Térence Atmane (born 9 January 2002) is a French professional
tennis
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player.
Atmane has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of world No. 118 achieved on 22 July 2024.
Professional career
2022: Maiden ITF titles
In the first half of 2022, Atmane played multiple
ITF tournaments in
Monastir, Tunisia, reaching the finals five times, with two titles and three runner-ups.
2023: Maiden Challenger title & Top 150, ATP & Masters debuts and first win
In May, Atmane played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the
French Open
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, losing in the first round to
Zdeněk Kolář
Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player.
Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022.
Pro ...
.
In August, Atmane made his
US Open qualifying debut and recorded his first Grand Slam qualifying win, defeating
Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian inactive professional tennis player.
Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023.
Juniors
On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ...
in the first round, before losing to
James Duckworth in the second round, having failed to convert three match points.
In September, Atmane won his first
Challenger title in
Zhangjiagang
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With 1,246,762 inhabitants as of the 2010 census, the city is now ...
, defeating qualifier Mikalai Haliak in the final. Two weeks later, Atmane won his second
Challenger title in
Guangzhou
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, defeating top seed
Christopher O'Connell
Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 53 on 11 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 460 on 25 April 2022.
Personal life
Hi ...
in the quarterfinals and second seed
Marc Polmans in the final. Atmane broke into the top 150 as a result.
Atmane made his
ATP Tour
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debut at the
2023 Zhuhai Championships, losing to eight seed and eventual finalist
Yoshihito Nishioka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 on 19 June 2023.
He is currently the No. 2 Japanese player.
Personal life
Marriage
Nishioka marr ...
in the first round despite leading 6–0 in the first set. In October, Atmane made his debut at the
ATP Masters 1000
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level as a qualifier at the
Rolex Shanghai Masters. He won his first match on the
ATP Tour
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by defeating
Jordan Thompson in the first round before losing to 22nd seed
Nicolás Jarry
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in the second round. In November, he qualified for his third ATP tournament at the
2023 Sofia Open, where he lost in the first round to eight seed
Márton Fucsovics
Márton Fucsovics (, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player.
Early life
Fucsovics started playing t ...
.
2024: Major debut and Masters third round, top 120
Atmane made his Major debut at the
2024 Australian Open as a qualifier. In the first round of the main draw, he won the first set against world No. 3
Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev ( rus, Даниил Сергеевич Медведев, p=dənʲɪˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ...
, but ultimately retired two sets to one down due to cramping.
As the top qualifying seed, he entered the
2024 Dallas Open as a lucky loser but lost to
Yoshihito Nishioka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 on 19 June 2023.
He is currently the No. 2 Japanese player.
Personal life
Marriage
Nishioka marr ...
. He also qualified for his first
ATP 500 tournament, the
2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel.
In May, Atmane qualified for the main draw of the
Italian Open, defeating
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 65 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of ...
and
Harold Mayot
Harold Mayot (born 4 February 2002) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 14 October 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 255 achieved on 16 Sept ...
in the qualifying competition. He defeated
Christopher Eubanks
Christopher Eubanks ( ; born May 5, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There, he was a two-time All-American and twice named A ...
in the first round for his second career
ATP win and also second at a Masters level. He defeated 26th seed
Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti (; born 3 March 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP rankings, ATP singles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 142, achieved on 1 April 2024. Musetti has ...
to reach the third round for the first time at a Masters level. As a result he moved into the top 120 in the rankings. He lost in the third round to eight seed
Grigor Dimitrov
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.
In May, Atmane received a wildcard to make his
2024 French Open debut. He lost in the first round to
Sebastian Ofner
Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 8 January 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Austrian player.
Professional career
2017: ATP and Gra ...
in five sets. Atmane received a warning, and was subsequently fined after the match $25,000, for hitting a spectator with a ball during the match.
In July, Atmane reached his third career
Challenger final in
Granby, Canada, losing to
Yunchaokete Bu in the final.
In October, for the second straight year, Atmane reached the second round of the
Shanghai Open
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, losing to seventh seed
Taylor Fritz
Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on November 18, 2024, and a doubles ranking of ...
in the second round.
2025: Two Challenger titles
In April, Atmane won his first
Challenger title in more than a year and biggest of his career thus far at the
Busan Open
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in South Korea, defeating top seed
Adam Walton in the final. Two weeks later, he won another Challenger title in
Guangzhou
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, defeating defending champion
Tristan Schoolkate in the final.
In May, Atmane received a second consecutive main draw wildcard for the
2025 French Open. He lost to
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
in the first round.
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Performance timeline
Singles
''Current through the
Madrid Open.''
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Sportspeople from Boulogne-sur-Mer
21st-century French sportsmen