Meet the winners of Play Your Way to Wimbledon 2024

Previously known as ‘The Road to Wimbledon’, this grassroots tennis competition was first held in 2002. 2024 saw the biggest competition finals in history, and here are the winners…

The dream of playing on the pristine grass courts of Wimbledon is one that many tennis enthusiasts share. But, for a few select this August, that dream became a reality – all thanks to Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone.

The UK’s largest individual mass participation tennis competition reached its conclusion this August on Wimbledon’s iconic courts.

However, the competition began much earlier in the year, with thousands of tennis hopefuls facing each other in qualifying stages across the country from March.

In fact, this year marked the competition’s largest finals, thanks to the introduction of a new junior wheelchair pathway as well as exhibitions of para standing and deaf tennis.

With British stars Tim Henman and Laura Robson watching on, SW19 celebrated 27 winners across more than 20 separate categories, including:

Boys 14 and Under Singles: Caelen McKechnie
Girls 14 and Under Singles: Isabella Johri
Boys 18 and Under Doubles: Dimitar Lalov and Luke Ogden
Girls 18 and Under Doubles: Edie McGuinness and Jessica McLean
Men’s Doubles: Georgiy Lesyuk and Tristan Scurr

“We’re proud – we can’t believe we’ve won it because we didn’t think we were going to win at the start of this, but I’m glad we did.”

Edie McGuinness, Girls 18 and under Doubles winner

Ladies’ Doubles: Lottie Forsyth and Chandani Rathnam
Mixed Learning Disability: Fabrice Higgins
Men’s Wheelchair: Mark Langeveld
Ladies’ Wheelchair: Fay Dutfield-Horton
Junior Wheelchair: Will Barton

“When I tried blind tennis, I fell in love with it and just kept going and getting better. To be around the best visually impaired players in the country…is great.”

Nagi Rizvi, Men’s Visually Impaired B1 winner

Men’s Visually Impaired B2: Guy Keating
Men’s Visually Impaired B3: Neil Balmforth
Mixed Visually Impaired B4/5: Ivan Rodriguez-Deb
Ladies’ Visually Impaired B1: Yvette Priestley
Ladies’ Visually Impaired B2: Helen Potter
Ladies’ Visually Impaired B3: Louise Evans

“Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, is an incredible opportunity for people from every walk of life to pick up a racket and get involved, and it’s been great to see so many taking part.”

Tim Henman, Former British No.1 and Vodafone Ambassador

PYWTW is part of Vodafone’s broader commitment to improve accessibility in tennis by using its connectivity and innovative technology to encourage more people to pick up a racket.

For instance, in addition to the introduction of disability tennis categories this year, Vodafone also trialled 5G-powered GiveVision headsets at Wimbledon in 2023, enabling visually-impaired fans to watch live tennis like never before.

PYWTW is organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and The All England Lawn Tennis Club. LTA-registered venues can find out more about Play Your Way to Wimbledon, and how to register to host an event, on the LTA website.

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