Arthur Fery is set to play Flavio Cobolli in the Wimbledon quarter-finals, with the British 23-year-old continuing one of the tournament’s most unexpected runs after reaching the last eight as a home wild card.
Ranked 114 at the start of the event, Fery has already turned a promising summer into something far bigger. He arrived at Wimbledon with only two Grand Slam victories to his name, but has now put together a sequence of results that have changed the tone of his tournament entirely.
The latest step came on Monday, when Fery beat Grigor Dimitrov in five sets to book his place in the quarter-finals. That followed Saturday’s battle with Zizou Bergs, when he recovered from 4-1 down in both the fourth and fifth sets to keep his run alive.
Jamie Murray: proper grass-court tennis
Jamie Murray and Jamie Delgado are said to have been unsurprised by the rise, and Murray’s assessment explains why Fery has proved so difficult to deal with on grass. As Murray put it, Fery is “someone who plays proper grass-court tennis, coming forward and knowing how to play at the net, move at the net and also his composure.”
That is exactly the profile that can trouble opponents at Wimbledon. Fery is not relying on one big weapon alone. He is combining court-craft, awareness and a willingness to move forward when he sees a chance, which makes him awkward to settle against over five sets.
Murray also highlighted Fery’s confidence under pressure, saying he has “an inner-confidence about himself” and did not look worried about going on to Centre Court. For a player who has had to work his way through the Challenger level and into bigger events, that mental calm has become as important as the tennis itself.
Why this run has changed the picture
The wider context matters too. Before the grass-court season, Fery reached the semi-finals of the Zagreb Challenger, then made the semi-finals at the Birmingham Open and secured his first ATP 500 quarter-final at Queen’s Club. In 2025, he won his first main-draw match at Wimbledon and sealed his first Challenger singles title in Barranquilla.
This is not a player appearing from nowhere. It is a player who has been building towards this level, step by step, and Wimbledon has now provided the stage for the breakthrough to become impossible to ignore.
Murray’s final point summed up the practical problem Fery now presents: he is “definitely an awkward player for guys to come up and play against” and he has been “moving as well as anyone left in the draw.” He also noted that Fery has gone through back-to-back five-set matches, so recovery will be a major factor before the next round.
For now, though, the answer to the key question is simple: Arthur Fery’s next match is against Flavio Cobolli in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. For the first home wild card to reach the last eight at Wimbledon, the story is already significant. The next step will show whether the run can become even bigger.
