Elsa Jacquemot and Harold Mayot are at the top of the world hierarchy. The two French indeed occupy the first place in the world in the ITF junior ranking of Monday, October 12.

After his victory at Roland-Garros during the junior tournament, Elsa Jacquemot gained five places in the standings, allowing it to rise to number one in the world. The young Frenchwoman, aged 17, became the first French player to win the title, Porte d'Auteuil, since Kristina Mladenovic in 2009. Licensed at TC Lyon (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes league), she will try to win the title World Junior Champion by finishing the season in first place in the world, and thus imitating her compatriots Clara Burel and Diane Parry who had respectively achieved this feat in 2018 and 2019.

Harold Mayot As for him, he retains his place of world No. 1, which he has occupied since February 3, 2020. Aged 18, the young Tricolor, from the Grand Est league and currently licensed at TC Boulogne-Billancourt (Ile -de-France), had won the junior Australian Open at the very beginning of the year.

In addition to these excellent results, there is the fine overall performance of the French juniors. On the boys' side, 12 French players are indeed present this week in the top 100 of the junior ranking. Among girls, there are no less than 9 French women in the Top 100.

For Bernard Giudicelli, President of the French Tennis Federation, “ This is proof, after the results of our young people at Roland-Garros, that the next generation of French tennis looks promising for the coming years ».

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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