Ksénia Chasteau (born 12 March 2006 in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

) is a French wheelchair tennis player of Russian descent, she was a former junior World number one in 2023. She was 2023 US Open and 2024 French Open wheelchair junior singles and doubles champion with

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. She has also competed at the

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Life-changing accident

In January 2021, Chasteau and her father were involved in a motorbike accident. Both of them had lost their left legs.

Tennis career

Before her accident, Chasteau was a promising tennis player who had started the sport aged four years old in Marseille. She started wheelchair tennis in September 2021 after rehabilitation, she rocketed up the rankings and went on to reach junior world number one in 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chasteau, Ksenia 2006 births Living people Tennis players from Marseille French wheelchair tennis players French female tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for France Wheelchair tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Russian emigrants to France