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Gabriel Debru (born 21 December 2005) is a French tennis player.

Debru has a career high ATP singles ranking of 310 achieved on 28 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 650 achieved on 31 July 2023.[2]

Junior career

In 2022, Debru won the French Open's boys single title.[3] Later that year, he reached the finals of the Wimbledon's boys doubles title, playing along with Paul Inchauspé.

Professional career

2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut

In May 2022, Debru made his debut at the French Open qualifying round, winning against Arthur Fils but then losing in the second round.

2023: First ITF title, First Challenger final

He reached his first Challenger quarterfinal in his first tournament of the year, at the Oeiras Indoors. He reached another quarterfinal a month later at the Challenger La Manche in Cherbourg, defeating Kenny de Schepper before falling to British Jan Choinski. At his second French Open qualifying appearance he lost in the first round to Dominican Nick Hardt.

At the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon Debru made it to his first Challenger semifinal having defeated former Top 20 Benoit Paire, however he then lost to Alexander Ritschard.

In July 2023, Debru won his first ITF title in Gubbio, Italy defeating Federico Arnaboldi in the final. He had reached the semifinals the year prior.

In August 2023, Debru reached his first final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Prague, as a qualifier, losing to Rudolf Molleker in the final.

2024: Maiden Challenger title

In July, Debru won his maiden Challenger title in Troyes, defeating third seed Timofey Skatov in the final. At 18 years and 6 months, he became the youngest French player to win a Challenger title since 2017.[4]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Germany Rudolf Molleker 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2024 Troyes, France Challenger Clay Kazakhstan Timofey Skatov 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 7–5

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2023 M15 Gubbio, Italy WTT Clay Italy Federico Arnaboldi 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2024 M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France WTT Clay France Maxime Chazal 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Lithuania Edas Butvilas Argentina Mateo del Pino
Argentina Juan Manuel la Serna
2–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2024 M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France WTT Clay France Tiago Pires France Florent Bax
France Alexandre Aubriot
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]

Grand Slam 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

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0–0
French Open Q2 Q1 Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 0–0
US Open A A 0–0
Win–loss 0-0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2022 French Open Clay Belgium Gilles-Arnaud Bailly 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass France Paul Inchauspé United States Sebastian Gorzny
United States Alex Michelsen
6–7(5–7), 3–6

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