Grégoire Barrère

Grégoire Barrère (French pronunciation: [ɡʁeɡwaʁ baʁɛʁ]; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 49, which was achieved on 3 July 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021. Barrère has won five ATP Challenger Tour and six ITF Futures singles titles as well as five Challenger and six ITF doubles titles in his career.

Grégoire Barrère

Barrère at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Born	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Germain Gigounon
Prize money	US $2,750,797
Singles
Career record	38–62
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (3 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 108 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	2R (2019, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2019, 2023)
US Open	2R (2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	11–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 161 (26 April 2021)
Current ranking	No. 435 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	3R (2019, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	2R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

Professional career

2016-17: Grand Slam debut

Barrère made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 French Open, where he received a wildcard, but lost to David Goffin in the first round.

2018: Top 100 debut

He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open,^[1] where he lost to Radu Albot in the first round after leading 2 sets to 0.

2019: Best season, Grand Slam success, Top 80

In 2019, he succeeded to qualify and reach the second round of two Grand Slams 2019 Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, defeating Alexander Bublik and Cameron Norrie respectively, and also reach the second round of the 2019 French Open as a wildcard where he lost in four sets to 10th seed Karen Khachanov after winning the third set 6–0. He also achieved in the same year the main draws of a few ATP 250 tournaments.

2020-21: Australian Open second round

At the 2020 Australian Open he also reached the second round as a direct entry, thus reaching this round of all four Grand Slams. He also entered directly into the 2020 French Open main draw.

He reached the final of the 2021 Play In Challenger in Lille for a third time in his career at this tournament but lost to Zizou Bergs. He was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 French Open.

2022: Fifth French Open wildcard, Two Challenger titles, back to top 100

In May, he was awarded his fifth wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 French Open.^[2][3] He won his second match at this Major defeating Taro Daniel in five sets.

He won his fourth Challenger title in 2022 Open d'Orléans defeating fourth seed Quentin Halys. He became the first Challenger champion for 2022 to defeat four Top-100 players en route to the title (fifth since 2010): fifth seed Marton Fucsovics, third seed Richard Gasquet, second seed Hugo Gaston.^[4] As a result he moved close to 40 positions up to world No. 116 on 3 October 2022. Following his second Challenger title for the season in Brest, he moved close to 20 positions up in the rankings to No. 92 on 31 October 2022.

2023: Masters 1000 debuts and two third rounds, First ATP semifinal, top 50

He reached the top 75 on 6 February 2023 following the Open Quimper, where he won his sixth Challenger title.

At the Rotterdam Open he qualified for the main draw and defeated David Goffin in straight sets.^[5] As a result he moved more than 10 positions up to a career high in the top 60 in the rankings.

He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open where he lost to wildcard Jack Sock. At the 2023 Miami Open he recorded his first Masters win over qualifier Roman Safiullin having never won a match at this level. He then defeated 11th seed Cameron Norrie in straight sets for his biggest and first top-20 win to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time in his career.^[6][7] In the third round, Barrère lost to Christopher Eubanks in a match, that had a rain delay lasting almost two hours.^[8] At the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open he lost in the second round to 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov. At the Italian Open he reached the third round defeating Brandon Nakashima and upsetting eleventh seed Karen Khachanov. He reached the top 55 in the rankings on 22 May 2023.^[9] He followed with a first round loss at the 2023 French Open.

He made his top 50 debut following a semifinal showing at the 2023 Eastbourne International. At age 29, this was Barrère's first semifinal on the ATP Tour.^[10]

2024: Out of top 100, Second ATP semifinal

Ranked No. 128, he reached his second ATP semifinal at the 2024 Țiriac Open as a qualifier defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis, third seed Sebastian Korda and eight seed Pedro Martinez en route.

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

Current after the 2024 French Open

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	A	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Wimbledon	A	Q2	A	1R	2R	NH	1R	Q1	2R	Q1	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	Q1	A	Q2	2R	2R	A	Q2	1R	Q1	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–3	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	0 / 18	7–18	28%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	2R	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	NH	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH			2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris Masters	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q2	–	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–7	0–1	0 / 8	6–8	43%

Doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	A
US Open	A	A	A	A
Win–loss	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 4	3–4	43%

Challenger and ITF tour finals

Singles: 23 (12–11)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (6–7) Futures Tour (6–4)

