parents: his father David is Scottish from Glasgow and his mother Helen is Welsh from Cardiff.

In 1998, when Norrie was three, he and his family moved to Auckland, New Zealand after being victims of a burglary in South Africa. Norrie said: "I don't remember too much about it, but my mum told me it got a little bit too dangerous so we moved to New Zealand." While in Auckland, Norrie attended high school at Macleans College. His parents lived in New Zealand until 2023, when they moved back to the United Kingdom.

At the age of 16, he moved to the United Kingdom, living in London for three years. In April 2013, at the age of 17, Norrie switched his allegiance to Great Britain, the country of origin of both of his parents.

Early career

Junior career

Norrie represented New Zealand as a junior, becoming No. 10 in the world, but received only a few thousand dollars from Tennis NZ. As a result, his parents had to finance his overseas travel. At fifteen, he toured the ITF's European junior circuit for five months.

In April 2013, at the age of 17, Norrie switched his allegiance to Great Britain (the country of origin of both of his parents) due to a lack of available funding in New Zealand. He lived and trained at the National Tennis Centre in London, later residing with a host family for two years while he continued his training.

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

University career

From 2014 to 2017, Norrie played collegiate tennis at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, where he ended his final collegiate season as the school's first-ever player to be ranked No. 1 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). He studied sociology on a sports scholarship at (TCU) and joined the Horned Frogs university team, becoming the first TCU student to be the top-ranked male college tennis player in the US. In addition, Norrie was ranked All-American three times.

In the 2016–17 season, Norrie was the only player to win every Big 12 match he participated in, with a 10–0 record in singles and doubles. In spite of being seeded No 1, Norrie missed the end of season NCAA Championships and put a hold on his studies so that he could turn professional.

Professional career

2013–16: ATP qualifying and ITF Tour debuts

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

Turning 18, Norrie was ranked No. 1348 in August 2013, but a semifinal showing at the Canada Futures F6 improved his ranking to No. 973, rising to No. 637 by June 2014. Whilst studying at university, he played only sporadically on the tour, falling to No. 1114 in October 2015. On 11 October 2015, Norrie won the USA Futures F29 at Mansfield, Texas.

Back-to-back titles at the USA Futures F21 and USA Futures F23 pushed him to No. 422 in July 2016. A month later, at the all-British final of the 2016 Aptos Challenger, Norrie was beaten by Dan Evans.

2017: ATP and major debuts

Norrie played three events in January, reaching the semifinal of the Maui Challenger to become world No. 238. For the Davis Cup World Group match against France, Norrie joined the British team as a hitting partner. After completing three years of his four-year university course, Norrie turned professional in June, competing at the Surbiton and Nottingham Challengers, but still had a training base at TCU in Fort Worth.

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

Awarded a wildcard for Wimbledon, Norrie was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 12th seed, in the opening round. In July, Norrie won his first Challenger title at Binghamton, which had previously been won by Kyle Edmund in 2015, and Andy Murray in 2005. He qualified for the main draw of the 2017 US Open, making his debut at this major, where he progressed to the second round recording his first major victory over Dmitry Tursunov, following his second-set retirement (and last match of Tursunov's career).

Reaching the Cary Challenger final, followed by successive Challenger titles in Tiburon and Stockton, pushed Norrie to world No. 111 in October. In December, his Argentine coach Facundo Lugones arranged a four-week training camp in Buenos Aires, where Norrie hit with Juan Martin Del Potro and Diego Schwartzman.

2018: Top 100 debut and first ATP doubles title

In February, Norrie was selected for the Davis Cup team for the first time, for Great Britain's World Group first round match against Spain. He 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.

Norrie made his ATP main-draw debut at Delray Beach Open as a lucky loser. He lost in the first round to Hyeon Chung. He qualified for his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 main-draw debut at the Indian Wells Masters in March 2018, but lost in the first round to Taro Daniel. He qualified for his second successive ATP World Tour Masters 1000 at the Miami Open, but lost to Nicolás Jarry in the first round.

At the Estoril Open, Norrie teamed up with fellow Briton Kyle Edmund in the doubles and won his maiden ATP Title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak and without dropping a set throughout the entire tournament. At Lyon, he registered his first win over a top-10 ranked opponent, John Isner, and reached his first ATP semifinal, which he lost to Gilles Simon.

At the French Open Norrie was a direct entrant into a major tournament for the first time. He played Peter Gojowczyk in the opening round, and won after Gojowczyk retired through injury. In the second round he faced Frenchman Lucas Pouille on the Philippe Chatrier court. Norrie eventually lost to the French number one in five sets, after darkness interrupted play at the end of the fourth set.

Norrie reached the quarter finals at the Eastbourne International. He reached his second ATP semifinal at the Atlanta Open after beating Malek Jaziri, sixth seed Jérémy Chardy and second seed Nick Kyrgios. Norrie lost to Ryan Harrison in three sets. A week later he continued his good form on hard courts, by reaching the semifinals of Los Cabos Open with a win over fourth seed Adrian Mannarino, before losing to second seed Jérémy Chardy.

2019: First ATP final, ATP 500 semifinal, top 50

Norrie received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 Auckland Open, in which he beat Benoît Paire, João Sousa, Taylor Fritz and Jan-Lennard Struff to reach his debut ATP final. He lost to Tennys Sandgren in straight sets.

In March, he reached his first ATP 500 semifinal in Acapulco, with wins over Yoshihito Nishioka, fourth seed Diego Schwartzman and Mackenzie McDonald. As a result Norrie reached the top 50 in the singles rankings on 4 March 2019, following the tournament. He lost to second seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.

Norrie reached the third round of an ATP 1000 event for the first time in his career at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he defeated Adrian Mannarino, and Márton Fucsovics, before losing to qualifier Lorenzo Sonego. In the first round of the French Open men's singles, Norrie lost to qualifier Elliot Benchetrit in straight sets.