Clément Chidekh (born 13 June 2001) is a French
tennis
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player.
He has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of world No. 184 achieved on 27 January 2025. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 437 achieved on 21 April 2025.
[Clement Chidikh Rankings history]
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Chidekh played college tennis at the University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...
.
Professional career
2021: First ITF title
In June 2021, Chidekh won his first ITF title in Ajaccio
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, France, defeating Petros Tsitsipas
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in the final.
2023: ATP Tour debut
In February, Chidekh made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Open Sud de France in Montpellier
Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
, France as a qualifier, losing to fellow countryman Quentin Halys
Quentin Halys (; born 26 October 1996) is a French professional tennis player. Halys has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 3 October 2022. He has won seven sin ...
in the first round.
2024: First Challenger title, Top 200 debut
In February, Chidekh won his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour
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at the 2024 Glasgow Challenger, defeating Paul Jubb
Paul Jubb (born 31 October 1999) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180, achieved on 28 October 2024. Jubb won the singles title at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship as a member of ...
in the final. The following month, he reached his second Challenger final in Hamburg
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, losing to Henri Squire in the final. As a result he reached the top 300 in the ATP singles rankings on 18 March 2024.
2025: Second Challenger title
In February, Chidekh entered his second career ATP main draw at the 2025 Open 13 Provence in Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
, France as a qualifier, losing to Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs (; born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 265, achieved on 27 Nove ...
in the first round of the main draw.
In May, Chidekh won his second Challenger title at the 2025 Moldova Open, defeating Ilia Simakin
Ilia Simakin (born 27 October 2003) is a Russian tennis player.
Simakin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 228 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 230 achieved on 19 May 2025.
ATP Challenger Tour Finals
Singles: 1 (1 ...
in the final.[ ]
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner-ups)
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Sportspeople from Arles
Washington Huskies men's tennis players
French expatriate tennis players in the United States
21st-century French sportsmen
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