Harold Mayot (born 4 February 2002) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 14 October 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 255 achieved on 16 September 2024.
Junior career As a junior, Mayot reached his highest ranking of number 1 in the world in the combined singles and doubles ITF junior ranking system, which he reached on 3 February 2020 and sustained to end the year as the number one male juniors player in the world. This was highlighted by a winning the championship at the 2020 Australian Open where he defeated compatriot Arthur Cazaux in straight sets 6–4, 6–1.
Professional career 2020: Grand Slam singles and doubles debut Mayot made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Open 13 simultaneously in both single and doubles when he was granted a wildcard entry into both draws partnering compatriot Arthur Cazaux. They were defeated in the first round by Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets. In singles, he was also defeated in the first round by veteran compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets.
Pairing with Cazaux again, they were given a wildcard entry into the main doubles draw of the 2020 French Open but would again be defeated in the first round by Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in straight sets. At the same tournament Mayot received also a wildcard into the singles main draw, and was defeated by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
2022: First ATP Challenger final Mayot received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2022 Australian Open. In July, Mayot reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final as a qualifier at the 2022 Tampere Open in Finland, losing against Zsombor Piros. As a result, he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 304 and also a doubles ranking of No. 450 on 25 July 2022. He reached the top 250 at world No. 248 on 19 September 2022.
2023: Wimbledon debut, ATP quarterfinal Following a semifinal showing at the 2023 Open Aix Provence as a lucky loser where he beat three top 100 players then lost to fifth seed Andy Murray, he reached the top 200 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.
In June, Mayot won his first doubles match at the 2023 French Open partnering with Jonathan Eysseric, having failed to qualify in the singles. In July, Mayot made his Wimbledon debut as a qualifier, only his second career Major singles appearance., where he recorded his first singles Grand Slam win by beating fellow countryman Benjamin Bonzi in the first round. He later made his debut at the US Open qualifying, where he lost in the first round.
In September, Mayot reached his second career final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Mallorca losing to second seed Hamad Medjedovic in the final. Later in September, Mayot reached his first doubles final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Saint-Tropez partnering with Jonathan Eysseric, losing in the final to Dan Added and Albano Olivetti.
In November, ranked No. 176, Mayot qualified at his home tournament in Metz, France. He reached the main draw as a qualifier where he defeated Yosuke Watanuki in the first round and Grégoire Barrère in the second to reach his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour. He lost to fourth seed Ugo Humbert in the quarterfinals.
2024: Italian Open debut, top 200 Following the 2024 Australian Open where he made it to the third round of qualifying for the first time at this Major, he reached the top 150 at No. 144 on 29 January 2024. At the 2024 Open Sud de France, he reached the quarterfinals defeating two compatriots Lucas Pouille and Benoît Paire.
He made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open after qualifying into the main draw with wins over Arthur Cazaux by retirement and David Goffin.
In April, as the top seed Mayot reached the final of the Challenger tournament in Barletta, Italy, defeating Jacopo Berrettini before losing to second seed Damir Džumhur in the final. As a result, he reached the top 120 in the rankings on 8 April 2024.
He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He also entered the 2024 Italian Open as a lucky loser.
In June, Mayot reached his first Challenger final on grass in Ilkley, losing to fourth seed David Goffin in the final. In September, he reached his fifth Challenger final in Orléans, losing to Jacob Fearnley in the final.
2025: First ATP 1000 win In April, Mayot won his first ATP 1000 match in Madrid, entering the main draw as a qualifier. In the first round, he defeated fellow countryman Corentin Moutet. He lost in the second round to Francisco Cerúndolo.
In July, Mayot reached the final in both the single and doubles tournament at the Zug Open, partnering with Geoffrey Blancaneaux in doubles. He lost to Lukáš Klein in the single final. The doubles final was cancelled because of weather.
In October, Mayot reached his seventh career Challenger final at the Suzhou Open, losing to top seed Yoshihito Nishioka in the final.
2026: Back-to-back Challenger finals In September, Mayot reached back-to-back Challenger finals, first at the Open de Rennes, where he lost in the final to Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg. The following week, he reached the final at the Saint-Tropez Open, losing to top seed Titouan Droguet in the final. He returned in the top 200 as a result.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament2020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ1AQ3Q1Q10 / 00–0French Open1RAAQ11RQ1Q10 / 20–2WimbledonNHAA2RQ1Q1Q20 / 11–1US OpenAAAQ1Q2Q2A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00–01–10–10–00–00 / 31–3 ATP 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1Italian OpenAAAA1RQ1A0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersAAAAAQ20 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–21–10–00 / 31–3
Doubles Tournament2020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French Open1RAA2RA2RA0 / 32–3WimbledonNHAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00–01–10–01–10–00 / 32–3
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 9 (9 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–9)Finals by surfaceHard (0–5)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tampere, Finland ChallengerClay Zsombor Piros2–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss0–2Manacor, SpainChallengerHard Hamad Medjedovic2–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss0–3Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Damir Džumhur1–6, 3–6Loss0–4Ilkley, United KingdomChallengerGrass David Goffin4–6, 2–6Loss0–5Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i) Jacob Fearnley3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss0–6Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Lukáš Klein2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6Loss0–7Suzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Yoshihito Nishioka4–6, 4–6Loss0–8Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg6–4, 3–6, 5–7Loss0–9Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Titouan Droguet3–6, 5–7
Doubles: 3 (2 runner-ups, 1 non-complete) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Jonathan Eysseric Dan Added Albano Olivetti6–3, 0–1 Ret.Loss0–2Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Luke Saville John Peers Marcus Willis1–6, 7–6(7–1), [7–10]Not completed0–2Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Geoffrey Blancaneaux Nam Ji-sung Takeru Yuzukix–x, x–x
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Forbach, FranceWTTCarpet Elmar Ejupovic4–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss0–2M25 Saint-Dizier, FranceWTTHard Hugo Grenier1–6, 5–7Win1–2M15 Villers-lès-Nancy, FranceWTTHard Ronan Joncour6–4, 6–2Win2–2M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Chung Yun-seong 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M25 Saint-Dizier, FranceWTTHard Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc Benjamin Bonzi Corentin Denolly6–4, 0–6, [10–8]Loss1–1M15 Caslano, SwitzerlandWTTClay Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc David Pichler Alexander Erler5–7, 4–6Win2–1M25 Lesa, ItalyWTTClay Alessandro Bega Pietro Rondoni Andrea Basso6–3, 6–1
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2020Australian OpenHard Arthur Cazaux6–4, 6–1
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