Valentin Vacherot

Vacherot at the2025 Swiss Indoors
Country (sports)	Monaco
Born	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (age 27)[1] Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Texas A&M
Coach	Benjamin Balleret
Prize money	US $2,602,983
Singles
Career record	22–13
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 25 (9 February 2026)
Current ranking	No. 25 (9 February 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2026)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2025)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 476 (20 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1,276 (9 February 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2026)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–1
Last updated on: 9 February 2026.

Valentin Vacherot (French:[valɑ̃tɛ̃vaʃʁo]; born 16 November 1998) is a Monégasque professionaltennis player. He has a career-highATP singles ranking of world No. 25 achieved on 9 February 2026^[2] and a doubles ranking of No. 476, reached on 20 February 2023.^[3] He is the current No. 1 Monaco singles player.^[4]

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 theShanghai Masters.^[5][6] He also became the first Monégasque player to reach the top 50 in singles and to record a Top 10 win.^[7][8][9]

Vacherot representsMonaco at theDavis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 10–3.

Vacherot was born inRoquebrune-Cap-Martin in theAlpes-Maritimesdepartment of France to parents Josse and Nadine Vacherot, and grew up skiing before deciding to pursue tennis.^[1]

In 2022, Vacherot won his maidenChallenger title at theNonthaburi Challenger, Thailand, beatingLý Hoàng Nam in the final.^[10][11][12] Vacherot became Monaco’s second Challenger champion and the first sinceJean-René Lisnard in 2004.^[13]

Vacherot received a wildcard for the2023 Monte-Carlo Masters main draw, making his Masters debut.^[14][15] He lost in the first round toLuca Nardi.^[16]

Vacherot also received a wildcard for the2024 Monte-Carlo Masters,^[12][17] losing to ninth seedGrigor Dimitrov.^[18] Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw at the2024 Țiriac Open but lost his opening match to eventual championMárton Fucsovics.^[19]Vacherot reached the top 120 on 6 May 2024, following a semifinal appearance as a qualifier, at the2024 Open Aix Provence.^[3] He defeatedAleksandar Kovacevic, qualifierFelipe Meligeni Alves and alternateRichard Gasquet before losing to eventual champion and third seedAlejandro Tabilo.^[20]

Vacherot made his Grand Slam debut at the2024 French Open after qualifying, becoming the first player from theMonégasque Tennis Federation to qualify for the main draw.^[21][22] He lost in the first round to 32nd seedAlejandro Davidovich Fokina.^[23]

Vacherot also received a wildcard for the2025 Monte-Carlo Masters^[24][25] and recorded his first Masters win overJan-Lennard Struff in straight sets.^[26][27] He became the first Monégasque player to win a main draw match at the tournament since Jean-René Lisnard in2009.^[28]

In October, ranked No. 204, Vacherot won his maiden title at the2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters as a qualifier, becoming the lowest ranked player to ever win aMasters 1000 tournament. After qualifying, he recorded his second and third Masters wins^[29] by defeatingLaslo Djere^[30] in straight sets and 14th seedAlexander Bublik in the second round.^[31] Vacherot reached his first Masters 1000 fourth round following the retirement of 20th seedTomáš Macháč. He then upset 27th seedTallon 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 anATP Tour and Masters-level quarterfinal at the same time.^[32][33][34] Next he defeated tenth seedHolger Rune in the quarterfinals. Vacherot defeatedNovak Djokovic in the semifinals, recording the first top 10 (and top 5) win for a Monégasque player in history, and becoming the lowest ranked player to ever reach aMasters 1000 final.^[35] In just Vacherot’s 27th tour-level match, he defeated his cousinArthur Rinderknech to win his first ATP Tour and Masters 1000 title.^[5] Going into the Shanghai final, Vacherot and Rinderknech had each won 3 matches after dropping the first set.^{[citation needed]} The cousins also collectively defeated 10 of the 32 seeds (5 each) in the draw.^{[citation needed]}

Vacherot then received a wildcard into theBasel Open, however lost in a three set thriller to World No. 4Taylor Fritz, in the first round.^[36] Vacherot then also received a wildcard into theParis Masters, where he defeatedJiří Lehečka,^[37] again his cousinArthur Rinderknech andCameron Norrie, reaching a consecutive Masters quarterfinal.^[38] Despite losing to ninth seedFélix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in the quarterfinals, Vacherot reached a new career-high ranking in the top 30 on 3 November 2025.^[39][2]

Vacherot made his debut at the2026 Australian Open where he was seeded for the first time and recorded his first major wins to reach the third round also for a first time.^[2] He became the first Monégasque player to reach a Grand Slam third round in theOpen Era.^[40]

Vacherot has four siblings. He is coached professionally by his elder half-brotherBenjamin Balleret, who previously played professional tennis as well.^[1][41] Other professional tennis players in Vacherot's family include cousinsArthur Rinderknech andChloé Paquet, and auntVirginie Paquet.^[42][14][43]

In October 2025, Vacherot and Rinderknech both reached the final of a Masters 1000 for the first time in their respective careers at theShanghai Masters.^[44][45][5]

Vacherot played college tennis atTexas A&M University.^[46]

Current before the2026 Australian Open.

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2025	Shanghai Masters, China	ATP 1000	Hard	Arthur Rinderknech	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	Tiburon Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Leandro Riedi	Ezekiel Clark Alfredo Perez	6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–2]

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

• Vacherot has a 2–3 (40%) match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.^[47]

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2025
1.	Novak Djokovic	5	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	SF	6–3, 6–4	204	[48]
2026
2.	Alexander Bublik	10	Davis Cup, Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	WG1	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)	27

• 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

*As of 24 October 2025^[update]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Dec 2025	World Tennis Continental Cup,Shenzhen, China	Hard (i)	Andrey Rublev	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Win				Zhang Zhizhen	6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Dec 2025	World Tennis Continental Cup, Shenzhen, China	Hard (i)	Iga Świątek	Andrey Rublev Elena Rybakina	4–6, 4–6

• Valentin Vacherot at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Valentin Vacherot at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Valentin Vacherot at theDavis Cup (archived former page)
• Valentin Vacherot atTexas A&M University
• Valentin Vacherot onInstagram

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nuno Borges	SEC Tennis Player of the Year 2021	Succeeded by Ben Shelton

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