Samuel, who hails from Winchester and trains at the University of Bath, has won four trophies on the Challenger Tour since November, including back-to-back titles in Greece this month.
He attributes his good form to the work he put in during training and enjoyed an injury-free period where everything started to click together.
He missed most of the 2024 season due to a bone bruise, and it wasn’t until midway through 2025 that he felt healthy and recovered.
Samuel said: “The last half year has been going well, winning a lot of games, it’s a good feeling and I’m just trying to keep the momentum going one game a week, not getting too ahead of myself and focus on each week.”
Samuel’s next goal is to enter the main draw of a Grand Slam – he participated in the doubles competition at Wimbledon in 2023 and entered the top 32, but has never participated in a singles competition.
“That’s my next big goal,” Samuel said.
“It’s crazy that I can even say I’m hitting a major. You watch it on TV as a kid and you’re like, ‘Maybe one day I can be there,’ but you don’t actually believe it – but now it feels great to actually do it.”
