Ben Taylor-Matthews

Ben Taylor-Matthews

Full name	Ben Taylor-Matthews
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	United Kingdom
Born	(1984-07-27) 27 July 1984
Plays	Right-handed
World Championships
Open Singles	First Round Eliminator (2012, 2022, 2023)
Open Doubles	F (2011)
Singles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	4
Current ranking	5
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (2014, 2016)
British Open	F (2021)
French Open	F (2018)
US Open	SF (2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023)
Doubles
Career titles	3
Current ranking	6
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2011, 2016)
French Open	W (2018, 2023)
British Open	F (2021)
US Open	W (2010)

Ben Taylor-Matthews (born 27 July 1984) is a professional British Real Tennis player based at Bristol Real Tennis Club. His career high ranking is world number 4, and his current ranking is 4. As of June 2016, he is also the British number 1. To date, he is yet to win a major singles title but has contested two Australian Open finals, as well as an IRTPA Championships final, plus a Champions Trophy final. In 2010 he won the US Open doubles championship, partnered by Steve Virgona.

He contested in the 2012 World Championship eliminators, the sports biggest prize, which takes only the top four players over a two-year period leading up to the challenge itself. He was defeated in the first round of eliminators but became the first player ever to force a deciding match.

Performance Timeline

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current through the 2024 World Doubles Championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
World Championship
World Championship	DNQ	NH	DNQ	NH	DNQ	NH	DNQ	NH	1R	NH	DNQ	NH	DNQ	NH	DNQ	NH			1R	1R	NH	0 / 3	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 3	1–4	20%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	A	A	F	A	F	SF	A	SF	A	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 7	11–7	61%
British Open	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	NH	F	QF	QF		0 / 18	22–18	55%
French Open	Q1	A	QF	QF	1R	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	A	SF	QF	1R	F	QF	NH		QF	SF		0 / 15	15–16	48%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	A	2R	SF	QF	0 / 17	20–17	54%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–4	4–3	6–4	3–3	3–3	5–3	4–3	5–4	5–4	7–3	8–4	1–1	3–1	2–3	5–3	1–2	0 / 57	68–58	54%
IRTPA Sanctioned Tournaments
Champions Trophy	NH									NH				F	SF	SF	NH		F	F		0 / 5	8–8	50%
European Open	NH	A	A	1R	A	SF	NH	QF	SF	SF	NH	SF	NH									0 / 6	6–6	50%
IRTPA Championship	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	NH	F	QF	SF	SF	QF	SF	SF	NH	SF	SF	QF	NH					0 / 12	18–11	62%
US Pro	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	QF	SF	SF	NH	A	SF	SF		0 / 15	19–15	56%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	6–3	2–2	4–3	4–3	3–2	3–2	4–3	2–1	5–4	5–4	4–3	0–0	0–0	3–3	4–2	0–0	0 / 38	51–40	56%
Career Statistics
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Career
Tournaments	1	2	2	5	4	7	5	7	7	6	5	6	5	7	6	7	1	1	6	6	2	Career total: 98
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	Career total: 8
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–6	2–4	8–7	6–5	10–7	8–8	6–5	8–5	8–6	7–5	10–8	12–7	12–7	1–1	3–1	5–7	9–6	1–2	120–102		54%
Win %	0%	0%	50%	25%	33%	53%	55%	59%	50%	55%	62%	57%	58%	56%	63%	63%	50%	75%	42%	60%	33%	Career total: 54%