Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is a French professional
tennis
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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
2019 French Open
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, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles competition partnering
Julie Belgraver
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Belgraver has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 277, which she achieved on 16 June 2025. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of 2 ...
.
In 2020, she was crowned
Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and represented the region at
Miss France 2021
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.
Personal life and background
Halemai was born in
South Durras, New South Wales, Australia to parents Jacob Sakopo Halemai and Michelle Campbell Taylor. Her father is from
Wallis and Futuna
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, a French
territorial collectivity
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in
Polynesia
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, while her mother is an Australian of
Aboriginal and
Scottish
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*Scottish English
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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
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in France, and later to
Paris
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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
Miss France 2021
Miss France 2021 was the 91st edition of the Miss France pageant. The competition was held on 19 December 2020 at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire. Clémence Botino of Guadeloupe crowned Amandine Petit of Normandy as her successor 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
COVID-19 pandemic in France
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The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. T ...
, 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
External links
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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
Sportspeople from Narbonne
French expatriates in Australia
21st-century French sportswomen