Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is a French professional

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player and beauty pageant titleholder. Halemai has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 794, achieved on 31 December 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 503, reached on 9 March 2020. Halemai has won five doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She made her main-draw debut on a Grand Slam event at the

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, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles competition partnering

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. In 2020, she was crowned Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and represented the region at

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Personal life and background

Halemai was born in

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, Australia to parents Jacob Sakopo Halemai and Michelle Campbell Taylor. Her father is from

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, a French

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, while her mother is an Australian of

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and

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descent. Halemai has four siblings: Thierry, Thelesïa, Khalia, and Aurelia, all of whom have played or play high level tennis. Halemai resided in Australia until age seven, when the family relocated to

Narbonne Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in France, commune in Southern France in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region. It lies from Paris in the Aude Departments of Franc ...

in France, and later to

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. In 2020, Halemai competed in Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and was crowned as the winner. She represented the region at

in December 2020, becoming the first entrant from Wallis and Futuna since 2005, and only the sixth ever. Halemai had relocated to Wallis and Futuna to reside with her parents during the

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, and opted to register for the pageant at the last minute.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up)

References

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* * 2001 births Living people French beauty pageant winners French female tennis players French people of Wallis and Futuna descent French people of Australian descent French people of Scottish descent Tennis players from Paris People from Narbonne French expatriates in Australia {{France-tennis-bio-stub