Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is a French professional tennis player and beauty pageant titleholder.
Halemai has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 794, achieved on 31 December 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 503, reached on 9 March 2020.
Halemai has won five doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She made her main-draw debut on a Grand Slam event at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles competition partnering Julie Belgraver.
In 2020, she was crowned Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and represented the region at Miss France 2021.
Personal life and background Halemai was born in South Durras, New South Wales, Australia to parents Jacob Sakopo Halemai and Michelle Campbell Taylor. Her father is from Wallis and Futuna, a French territorial collectivity in Polynesia, while her mother is an Australian of Aboriginal and Scottish descent. Halemai has four siblings: Thierry, Thelesïa, Khalia, and Aurelia, all of whom have played or play high level tennis. Halemai resided in Australia until age seven, when the family relocated to Narbonne in France, and later to Paris.
In 2020, Halemai competed in Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and was crowned as the winner. She represented the region at Miss France 2021 in December 2020, becoming the first entrant from Wallis and Futuna since 2005, and only the sixth ever. Halemai had relocated to Wallis and Futuna to reside with her parents during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, and opted to register for the pageant at the last minute.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Doubles Tournament 2019 2020 Win %Australian OpenAA0 / 00–0French Open1R0 / 10–1WimbledonA0 / 00–0US OpenA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00 / 10–1
ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up) Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $15,000 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0ITF Dijon, France15,000Hard Émeline Dartron Karola Patricia Bejenaru Yana Morderger3–6, 7–6, [10–5]Win2–0ITF Dijon (2)15,000Hard Laia Petretic Victoria Kalaitzis Justine Pysson6–4, 6–4Loss2–1ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Guadeloupe)25,000Hard Manon Léonard Laura Pigossi Rosalie van der Hoek2–6, 1–6Win3–1ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Manon Léonard Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Anastasia Pribylova1–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win4–1ITF Monastir15,000Hard Julie Belgraver Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova2–6, 6–1, [10–4]Win5–1ITF Monastir15,000Hard Andreea Prisăcariu Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova6–3, 6–4
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