Emily Appleton

Emily Appleton (born 1 September 1999) is a British tennis player. She has career-high rankings by the WTA of 347 in singles, reached on 6 October 2025, and No. 77 in doubles, achieved on 15 September 2025.

Career Appleton made her WTA Tour main-draw doubles debut at the 2022 Birmingham Classic, partnering Ali Collins. In June 2023, she qualified for the Nottingham Open for her singles main-draw debut. She lost to British No. 1, Katie Boulter.

Partnering with Lily Miyazaki after being given a wildcard entry, Appleton reached the second round in the doubles at Wimbledon in 2024, defeating Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin in a deciding set tie-break in the first round, before bowing out against top seeds Elise Mertens and Hsieh Su-wei in round two.

Alongside Maia Lumsden, she won her first WTA 125 title at the 2024 Dow Tennis Classic, defeating Ariana Arseneault and Mia Kupres in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

Partnering Yvonne Cavallé Reimers, she made her French Open debut in May 2025, losing in the first round to Alexandra Eala and Renata Zarazúa.

Performance timelines

Doubles

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Midland Classic,United States Hard (i) Maia Lumsden Ariana Arseneault Mia Kupres 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]Loss 1–1 Contrexéville Open,France Clay Isabelle Haverlag Quinn Gleason Ingrid Martins 1–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss 1–2 Feb 2026Oeiras Indoors,Portugal Hard (i) Makoto Ninomiya Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 6–2, 0–6, [4–10]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournamentsW25/35 tournaments (1–3)W15 tournaments (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (3–7)Clay (0–1)Carpet (1–0)

Doubles: 52 (22 titles, 30 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W60/75 tournaments (7–5)W40/50 tournaments (1–3)W25/35 tournaments (4–9)W10/15 tournaments (10–12)Finals by surfaceHard (10–18)Clay (11–9)Carpet (1–3)