Quentin Halys | Bio | ATP Tour

Began playing tennis at age 5, hitting with his family at their local club.
Father, Frederic, is an IT engineer; mother, Muriel, is a nurse; brother, Hugo.
Idols growing up were Roger Federer, Gael Monfils and Marat Safin.
Favourite surface is hard and shot is forehand.
Favourite tournament is Roland Garros.
If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would have liked to have played handball.
Enjoys going to the cinema, golfing and playing backgammon.
Fan of Paris Saint-Germain (football), Chicago Cubs (MLB), and Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA).
Motivation is "to play a lot of big tournaments, to play the best players in the world and to play in front of big crowds."
Big sports fan. Perfect day without tennis is playing a padel match, then a round of golf and finishing the day with a rugby match.
On transition from juniors to pros:"For me, one of the biggest challenges was staying patient and believing in yourself, after being a top junior and then losing a lot of tough matches as a professional. Even if you lose, there are positives that you can be better tomorrow and you can change things quickly in tennis."

(UPDATED 23 AUGUST 2024)

Former World No. 3 junior earned 1st ranking point at age 15 in 2012, entered Top 200 in 2015, broke into Top 100 in 2022 and achieved career-high No. 61 in January 2023 after reaching 1st ATP Tour QF at Auckland (l. to Brooksby).
As World No. 220, he qualified and advanced to 3R of 2024 Wimbledon, then came from qualifying to reach his 1st ATP Tour final in Gstaad immediately after.
Saved 3 MPs to earn 1st Top 20 win over No. 18 de Minaur en route to 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R before losing to eventual champion Medvedev.
Posted 43-10 Challenger record in 2022 (3-4 in finals), winning titles at Pau, Lille and Ismaning.
Defeated future World No. 3 Tsitsipas en route to 2nd of 7 career Challenger titles at 2018 Quimper.
Went 129-46 in singles and 83-35 in doubles on ITF Junior Circuit, ending junior career with run to 2014 US Open boys’ singles final after winning 2014 Roland Garros boys’ doubles title with countryman Bonzi.