Finals by surface Hard (8–9) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	Belgium F9, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Joris De Loore	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 2015	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Benoît Paire	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2015	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Niels Desein	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2015	France F18, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard (i)	David Guez	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Oct 2015	France F21, Nevers	Futures	Hard (i)	Jan Mertl	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	2–4	Oct 2015	France F22, Rodez	Futures	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Giustino	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2016	France F8, Angers	Futures	Clay (i)	Jonathan Eysseric	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	3–5	Oct 2017	Great Britain F6, Barnstaple	Futures	Hard (i)	Tom Farquharson	5–7, 3–6
Win	4–5	Jan 2018	France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Futures	Clay (i)	Boy Westerhof	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–5	Jan 2018	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Albano Olivetti	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5)
Win	6–5	Mar 2018	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tobias Kamke	6–1, 6–4
Win	7–5	Apr 2018	France F8, Angers	Futures	Clay (i)	Johan Sébastien Tatlot	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	7–6	May 2018	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Reilly Opelka	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7
Win	8–6	Feb 2019	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Daniel Evans	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	9–6	Mar 2019	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard	Yannick Maden	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	9-7	Sep 2019	Orleans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mikael Ymer	3–6, 5–7
Loss	9-8	Mar 2021	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zizou Bergs	6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	9–9	Jan 2022	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Vasek Pospisil	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	9–10	May 2022	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Benjamin Bonzi	2–6, 4–6
Loss	9-11	Jul 2022	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Constant Lestienne	0–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	10–11	Oct 2022	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Quentin Halys	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	11–11	Oct 2022	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luca Van Assche	6–3, 6–3
Win	12–11	Jan 2023	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Arthur Fils	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 21 (11–10)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (5–2) Futures Tour (6–8)

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Clay (6–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2012	France F11, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Lucas Pouille	Olivier Patience Nicolas Renavand	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Apr 2014	Greece F5, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Tristan Lamasine	Marek Jaloviec Václav Šafránek	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	1–2	Apr 2014	Greece F7, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Elie Rousset	Florian Barth Daniel Masur	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2014	Georgia F2, Telavi	Futures	Clay	Luca Margaroli	Riccardo Bonadio Gianluca Mager	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–2	Aug 2014	Georgia F3, Telavi	Futures	Clay	Luca Margaroli	Niko Muradashvili Evgenii Tiurnev	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–3	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Arthur Surreaux	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	4–3	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Arthur Surreaux	Keith-Patrick Crowley Ruan Roelofse	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–3	May 2015	Croatia F8, Bol	Futures	Clay	Jérôme Inzerillo	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	5–4	Aug 2015	USA F24, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Tom Jomby	Evan King Kevin King	0–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5	Sep 2015	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Sidorenko	Tom Jomby Mick Lescure	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	5–6	Jan 2016	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Lamasine	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	5–7	Apr 2016	France F8, Angers	Futures	Clay (i)	Adrien Puget	Maxime Authom Jonathan Eysseric	3–6, 0–6
Win	6–7	Jun 2016	Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Tristan Lamasine	Jonathan Eysseric Franko Škugor	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	7–7	Jan 2017	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Eysseric	Yūichi Sugita Wu Di	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Mar 2017	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Laurent Lokoli	Miķelis Lībietis Hugo Nys	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	8–8	Apr 2017	France F9, Angers	Futures	Clay (i)	Alexis Musialek	Maxime Authom Grégoire Jacq	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	8–9	Nov 2017	Estonia F3, Tallinn	Futures	Hard (i)	Maxime Authom	Harri Heliövaara Patrik Niklas-Salminen	2–6, 3–6
Win	9–9	May 2019	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Quentin Halys	Romain Arneodo Hugo Nys	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–9	Nov 2020	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Albano Olivetti	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	6–2, 6–4
Win	11-9	Jan 2021	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Albano Olivetti	James Cerretani Marc-Andrea Hüsler	5–7, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
Loss	11-10	Apr 2021	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Albano Olivetti	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	2-6, 5-7

References

1. "#RG18: Wild-cards announced ! - Roland-Garros - the 2018 Roland-Garros Tournament official site".
2. "Roland-Garros 2022: Wildcards Announced". rolandgarros.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
3. "Tsonga, Simon & Pouille Headline Roland Garros Wild Cards | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Cerundolo Triumphs at Buenos Aires Challenger | ATP Tour | Tennis".
5. "Dimitrov, Wawrinka Win Rotterdam Openers | ATP Tour | Tennis".
6. Media, P. A. (26 March 2023). "Miami Open: Cameron Norrie sunk by Gregoire Barrère as Coco Gauff crumbles". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
7. "Barrere stuns Norrie, notches first top 20 win". Tennis Majors. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
8. "'Weird, Wild,' Christopher Eubanks Cracks Miami Fourth Round, Top 100 | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
9. "Barrere Relishing Rise In Rome". 13 May 2024.
10. "Grégoire Barrère s'offre une première demi-finale au tournoi d'Eastbourne".

External links

• Grégoire Barrère at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Grégoire Barrère at the International Tennis Federation