Gabriel Debru (born 21 December 2005) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 264 achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 273 achieved on 4 November 2024.[2]
Country (sports) | France |
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Born | Grenoble, France | 21 December 2005
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] |
Plays | Right-handed |
Coach | Boris Vallejo |
Prize money | US $134,961 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 2 Challengers |
Highest ranking | No. 264 (28 October 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 269 (4 November 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q2 (2022) |
Australian Open Junior | 1R (2022) |
French Open Junior | W (2022) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 1 Challenger |
Highest ranking | No. 273 (4 November 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 273 (4 November 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | SF (2022) |
French Open Junior | 1R (2021, 2022) |
Wimbledon Junior | F (2022) |
Last updated on: 8 November 2024. |
Junior career
editIn 2022, Debru won the French Open's boys single title.[3] Later that year, he reached the finals of the Wimbledon's boys doubles title, playing along with Paul Inchauspé.
Professional career
edit2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut
editIn May 2022, Debru made his debut at the French Open qualifying round, winning against Arthur Fils but then losing in the second round.
2023: First ITF title, First Challenger final
editHe reached his first Challenger quarterfinal in his first tournament of the year, at the Oeiras Indoors. He reached another quarterfinal a month later at the Challenger La Manche in Cherbourg, defeating Kenny de Schepper before falling to British Jan Choinski. At his second French Open qualifying appearance he lost in the first round to Dominican Nick Hardt.
At the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon Debru made it to his first Challenger semifinal having defeated former Top 20 Benoit Paire, however he then lost to Alexander Ritschard.
In July 2023, Debru won his first ITF title in Gubbio, Italy defeating Federico Arnaboldi in the final. He had reached the semifinals the year prior.
In August 2023, Debru reached his first final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Prague, as a qualifier, losing to Rudolf Molleker in the final.
2024: Maiden Challenger titles, Top 300 debut
editIn July, Debru won his maiden Challenger title in Troyes, defeating third seed Timofey Skatov in the final. At 18 years and 6 months, he became the youngest French player to win a Challenger title since 2017. The only French players to win at a younger age were Richard Gasquet, Fabrice Santoro, Gael Monfils and Corentin Moutet. João Fonseca, Joel Schwärzler, Debru and Learner Tien became the youngest champions of 2024 at that level.[4][5]
In August, Debru won his second Challenger singles title in Como, defeating Ignacio Buse in the final.[6] He became the third-youngest Frenchman to win multiple Challenger trophies (since 1978), joining former Top 10 players Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.[7]
In October, Debru won his maiden Challenger doubles title in Saint-Brieuc, partnering with Geoffrey Blancaneaux.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
editSingles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Rudolf Molleker | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | Troyes, France | Challenger | Clay | Timofey Skatov | 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 7–5 |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2024 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Ignacio Buse | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2024 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | Matěj Vocel Jakub Paul |
3–3, def. |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 3 (3 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2023 | M15 Gubbio, Italy | WTT | Clay | Federico Arnaboldi | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2024 | M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France | WTT | Clay | Maxime Chazal | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 2024 | M25 Heraklion, Greece | WTT | Hard | Rémy Bertola | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2023 | M15 Grenoble, France | WTT | Hard (i) | Paul Inchauspé | Maxence Beaugé Émilien Voisin |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Edas Butvilas | Mateo del Pino Juan Manuel La Serna |
2–6, 6–1, [9–11] |
Win | 2–1 | May 2023 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Juan Manuel La Serna | Sean Hess Fermín Tenti |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2024 | M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France | WTT | Clay | Tiago Pires | Florent Bax Alexandre Aubriot |
3–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
Grand Slam performance timeline
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L | |||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||
French Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 0–0 | |||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||
US Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||
Win–loss | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
editSingles: 1 (1 title)
editResult | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2022 | French Open | Clay | Gilles-Arnaud Bailly | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2022 | Wimbledon | Grass | Paul Inchauspé | Sebastian Gorzny Alex Michelsen |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
References
edit- ^ "Medvedev trains with French teenager Gabriel Debru". Tennis Majors. December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Gabriel Debru | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Puntodebreak". Puntodebreak.
- ^ "#NextGenATP teens Learner Tien, Gabriel Debru win maiden Challenger titles | ATP Tour | Tennis". 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "#NextGenATP Debru joins Gasquet, Monfils in French Challenger history | ATP Tour | Tennis". 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Challenger Q3: Fonseca's first title marks milestone breakthrough". ATPTour. 9 September 2024.