:QUOTE [quotetype:plain, subtitle:Arthur Fery · after beating Flavio Cobolli in the Wimbledon quarterfinals · 8 July 2026] I told her it was my birthday on Sunday, so it would be great to play the Wimbledon final on my birthday. :INFO The wildcard who grew up next door Arthur Fery is 23 years old, ranked 114 in the world, and grew up five minutes from the All England Club. On 8 July 2026 he became only the second wildcard to reach the men's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon in the Open Era, twenty-five years after Goran Ivanisevic did it and then won the title. Fery beat ninth seed Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6, 6-0 in the quarter-final, his first career win over a top-ten player. Queen Camilla watched from the Royal Box. He turns 24 on Sunday. The final is Sunday. :STATS :JOURNEY Arthur Fery's path through the draw 1 Dzumhur (R128) 2 Virtanen (R64) 3 Bergs (R32) 4 Dimitrov (R16) 5 Cobolli (QF) :NOTE Fery was born in Sevres, France, but moved to England at one month old. His mother Olivia is a former professional player and a member of the All England Club. His father Loic is a hedge fund manager and president of FC Lorient. Fery spent three years at Stanford, became the 2023 Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, and was Stanford's first top-ranked singles player since Bob Bryan in 1998. He returned to the pro tour full-time in 2025 after recovering from an arm injury. :INFO What a Fery win on Sunday would mean If Fery beats Zverev on Friday and wins the final on Sunday, he will become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Andy Murray in 2016. He would also be the lowest-ranked player to win a men's Grand Slam in the Open Era, eclipsing Ivanisevic (then world number 125 when he lifted the 2001 trophy). His prize money would jump from a career total of $884,000 to over $3.6 million in a single fortnight. He would turn 24 the day of the final. :NOTE Zverev, Fery's semi-final opponent, is the opposite of a wildcard. The German is ranked world number two, won Roland Garros six weeks ago, and has never been past the semi-finals at Wimbledon. This is his third major semi-final appearance of 2026. He will want the completion as much as Fery wants the fairytale. :LINK https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/msdraw.html Full Wimbledon 2026 men's draw and results