Brooksby's Constant Improvement: From Having Both Wrists Fractured to Approaching the Top 50 in 2025

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Jenson Brooksby doesn't get tired of overcoming the obstacles that life puts in his way. The 25-year-old American tennis player has gone through more than two very tumultuous years for various reasons. From two wrist fractures to admitting he has autism, coupled with a triumphant return to the courts.

The Sacramento native was another gem from the American tennis factory, and in his early days, in 2021, he lived up to expectations with a final at the ATP Newport, semifinals at Washington and Antwerp, and a round of 16 at the US Open, ousted by Novak Djokovic.

Jenson Brooksby underwent two wrist surgeries that kept him off the circuit for almost two years

In 2022 was his breakthrough year, reaching as high as world No. 33 in the ATP rankings with a record of 24 wins and 22 losses, but his body began sending him signals and throughout the season, he was forced to play with both wrists wrapped until early 2023 when both said enough.

First, the left wrist was operated on, and two months later the right wrist. His tendon in the right wrist was dislocated between 70% and 80%, while the left wrist was completely dislocated.

"I think by getting used to the tension of tennis, the pain was really intense. It took me many months. Sometimes I felt like it was never going to happen, but then you have patience, just like with anything else, and over time, like the rest of the body, it gets used to a certain tolerance or physical demand," he stated in an interview with the ATP.

The recovery process was so complex that 20 months passed before he could pick up a tennis racket again: "I was in different types of casts for eight weeks on each wrist. During those eight weeks on each wrist, that is, 16 weeks in total, I couldn't do absolutely anything. I couldn't even hold the phone or anything. I had to have a lot of mental patience. I couldn't use myself physically, let alone do something simple. I was going a little crazy."

But with patience as his flag, Brooksby returned to the circuit in 2025, specifically at the Australian Open, although he fell in the first round to Taylor Fritz. Subsequently, he returned to the United States to prepare for the hard court season, and there the successes began. First with a commendable third round at Indian Wells before securing his first ATP title of his career in Houston, where he came through qualification as world No. 507 and became the third lowest-ranked champion in ATP circuit history.

"I think the main reason why I not only wanted to come back but believed I could improve is because I knew I still had a couple of weak points I could enhance. I think I was very good from the baseline, but I knew that if I got a better serve, more consistent offensive tennis, and more variety, I could reach the highest level of tennis," says Brooksby, who finishes 2025 as world No. 53, with 21 wins and fifteen losses.

A comeback worthy of a great player who not only deals with autism but also with a wrist fracture on each arm. But the American is more than accustomed to surpassing himself: "Achieving your goals requires a lot of patience and perseverance, and accepting that you will be good in some areas and weaker in others, and that you simply have to work with what you have."

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