Brit Oliver Tarvet has become the lowest-ranked man to reach the second round at Wimbledon in nine years – and could face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz next.

The world No. 733 has never previously competed in an ATP or Grand Slam event but he is making waves at SW19.

The 21-year-old came through three qualifying matches to set up a first-round clash with Swiss Leandro Riedi, who is also ranked a lowly No. 506.

With the home crowd behind him, Tarvet opened proceedings on Court 4 on Monday and didn’t look out of place, winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

The University of San Diego student developed his game in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) system.

Under their rules, athletes must remain amateur and therefore are not permitted to make a profit beyond £7,300 ($10,000) a year.

Prior to this week, Tarvet’s total career earnings stood at £11,265. By reaching round two, he should be taking home £99,000 – but the money won’t land in his bank account.

However, he is allowed to claim expenses and has already revealed he will be flying his team home on a private jet.

“I’ve got to find more and more expenses by the day,” Tarvet said after moving into round two. “Yeah we’ll see. Someone summed it up really nicely that I’m not here for the money, I’m here for the crowd and the experience and to stamp my mark on the ATP circuit. I think I’ve done a pretty good job so far. I’m hoping I can continue my form into Wednesday.”

Tarvet is in line to take on Alcaraz in the second round, if the Spaniard beats Fabio Fognini in his opening match on Centre Court.

“There’s a lot of emotions. I’m just really overjoyed to be in this situation you know. All of the hard work I’ve put in in the last few years has clearly paid off,” he added.

“I was just taking it match by match, just trying to see what I could do. Obviously it was my first tour-level event and then to come out here, come through qualifying and also win in the first round at Wimbledon and have a chance to play maybe Carlos on Wednesday is just truly incredible. It’s a dream come true for me to play here. It’s really special.

“You work for these types of moments, you work to play on the most prestigious court in the world. It’s just really special and I’m really thankful for everyone. The crowd, the University of San Diego, Unique Tennis, the coaches there, the head coach Ryan who flew in this morning, my assistant Alex who was here with me in qualifying and obviously today. For all the hard work to come together, it’s such an important stage of the tennis calendar, I’m just really, really overjoyed.”

Ahead of his first-round match, Tarvet called for a review of the rules.

He said: “In my opinion, I’ve worked hard to get this money. I don’t feel like it’s undeserved the money that I’ve got.

“I think it would be good to see a change in the rules of the NCAA, but at the same time, I don’t want to get involved. It’s not really my place. But I’ve done well this week. I think I deserve this money.”

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