Gordon Reid

Gordon James Reid (born 2 October 1991) is a British professional wheelchair tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in singles and is currently ranked world No. 1 in doubles. Reid has won two Paralympic gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal, as well as a two major singles titles and a record 29 major doubles titles.

Reid's first appearance for Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics was when he was age sixteen at Beijing 2008. He later reached the quarterfinals in the singles in London 2012 as well as the quarterfinals in doubles. He won Paralympic gold in the men's singles event at Rio 2016 and silver in the doubles event with partner Alfie Hewett, whom he beat in the singles final. At Tokyo 2020, Reid won bronze in the singles and silver in the doubles with Hewett. The pair later went on to complete a calendar year Grand Slam, winning all four majors in 2021. At Paris 2024 he won his second gold medal, again partnering Hewett in the men's doubles. He currently holds the record for most doubles slam titles won by a wheelchair player in any division (men's, women's, and quads), with 29.

Reid was born able-bodied, and enjoyed a wide variety of sports as a child, including football and tennis. However, at the age of 12, he contracted a rare neurological condition called transverse myelitis which left him paralyzed from the waist down.

Early life Reid was born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, on 2 October 1991. He comes from a tennis-playing family and started playing tennis at the age of six, alongside his two brothers and sister at Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club, where he was a good junior player, before contracting rare spinal condition, transverse myelitis in 2004.

He first began playing wheelchair tennis in 2005, when he was introduced to the sport at Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow. He was acknowledged for his sporting credentials in 2006, when he was among the 10 shortlisted finalists for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2007, Reid became Britain's youngest men's Singles National Champion and he was also part of Great Britain's winning junior team at the 2007 World Team Cup. He feels his greatest achievement was representing ParalympicsGB at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games when he was 16 years old.

When he was younger, Reid combined his training commitments with his studies and in 2009 he passed Highers in Maths, English and Biology after attending Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute. He is a lifelong supporter of Rangers FC and regularly attends their home matches.

Tennis career

Reid won his first wheelchair tennis title in April 2005, six weeks after coming out of hospital, when he won the B Division Singles at the Glasgow Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. He became Britain's youngest National champion at the age of 15 in 2007 and the youngest British men's No 1 shortly before his 18th birthday at the end of September 2008. In July 2016, Reid followed up with his second Grand Slam victory in the inaugural singles wheelchair championships at Wimbledon. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics Reid won the gold medal for the men's wheelchair singles tennis, beating fellow Briton Alfie Hewett in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1. He ended the year as world number one in singles.

He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won silver in the doubles with Hewett and bronze in the singles.

After 2016, Reid's grand slam success continued primarily with his accolades in the doubles alongside Hewett. Together, they were the first men's wheelchair tennis pair to win the calendar year grand slam, which they completed in 2021. Their title at the Australian Open in 2022 marked their 9th consecutive victory in a slam, overtaking Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver's record for most consecutive slam titles.

Reid kicked off 2024 by winning a fifth Australian Open doubles title in a row with Hewett. In May 2024 Reid was part of the Great Britain team which won the World Team Cup for a second successive year beating Spain 2–0 in the final of the event held in Turkey. It was the team's fourth win in the competition since 2015. Reid and Hewett won a fifth straight French Open in June with a 6-1 6–4 victory over second-seeded Japanese duo Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final. At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Reid and Hewett won the doubles title for a sixth time, defeating Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2). Reid gained his second paralympic gold medal at Paris 2024, winning in the doubles with Alfie Hewett. This marked his achievement of a career golden slam in the doubles, having won all four majors and the Paralympic gold medal.

Personal life Reid was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to wheelchair tennis. After giving him his MBE, Queen Elizabeth II referred to him as a "charming young man". Reid was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to tennis.

Reid enjoys playing wheelchair basketball recreationally. He and his doubles partner Alfie Hewett currently play for the Surrey 89ers wheelchair basketball team.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Wheelchair singles

Wheelchair doubles Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A F F F W F SF W W W W W W SF 7 / 13 – French Open F SF W W F SF SF W W W W W W W 9 / 14 – Wimbledon 4th 3rd F W W W F NH W F W W F W 7 / 13 – US Open SF F W NH W W W W W F SF NH F 6 / 11 – Win–loss – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 29 / 51 –

Finals

Wheelchair singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Wheelchair doubles: 37 (26 titles, 11 runner-ups)