Bryn Sayers (born April or August 1985) is a British professional real tennis player currently ranked at number seven in the world.
He unsuccessfully challenged for the Real Tennis World Championship on four occasions, reaching the Final Eliminator in 2014 against Camden Riviere.
Aged 17, he entered qualifying for his first British Open in 2002, beating Ged Parsons but losing to Andrew Fowler.
He made his British Open main draw debut later in 2006, beating Jonathan Dawes in the first round before losing to Fahey in the quarter final.
[2] Sayers' next breakthrough would come in 2009 at the World Doubles Championship at his childhood home club of Seacourt.
However, they lost in straight sets to defending champions Robert Fahey and Steve Virgona in the final.
Sayers had firmly established himself in the singles game as well, reaching the semi finals of every tournament except the British in 2009.
Heading to Virgona's home court at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Sayers needed to win both of the best of 5 set matches.
A week later at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City, Sayers beat Virgona in four sets at the US Open semi final, ultimately losing his first Open singles final to Rackets World Champion James Stout in four sets.
He reached the finals at the European Open at Lord's Cricket Ground and the IRTPA Championships at Manchester, losing to Fahey and Virgona respectively.
[8][9] He also reached the finals of the European Open, IRTPA Championships and US Pro, losing each of them to Camden Riviere.
The format for the First Round Eliminators had changed to a best of 9 set match over two days at a single venue.
With new doubles partner Ben Taylor-Matthews, Sayers reached the final of the 2021 British Open[20] and played in World Doubles Championships in 2022 in Bordeaux and 2024 in Chicago, in both instances losing semi finals to Camden Riviere and Tim Chisholm.