Tom Paris (tennis) explained

Tom Paris
Birth Date:2 February 2002
Birth Place:Chalon-sur-Saône
Height:191cm
Weight:83kg
Plays:Right-handed, one-handed backhand
Coach:Antoine Pastrana
Careerprizemoney:$17,218
Highestsinglesranking:No. 545 (23 November 2023)
Updated:19 May 2024

Tom Paris (born 2 September 2002) is a French tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 545 achieved on 14 August 2023.[1] [2]

Early life

He was immersed in tennis from a young age with his first coach being his father Christophe Paris, a former tennis player who played at regional level, being the head of the Pontcharra-sur-Turdine tennis club. Paris is a member of Charbonnières-les-Bains Tennis Club.[3] [4] As a youngster he trained at a tennis centre in Poitiers which had previously alumni including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon and Nicolas Escudé.[5]

Career

In October 2023 he won his first ITF title beating the number one seed Dan Added in the semifinal and defeating Alexey Vatutin in the final in Sarreguemines.[6]

He received a wild card for his ATP Tour debut into the doubles at the 2024 ATP Lyon Open, alongside Tristan Lamasine.[7]

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Paris. 19 May 2024. ITF.
  2. Web site: Tom Paris. 19 May 2024. ATP.
  3. Web site: Tom Paris, new promise of French and world tennis?. le-pays. 19 March 2024. 8 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Tom Paris joins the French top 100: "Tennis is a school of life". leprogress.fr. 19 May 2024. 12 May 2023.
  5. Web site: Tom Paris, child ball prodigy. le-pays. 19 March 2024. September 15, 2015.
  6. Web site: Tom Paris won the title against Russian Vatutin. tennisactu.net. 19 May 2024.
  7. Web site: ATP. 19 May 2024. Scouting Report: Djokovic among stars in Geneva, Humbert leads three French seeds in Lyon. 18 May 2024.