Arthur Fils

Arthur Fils (; born 12 June 2004) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 by the ATP, achieved on 14 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 186, achieved on 6 January 2025. Fils has won three ATP Tour singles titles. He is currently the No. 1 player from France.

Early life

Raised in Bondoufle in the department of Essonne in the region Île-de-France, Arthur Fils started playing tennis at the age of 5 with his father Jean-Philippe, who is originally from Haiti.

Licensed at the tennis club of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, he has trained at the French National Training Center (indoor) of the French Tennis Federation just next to Stade Roland Garros since 2019. He was coached by Laurent Raymond since until end of 2022. At the end of the 2023, Raymond was replaced by former world No. 4 Sébastien Grosjean and former world No. 3 and two-time Roland Garros winner Sergi Bruguera.

Career

Juniors

In the junior category, Arthur Fils won the Orange Bowl in 2020, becoming the tenth French player to win this prestigious tournament, equivalent to a world championship.

As a junior, Fils achieved his best results at the Grand Slam level at the 2021 French Open, where he won the boys' doubles title with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and placed runner-up in the boys' singles tournament, after which he was ranked as high as world No. 3 in July 2021.

2022: ATP & Masters & top 250 debuts

Ranked No. 308 at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters on his ATP debut, he became the youngest French qualifier, at , to enter the main draw of a Masters 1000 tournament with a win against former top-10 player Fabio Fognini since Gaël Monfils in 2004, the year of his birth. He lost in the first round to Fognini, who entered the draw as lucky loser. As a result he moved 50 positions up in the rankings.

2023: First Major win and ATP title, top 40

He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2023 Oeiras Indoors II and moved close to 60 positions up into the top-200 at No. 195 on 16 January 2023.

Ranked No. 163, he received a wildcard entry into the 2023 Open Sud de France and recorded his first match win on the ATP Tour by defeating former world no. 7 Richard Gasquet in straight sets. Next he defeated fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the quarterfinals becoming the first player born in 2004 or later to reach this ATP level. He defeated another countryman, Quentin Halys, becoming the youngest Frenchman since Gasquet to reach an ATP semifinal in Metz in 2004. As a result he rose nearly 50 positions to make his debut in the top-150 at world No. 117 on 13 February 2023. In the semifinals, Fils lost to second seed Jannik Sinner who was ranked at No. 15 in the world.

He reached back-to-back semifinals at the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille defeating Roman Safiullin, second seed Jannik Sinner after getting a walkover, and Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. As a result he moved another 15 positions up to No. 104 on 27 February 2023, just shy of the top-100. He lost to compatriot Benjamin Bonzi.

He qualified into the main draw for his first Masters 1000 on clay, the Italian Open and defeated fellow qualifier Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in the first round before falling to the eventual runner-up, world No. 7 and 7th seed Holger Rune in the second round. He also received a wildcard for the following month’s 2023 French Open.

Following reaching his third semifinal of the season in Lyon after a walkover from top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime due to shoulder injury, Fils made his debut in the top 100 of the rankings on 29 May 2023, the youngest active player to reach this milestone. He won his maiden title defeating fourth seed Francisco Cerúndolo becoming the youngest champion in the tournament history. Ranked No. 112, Fils was also the lowest-ranked champion and the third first time winner in the season.

In his French Open debut, his first-ever appearance in a Major tournament, he was defeated in the first round by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. He reached the top-60 on 26 June 2023.

He was awarded a wildcard for his main draw debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships losing again in the first round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. At the same tournament in doubles, Fils recorded his first Grand Slam doubles win, playing along with fellow countryman Luca Van Assche, defeating brothers Stefanos Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas in the first round.

Fils reached his first ATP500 semifinal at the Hamburg European Open, defeating top seed Casper Ruud in the quarter final, his first win against a Top-5 player, before losing to the other eventual winner Alexander Zverev, in the semifinals. He made his debut into the Top-50 following the tournament.

At the US Open, Fils earned his first Major win, defeating 24th seed Tallon Griekspoor in the first round. He then lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the second round.

Ranked No. 44 at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters, on his debut at this tournament, he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round. He reached the top-40 on 16 October 2023.
He reached his second final at the 2023 European Open with a win over top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets with two tiebreaks, his second top-10 win of the season and his career. He became the youngest finalist in the tournament's history. In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals.

He won the Newcomer of the Year award.

2024: Wimbledon fourth round, Two ATP 500 titles, top 20

At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he made history by becoming the youngest Frenchman since Richard Gasquet in 2005, to win a match when he defeated German Yannick Hanfmann 6-0, 6-2 in the first round.
At the Barcelona Open he reached the quarterfinals defeating another German Daniel Altmaier, and upsetting fourth seed Alex de Minaur in straight sets. As a result, he reached a new career-high of No. 32, entering the top-35 in the singles rankings on 22 April 2024.

In May, Fils reached the final as the top seed of the Bordeaux Challenger. He won the title, defeating second seed Pedro Martínez in straight sets.

In July, at Wimbledon, Fils reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career after defeating seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz in the second round via a retirement (on match point). Fils went on to defeat Roman Safiullin in the third round to reach the fourth round at a Major for the first time in his career. As a result, Fils would move up to a new career high ranking of No. 28 on 15 July 2024. He would fall to world No. 9 Alex de Minaur in the fourth round in four sets.

At the Hamburg Open, he won his first ATP 500 title defeating top seed Alexander Zverev in the final, having recorded wins over Jaume Munar, Laslo Djere, second seed Holger Rune and third seed Sebastián Báez in earlier rounds. Fils' win over world No. 4 Zverev was his fourth top-10 win and his second top-5 win. As a result he entered the top-20 in the rankings on 22 July 2024.

He reached a second ATP500 final at the Japan Open with upset wins over world No. 7 and top seed Taylor Fritz, Matteo Berrettini, defending champion and eighth seed Ben Shelton and sixth seed Holger Rune. He won his third ATP title defeating compatriot Ugo Humbert in three sets, defeating four top-20 opponents en route to becoming the second-youngest champion in Tokyo tournament history.

Seeded seventh at the Swiss Indoors, Fils defeated third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. He lost in the semifinals to sixth seed Ben Shelton.

2025: Back-to-back Sunshine Double quarterfinals, top 15

At the 2025 Australian Open he reached the third round for the first time at the tournament where he lost to 14th seed and compatriot Ugo Humbert.

At the 2025 BNP Paribas Open, he reached his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal with a defeat over Marcos Giron. He reached a new career-high ranking of World No. 18 on 17 March 2025. At the next Masters in Miami he again reached the quarterfinals defeating world No. 2 Alexander Zverev, for the biggest win of his career. He became only the third Frenchman to reach the last eight at both ‘Sunshine Double’ events in the same year after Yannick Noah (1986-87, 1989) and Gael Monfils (2016). He lost to Jakub Menšík in straight sets the next day but still reached a new career-high rankings of No. 15 in the rankings on 31 March 2025.

Playing style

Arthur Fils is a powerful player and uses his serve and forehand to quickly finish points. Indeed, as he said to ''Ouest-France'' in 2023: "In the way I play, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's the one I identify with the most".

Performance Timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2025 French Open.''

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

National and international representation

Team competitions finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Wins against top 10 players

* Fils has a win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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2004 births
Living people
Black French sportspeople
French male tennis players
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
French Open junior champions
Sportspeople from Essonne
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
French people of Haitian descent
21st-century French sportsmen
Olympic tennis players for France