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JACOB FEARNLEY might not be a household name heading into this summer's Wimbledon Championships. But the biggest names in tennis certainly know all about the Scot who's set to make his singles debut at SW19. 4 Jacob Fearnley is making his Wimbledon singles debut Credit: AFP 4 The Edinburgh-born ace recently triumphed at the Nottingham Open Credit: Getty 4 He used to hit with Roger Federer Credit: Reuters 4 Fearnley could face Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon this year Credit: Getty 22-year old Fearnley is making his debut as a wild card at Wimbledon this week.

It'll be his first-ever major event in singles competition. Even some of tennis' biggest fans might not be aware of Fearnley yet - but some of the sport's biggest stars certainly are. Fearnly faced-off against defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz and top seed, and world number one, Jannik Sinner during his junior days.



READ MORE TENNIS PHEW BALLS PLEASE Wimbledon's hottest players ready to compete as Raducanu makes return FAB FORTY Get £40 in FREE BETS when you stake £10 with William Hill Not only did he play Alcaraz and Sinner - he beat them. Fearnley, who was born in Edinburgh in 2001, has taken a very different career path to those two huge superstars. He's been playing college tennis at Texas Christian University (TCU) for the past five years, achieving plenty of success.

But his college career is now over and Fearnley is now making waves on the professional circuit. Most read in Sport COSTA DEAL Celtic tracking.

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