Arthur Fils (born 12 June 2004) is a French professional

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player. Fils has a career-high

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(ATP) singles ranking of world No. 260, which he achieved on 7 November 2022. He also attained his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 459 in July 2022.

Juniors

As a junior, Fils achieved his best results at the

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level at the

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, where he won the boys' doubles title with

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and placed runner-up in the boys' singles tournament, after which he was ranked as high as world No. 3 in July 2021.

Career

Ranked No. 308 at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters on his ATP debut, he became the youngest French qualifier to enter the main draw of a Masters 1000 tournament with a win against former top-10 player

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since

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in 2004, the year of his birth.https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Arthur-fils-et-quentin-halys-sortent-des-qualifications-du-rolex-paris-masters/1362086 He lost to

who entered the draw as lucky loser. As a result he moved 50 positions up in the rankings.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

References

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* * 2004 births Living people French male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles French Open junior champions {{France-tennis-bio-stub