[5] From 2014 to 2017 he studied at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth playing for its Horned Frogs team on the U.S. college tennis circuit.

[1] Norrie was born in 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British microbiologist parents: his father David is from Glasgow and his mother Helen is from Cardiff.

[9][10] In 2011, at age 16, he moved to his parents' native United Kingdom, where he lived in London for three years before attending Texas Christian University in Fort Worth from 2014 to 2017.

[13] When the Indian Wells Masters was cancelled in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic lock-downs, Norrie decided to fly to New Zealand to live with his parents for the rest of the year.

In April 2013, Norrie switched his allegiance at 17 to Great Britain, the nationality of both his parents,[18] partly due to available funding,[19] spending three years in London by himself.

[21] In spite of being seeded No 1, Norrie missed the end of season NCAA Championships and put a hold on his studies, so that he could turn professional.

[34] After completing three years of his four-year university course, Norrie turned professional in June,[35] competing at the Surbiton and Nottingham Challengers, but still had a training base at TCU in Fort Worth.

[23] Norrie made his ATP main-draw debut at the Aegon Championships, after receiving a wild card into the singles main draw, where he was defeated by Sam Querrey in the first round.

In December, his Argentine coach Facundo Lugones arranged a four-week training camp in Buenos Aires, where Norrie hit with Juan Martin Del Potro and Diego Schwartzman.

[43] In February, Norrie was selected for the Davis Cup team for the first time, for Great Britain's World Group first round match against Spain.

[48] At the Estoril Open, Norrie teamed up with fellow Briton Kyle Edmund in the doubles and won his maiden ATP Title, beating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak and without dropping a set throughout the entire tournament.

[60] Norrie received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 Auckland Open, in which he beat Benoît Paire,[61] João Sousa,[62] Taylor Fritz[63] and Jan-Lennard Struff to reach his debut ATP final.

[65] In February, he reached his first ATP 500 semi-final in Acapulco, with wins over Yoshihito Nishioka,[66] fourth seed Diego Schwartzman[67] and Mackenzie McDonald.

[73] At Wimbledon, Norrie reached the second round with a win over Denis Istomin,[74] before losing to eighth seed Kei Nishikori in straight sets in his first match on Centre Court.

[75] He reached the semi-finals in Atlanta, losing to Taylor Fritz in three sets,[76] after defeating seventh seed Jordan Thompson,[77] Kwon Soon-woo[78] and Alexei Popyrin[79] to make it through to the last four.

[83] He qualified for the Shanghai Masters and beat Gilles Simon to reach the second round,[84] where he lost to third seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.

[citation needed] At Wimbledon, Norrie reached the third round of a major yet again, where he was defeated by the sixth seed Roger Federer in four sets.

[citation needed] At the Delray Beach Open, Norrie dropped just one set en route to his third career singles title, defeating Reilly Opelka in the final.

[125] Norrie reached his ninth ATP final in Acapulco, beating Daniel Altmaier,[126] John Isner,[127] Peter Gojowczyk[128] and world No.

He defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the third round in a rematch of the previous year's final,[131] and then eliminated Jenson Brooksby to reach the quarterfinals.

[140] At Wimbledon he defeated Spaniards Pablo Andújar[141] and Jaume Munar[142] before reaching the fourth round in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career, by beating Steve Johnson in three sets.

[155] In February, during the Golden Swing Norrie reached his second final of the season at the Argentina Open where he lost to top seed Carlos Alcaraz.

[164] Moving onto the grass-court season, Norrie made the quarterfinals at Queens, defeating Miomir Kecmanović[165] and Jordan Thompson,[166] before losing to Sebastian Korda.

[174] Norrie pulled out just hours before his first round match at the Paris Olympics was set to start due to a forearm injury[175][176] which subsequently caused him to miss the entire North American hardcourt swing of the season including withdrawing from the US Open.

[192][193] Norrie began his 2025 season at the Hong Kong Open, where he reached the quarterfinals with wins over Learner Tien[194] and Lorenzo Sonego.

[196] The following week, during his first round loss to Facundo Díaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic, Norrie threw his racquet into the crowd and hit a female spectator.

[199] Having withdrawn from the Great Britain squad for their Davis Cup match against Japan due to illness,[200] Norrie returned to action at the Dallas Open and defeated seventh seed Alex Michelsen to reach the second round,[201] where he lost to wildcard entrant Reilly Opelka.

The vast difference in style between his ground-stroke swings is unique where he hits a heavy topspin forehand with a long back-swing in contrast to the short take-back on his flat backhand.

[206] Norrie's strength lies in his shot tolerance and ability to neutralise pace and spin with good court positioning and speed.

He lacks the raw power of many contemporary players, but excels at constructing points and frustrating opponents with consistent retrieval and injections of pace midway through rallies.