Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French
tennis
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player.
He competes mainly on the
ITF Men's Circuit
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and
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...
.
Blancaneaux has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of World No. 164 achieved on 18 July 2022.
Junior Career
Blancaneaux won the
2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Félix Auger-Aliassime (; born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is the second-youngest player ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and has a career-high singles ranking of No. 6, whic ...
in the final.
Professional career
2017: Grand Slam debut
In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the
US Open.
2021: First Challenger title
In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his first
Challenger singles tournament at the
Maia Challenger
The Maia Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Maia, Portugal since 2019.
Past finals Singles
Doubles
References
ATP Challenger Tou ...
, defeating
Tseng Chun-hsin
Tseng Chun-hsin (; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng, is a Taiwanese tennis player.
Tseng is currently the highest ranked Taiwanese player on the ATP tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 83, achiev ...
in the finals.
2022: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts
Seeded No. 190 at the
2022 French Open
The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair ...
he qualified to make his Grand Slam debut at this Major in his sixth attempt.
He reached the top 150 on 8 August 2022.
In October, Blancaneaux made his Masters debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the qualifications at the
2022 Rolex Paris Masters
The 2022 Rolex Paris Masters was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition of the tournament, and a Masters 1000 event on the 2022 ATP Tour. It took place at the Accor Arena in Paris, France, fro ...
. As a result he reached a new career high ranking of No. 134 on 14 November 2022.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 18 (14–4)
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Tennis players from Paris
French Open junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
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