World number 20 Valentin Vacherot of Monaco has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a broken foot according to Lucas Michael of tennisuptodate.com. He initially experienced pain at the Madrid Open while playing doubles with Romain Arneodo of Monaco. Vacherot withdrew from the Italian Open, where he was to play 2014 United States Open champion Marin Cilic of Croatia, and then withdrew from his second round match at the French Open. Vacherot had beaten Thomas Faurel of France, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the first round of Roland Garros, but it was too painful for him to play against Alejandro Tabilo of Croatia in the second round.
You could make the argument that Vacherot is one of tennis’s most rising stars. This past October, he was ranked 204th in the world. He has climbed 184 spots. A major reason why Vacherot has seen this significant rise was because of his win at the Shanghai Masters.
This past October in China, Vacherot was the lowest ranked player ever to win a Masters 1000 series tournament. In the final, he defeated Arthur Rinderknech of France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Vacherot has also beaten two top-five players in his career. At the 2025 Shanghai Masters, Vacherot stunned 24-time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals. Vacherot then beat the fifth ranked Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, 7-6, 7-5 in the second round of the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters.
In 2026, Vacherot’s most notable singles result was at his hometown Monte Carlo Masters. There he reached the semifinals before losing 6-4, 6-4 to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
