Arthur Fery, the breakout star of this year’s Wimbledon, stands to make nearly $5 million if he wins the tournament. That pales in comparison to his family’s fortune.
Briton Fery has been the surprise package of the Wimbledon Championships in 2026. The 23-year-old only entered as a wild card, invited by the organizers since his 114th world ranking was too low to qualify automatically.
On Wednesday, he won his quarterfinal against the ninth seed, Flavio Cobolli, in straight sets — as the queen watched on from Center Court’s royal box. It made Fery the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since the Open Era began in 1968, where he will play Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
If he loses in the semis, Fery will take home about $1.2 million, rising to $2.4 million if he makes the final, and $4.8 million if he wins the whole thing.
However, next to his father’s wealth, those numbers are pocket change.
According to the French business magazine Challenges, Fery’s father, Loïc, is France’s 402nd-richest man, worth 330 million euros, or around $380 million.
He started work as a financial trader in Hong Kong for the French bank Société Générale. He rose up the ranks before setting up his own hedge fund, Chenavari Investment Managers, in 2008. The firm’s website says it has $5.8 billion of assets under management.
He also owned FC Lorient, a soccer team in France’s top division, between 2009 and January of this year. He sold his stake to Bill Foley’s Black Night Football Club, but remains the team’s president.
Arthur Fery attended the elite King’s College School, Wimbledon, a 20-minute walk away from the hallowed tennis grounds. Tuition fees cost up to $50,000 per year. The Times of London ranked it as the UK’s eighth-best school this year.
In 2020, he enrolled at Stanford University on a tennis scholarship and became the top-ranked singles player on the college circuit.
With the costs of coaching and access to facilities, tennis has always been associated with wealth. That’s only become more apparent in recent years with the success of Emma Navarro and Jessica Pegula, whose fathers are both billionaires.
Fery’s success at Wimbledon, however, has arguably been all thanks to a trait money can’t buy: determination.
At 5-feet-9 inches, he’s one of the shorter male players and lacks the same reach and serve speed as many opponents. However, he has found success thanks to his perseverance and athleticism, running all over the court to return the ball and never giving up on a point.
On Friday, he plays the world’s third-ranked player, 6-feet-6 inch Zverev. A win would make him the first British player to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Andy Murray in 2016, and the second wild card since Goran Ivanišević won the 2001 championships.
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