Chloé Paquet (; born 1 July 1994) is a French professional

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player. She has achieved career-high

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of No. 101 in singles on 25 April 2022 and 247 in doubles on 12 June 2017.

Career

2010–2016: WTA Tour debut

Paquet made her debut on the

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in March 2010 at the $10k tournament held in Gonesse, France; she only played the tournament's singles event, losing in the second qualifying round. She played five tournaments on the 2010 ITF Women's Circuit. She made her

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singles debut at the WTA Premier

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; as a wildcard, she lost in the first qualifying round to

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. Paquet made her

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women's doubles debut at the

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; she and her partner

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had received a wildcard for the doubles main draw and they lost in the first round to the third-seeded Russian pair of

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and

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. Her Grand Slam singles debut in qualifying came at the

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, after receiving a singles qualifying wildcard; in the singles qualifying event, she defeated her fellow French player Lou Brouleau in the first round, before losing to

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in the second round. Paquet participated in another Grand Slam qualifying competition after receiving again a wildcard at the

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. She made her WTA Tour singles main draw debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas after winning two qualifying matches; she lost in the first round of the main draw to

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2017: Grand Slam debut at the French Open, first major match win

At the Abierto Mexicano, Paquet played just her second career WTA Tour singles main-draw match; after winning two qualifying matches, she lost in the first round of the main draw to No. 7 seed

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. Paquet made her Grand Slam singles main-draw debut at the

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after receiving a singles main-draw wildcard. Coming into that tournament ranked only 260th in the world in the WTA singles rankings, she upset 44th-ranked

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in the first round before losing to No. 28 seed,

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, in the second. Paquet's win over Plíšková was the first WTA Tour singles main-draw win of her career.

2021: Top 150 ranking

At the

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, Paquet qualified for the first time in her career for a Grand Slam championship. She received her fifth consecutive wildcard for a direct main-draw entry into the

. At the same major, in doubles, she reached the third round as a wildcard pair, partnering compatriot

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. She reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 122, on 8 November 2021.

2022: Career-high ranking, first French Open direct entry, Wimbledon debut

She reached a new career-high of 101, on 25 April 2022, that allowed her a direct entry into the French Open after the withdrawal of

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Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 Australian Open.''

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paquet, Chloe 1994 births Living people French female tennis players Sportspeople from Versailles, Yvelines 21st-century French women