Arthur Fery becomes overnight millionaire as Wimbledon win nets career-high payday
Arthur Fery has become a millionaire overnight after his huge Wimbledon win over Flavio Cobolli.
Brit Fery is participating in the iconic tournament as a wildcard but reached the semi-finals after defeating No.9 seed Cobolli in straight sets on centre court.
The 23-year-old, ranked 114th in the world, won 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 to set up a clash with second seed Alexander Zverev on Friday.
Having been eliminated from the Lexus Eastbourne Open at the round of 32 on Tuesday 23 June, Fery has been on a fairytale run and won five matches to get to the final four.
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He had previously only won two Grand Slam main-draw matches.
Fery's success has also brought him the biggest payday of his career by some distance.
Until his recent incredible streak, Fery had earned less than £650,000 from professional tournaments.
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However, his winnings from Wimbledon are a staggering £900,000 - taking his earnings to above £1 million for his exploits on the court.
He has become the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since the Open era kicked off in 1968.
What's more, he is only the fourth wildcard to make the men's semi-finals of a Grand Slam and will hope to follow in the footsteps of Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, who won Wimbledon in 2001.
"I felt emotions that I've never experienced before in my life in that last game," Fery said after his win.
"I have the crowd behind me here, which is a huge help."
Fery, who was also eligible to represent France, now jumps up to 36th in the world rankings.
He will be entitled to an even bigger cheque if he manages to knock off Zverev and collect another £900,000 to take his guaranteed winnings to £1.8 million.
Going all the way as Ivanisevic did 25 years ago would see him make £3.6 million. Remarkably, the final falls on his birthday on Sunday and would be the perfect present to mark turning 24.
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Fery has spoken about not being money-orientated and re-investing his previous winnings into his career.
His mother Olivia is a former tennis player who competed in doubles competition at the French Open 1991 and his dad Loic used to own Ligue One football side Lorient, who finished 10th last season.
He is said to be worth a whopping £275 million after an extremely successful career as an asset manager and nearly bought Leeds United.
Fery, who went to the King's College private school and Stanford University in California, is in line to be the heir to that fortune.
But he is now beginning to carve his own path and making life-changing money in a crazy fortnight. On top of court earnings, sustained success for Fery will no doubt lead to increased sponsorship and commercial opportunities going forward.
Josh Lawless