No French men’s tennis player ranked in top 40 for first time since 1997
October 20, 2022
There is no doubt that France has a rich tennis history. The country is home to the second tennis major of the year and Court Philippe Chatrier is known as one of the most elite clay court tennis stadiums in the world.
At the moment what France is not known for is producing an elite male tennis player. For the first time since 1997 according to jcloude.com, there are no ATP players from France ranked inside the top 40. The top men’s tennis player from France is Gael Monfils, who is ranked 44th. The 36-year-old is a two-time grand slam semifinalist. Monfils made the final four of the 2008 French Open and the 2016 United States Open.
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When you analyze who is in the top 40 at the moment, there are 19 countries represented. They are Spain, Canada, the United States, Norway, Russia, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Great Britain, Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Japan. The top players in the world are currently from Spain, as Carlos Alcaraz, the United States Open champion, is number one, and the reigning French Open champion and Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal is number two.
Monfils has won 11 ATP titles. The last came in January when he beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov, 6-4, 6-4 in the final of Adelaide. There is no doubt that Monfils is concentrating more on family life right now than tennis. His wife, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, gave birth to a baby daughter, earlier this month according to Aayush Majumdar of sportskeeda. The child’s name is Skai.
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