Willis on tour

My goal as a professional doubles player - is to regularly compete in the best tournaments in the world.

After coming to the tough decision to retire in 2020, I was handed a lifeline again, in 2022.

With no ranking, and thanks to some private sponsorship, I reignited my journey in July 2022 and won my first event that September, I went from strength to strength, picking up 7 titles and winning 7 out of 8 finals. Winning 77% of all matches played my ranking climbed.

Fast forward to now- I’m competing in ATP challengers, my ranking is 198 in the world and GBR number 11.

I would like to thank those who have helped me on my journey so far, without them, it would be impossible to fight for my dream.

To maximise my chance to succeed, I would need to play between 30-35 events per year.

Up until now it has costed around £500-£700 per tournament, as I was limiting my travel to Europe. Due to the United Kingdom not being in the European Union, I will be unable to play much more in Europe, so have plans to travel to the States, and hopefully Japan, in November.

I have been travelling alone, without a coach/trainer, and it would be a huge boost to be able to have some support with me some weeks of the year, for on and off court help.

My immediate goal is to be 150 ATP by July 2024 , my long term goal is to be in the Top 50, playing the Grand Slams.

My previous visits to Grand Slams (Wimbledon 2016 and 2017) have been successful. In 2016 whilst ranked 772 ATP, Pre qualifying and then Qualifying for Wimbledon singles beating Andrey Rublev and Danill Medvedev before losing to Roger Federer in the 2nd round on Centre court, and again in 2017 on the doubles court, beating the defending champions in the 2nd round on a packed court 3.

These are memories that I will always be proud of, yet I firmly believe I still have more memories to make!

Thankyou for taking the time to read this, you can also follow my progress here:

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