CENTRE COURT — The last Brit standing isn’t done yet, with Arthur Fery’s Wimbledon voyage reaching uncharted territory following a stunning five-set win over Grigor Dimitrov.
The 23-year-old has become the first British wildcard to reach a grand slam quarter-final.
Few, if any, saw this coming two hours in, but twice a break down in the fourth set, Fery rallied to force a decider and eventually win the fifth-set tie-break 10-7 on Monday.
Afterwards, Fery looked nothing short of stunned. Comfortably the biggest match of his career, he won through 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4 7-6.
Fery looked like he did not know what to do after beating Dimitrov (Photo: Getty)“Where to start?” Fery said.
“I’ll do my best. The first time on this court, five sets against an absolute legend of this game. I grew up five minutes from here. I grew up coming to watch matches on this court.
“We’ve got probably the greatest of all time watching over there [Roger Federer], I saw him and now playing here in front of all you guys and winning and having the support is unbelievable.”
In making the last eight, Fery also becomes just the sixth British male to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final in the Open era – after Andy Murray, Tim Henman, Cameron Norrie, Roger Taylor and Greg Rusedski.
Want another? The world No 114 is also the first player ranked outside the top 100 to reach the men’s quarters here since Nick Kyrgios in 2014.
Fery also pockets a minimum £480,000 in prize money, taking his career earnings past £1m, and faces No 9 seed Flavio Cobolli next for a place in the semi-finals.
And for the British hopefuls out there, Fery beat Cobolli in straight sets at this year’s Australian Open, although the Italian struggled with a stomach issue on that occasion.
Oh, and whisper this one: it has been 25 years since a wildcard won a grand slam, Goran Ivanisevic a Wimbledon champion many fondly remember.
ARTHUR FERY IS A WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINALIST pic.twitter.com/NlBQqgru8a
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 6, 2026‘This guy can play’
No 6 seed Taylor Fritz could be a semi-final opponent for Fery, and the American noted the Briton’s favourable run having beaten 34-year-old Damir Dzumhur (ranked 106th), qualifier Otto Virtanen (140th) and then Zizou Bergs (37th) before overcoming Dimitrov – the former world No 3 now 146th.
Fritz was commenting on a draw that suits his own Wimbledon prospects too, and he is unlikely to be keen on facing Fery again after practising with him two years ago.
“It’s not surprising to me that he’s having results and also taking advantage of a draw that’s opened up a bit,” Fritz said.
“I went to London before the 2024 Tour Finals, and I did a training week there prior to Turin. I practiced with him most of the week.
“I made finals of Turin the next week. I felt pretty good about my game. He was beating me, like, every day. I was like, ‘Yeah, this guy can play.’”
Fery ‘dream’ a win for the LTA too
Fery was appearing one Monday later than most Brits had managed at Wimbledon, and after 15 first-round exits and unfortunate withdrawals for Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper, he was the only British hope in the singles from the third round onwards.
He had won his previous two encounters on Court 18, but amid talk of his recurring nosebleed problem and inexperience on Wimbledon’s grandest stage, Fery looked at home on Centre Court.
Dimitrov, who suffered fourth-round heartbreak last year when retiring injured two sets up against eventual champion Jannik Sinner, could never quite take the match away from Fery –despite several opportunities to do so.
Tim Henman had even noted on BBC that Dimitrov was starting to “bully” Fery in the third set, but the Briton would not give up.
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“It’s been the story of the tournament for me,” he added. “I was really close to losing in the last round and again today. A break down in the fourth, just trying to keep fighting, to have a good attitude and it paid off. I played really well with my back against the wall and it paid off today.
“No I couldn’t have imagined it. A week ago I would have been happy to win a few matches here, and now winning four, being in the quarters, it’s a dream.”
Another win for Fery is also a win for Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) at a difficult juncture.
Under fire for not giving Dan Evans a wildcard – the retiring 36-year-old called the LTA “nothing short of a shambles” – this run answers some awkward questions after they plumped for younger Brits instead – Fery among them.
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