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Valentin Vacherot

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Valentin Vacherot
Country (sports) Monaco
Born (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)[1]
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTexas A&M
CoachBenjamin Balleret
Prize moneyUS $1,718,457
Singles
Career record18–9
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 40 (13 October 2025)
Current rankingNo. 40 (13 October 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2025)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2025)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 476 (20 February 2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup4–1
Last updated on: 13 October 2025.

Valentin Vacherot (French: [valɑ̃tɛ̃ vaʃʁo]; born 16 November 1998) is a Monégasque professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 40, achieved on 13 October 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 476, achieved on 20 February 2023.[2] In 2025, Vacherot became the first player from his nation to win an ATP Tour singles title and the lowest ranked champion in Masters 1000 history (since 1990), at the Shanghai Masters.[3][4] He also became the first Monégasque player to reach the top-50 in singles and to record a Top 5 win.[5][6][7] He is the current No. 1 Monaco singles player.[8]

Vacherot played college tennis at Texas A&M University.

He represents Monaco at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 10–3.

Personal life

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Vacherot is coached professionally by his half-brother Benjamin Balleret, a retired tennis player.[9] He is cousin to Arthur Rinderknech[10] and a nephew of Virginie Paquet (Rinderknech’s mother).[11]

In October 2025, he and his cousin Rinderknech both reached the final of a Masters 1000 for the first time in their respective careers at the Shanghai Masters.[12][13][3]

Career

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2022: Maiden Challenger title

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In 2022, Vacherot won his maiden Challenger title at the Nonthaburi Challenger, Thailand, beating Lý Hoàng Nam in the final.[14][15][16] Vacherot became Monaco’s second Challenger champion and the first since Jean-René Lisnard in 2004.[17]

2023: Masters debut

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He received a wildcard for the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters main draw, making his Masters debut.[11][18] He lost in the first round to Luca Nardi.[19]

2024: Grand Slam debut, top 110

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Vacherot also received a wildcard for the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters,[16][20] losing to ninth seed Grigor Dimitrov.[21] Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open but lost his opening match to eventual champion Márton Fucsovics.[22] Vacherot reached the top 120 on 6 May 2024, following a semifinal appearance as a qualifier, at the 2024 Open Aix Provence.[2] He defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic, qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves and alternate Richard Gasquet before losing to eventual champion and third seed Alejandro Tabilo.[23]

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 French Open after qualifying, becoming the first player from the Monégasque Tennis Federation to qualify for the main draw.[24][25] He lost in the first round to 32nd seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.[26]

2025: Historic Masters title and top 40 debut

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Vacherot also received a wildcard for the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters[27][28] and recorded his first Masters win over Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets.[29][30] He became the first Monégasque player to win a main draw match at the tournament since Jean-René Lisnard in 2009.[31].

In October, ranked No. 204, Vacherot won his maiden Masters 1000 title at the 2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters as a qualifier, becoming the lowest ranked player to ever win such a tournament. After qualifying, he recorded his second and third Masters wins[32] by defeating Laslo Djere in the first round and 14th-seed Alexander Bublik in the second round after dropping the first set.[33][34] Vacherot reached his first career Masters 1000 fourth round following the retirement of 20th-seed Tomáš Macháč. He then upset 27th-seed Tallon Griekspoor, despite dropping the first set for a second time, to reach his first Masters quarterfinal and thus became the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist in the event history in Shanghai, and the first player from Monaco to reach an ATP Tour and Masters 1000-level quarterfinal.[35][36][37] He defeated 10th-seed Holger Rune in the quarterfinal after dropping the first set for the third time in the tournament. Vacherot would next face a top-5 opponent for the first time in his career and defeated 4th-seed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals in straight sets, being the lowest ranked player to ever reach a Masters 1000 final.[38] In just Vacherot’s 27th Tour-level match, he defeated his first cousin Arthur Rinderknech in 3 sets, after dropping the first set for the fourth time in Shanghai to win his first ATP Tour and Masters 1000 title.[3] Going into the Shanghai final, Vacherot and Rinderknech had each won 3 matches after dropping the first set. The cousins also collectively defeated 10, 5 each, of the 32 seeds in the 2025 Shanghai Masters.

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current before the 2025 Shanghai Masters.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
National representation
Davis Cup G3 G2 G2 G2 G2 0 / 0 14–3 82%
ATP Masters 1000
Miami Open A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A Q1 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH A A W 1 / 1 7–0 100%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 8–1 1 / 4 8–3 73%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 1 3 3 7
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–3 12–2 1 / 7 18–9 67%
Year-end ranking 574 290 280 140

Significant finals

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ATP 1000 tournaments

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2025 Shanghai Masters Hard France Arthur Rinderknech 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

ATP Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (1–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2025 Shanghai Masters, China ATP 1000 Hard France Arthur Rinderknech 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–0 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard France Lucas Pouille 3–2 ret.
Win 3–0 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi II, Thailand Hard France Manuel Guinard 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–0 Feb 2024 Pune, India Hard Australia Adam Walton 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–1 May 2025 Francavilla al Mare, Italy Clay Italy Francesco Maestrelli 4–6, 4–6

ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 Tunisia F24, Hammamet Clay Argentina Franco Agamenone 0–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia Hard United States Omni Kumar 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jul 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia Hard Australia Rinky Hijikata 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2021 M15 Doha, Qatar Hard Netherlands Alec Deckers 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia Hard Australia Moerani Bouzige 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–4 Nov 2021 M15 New Delhi, India Hard Australia Philip Sekulic 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–4 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia Hard Belgium Raphaël Collignon 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–4 Mar 2022 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–4 Jul 2022 M15 Kottingbrunn, Austria Clay Netherlands Max Houkes 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–4 Jun 2023 M25 Montauban, France Clay France Titouan Droguet 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 7–4 Jul 2023 M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France Clay France Tristan Lamasine 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 7–5 Aug 2023 M25 Ystad, Sweden Clay Germany Marvin Möller 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 7–6 Oct 2023 M25 Zlatibor, Serbia Clay Czech Republic Andrew Paulson 3–6, 7–5, 3–6

Wins over top-10 players

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  • Vacherot's has 1–1 (50%) match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[39]
Season 2025 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
2025
1. Serbia Novak Djokovic 5 Shanghai Masters, China Hard SF 6–3, 6–4 204 [40]
  • Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

References

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  13. ^ "Vacherot on barging into the Top 100, with family members in tow!". ATPTour. 9 October 2025.
  14. ^ @ATPChallenger (28 August 2022). "From qualifier to champion in Nonthaburi 👏 🇲🇨 Valentin Vacherot defeats Ly 6-3, 7-6(4) to win his maiden #ATPChallenger title!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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