Valentin Vacherot (; born 16 November 1998) is a Monégasque professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 14 achieved on 5 October 2026, making him the highest-ranked Monégasque singles player in history. He is the current No. 1 Monaco singles player.
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) in Shanghai. He also became the first Monégasque player to reach the top 50, and later the top 15 in singles, and to record a Top 10 win.
He also has a best doubles ranking of No. 104 achieved on 4 May 2026.
Vacherot played college tennis at Texas A&M.Valentin Vacherot Tennis Player Profile | 12thman.com He represents Monaco at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 14–3.
Early life Vacherot was born in Monaco to parents Josse and Nadine Vacherot. He has three siblings. He was raised in a border-town by Monaco and holds dual French and Monegasque citizenship, and went to school in and frequently visited the country; he therefore opted to represent them internationally in 2022.
Professional career
2022: First Challenger title In 2022, Vacherot won his first Challenger title at the Nonthaburi Challenger, Thailand, beating Lý Hoàng Nam in the final. Vacherot became Monaco’s second Challenger champion and the first since Jean-René Lisnard in 2004.
2023: Masters debut Vacherot received a wildcard for the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters main draw, making his Masters debut. He lost in the first round to Luca Nardi.
2024: Grand Slam and top 110 debuts Vacherot received a wildcard for the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters, losing to ninth seed Grigor Dimitrov. Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open but lost his opening match to eventual champion Márton Fucsovics. Vacherot reached the top 120 on 6 May 2024, following a semifinal appearance as a qualifier, at the 2024 Open Aix Provence., losing to eventual champion Alejandro Tabilo.
Vacherot made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 French Open after qualifying, becoming the first player from the Monégasque Tennis Federation to qualify for the main draw. He lost in the first round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
2025: Historic Masters title and top 30 Vacherot also received a wildcard for the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters and recorded his first Masters win over Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. He became the first Monégasque player to win a main draw match at the tournament since Jean-René Lisnard in 2009.
In October, ranked No. 204, Vacherot won his first title at the 2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters as a qualifier, becoming the lowest ranked player to win a Masters 1000 tournament. After qualifying, he recorded his second and third Masters wins by defeating Laslo Djere in straight sets and then Alexander Bublik in the second round. Vacherot reached his first Masters 1000 fourth round following the retirement of 20th seed Tomáš Macháč. He then upset Tallon Griekspoor 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 an ATP Tour and Masters-level quarterfinal at the same time. Next he defeated Holger Rune in the quarterfinals. Vacherot defeated Novak 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 reach a Masters 1000 final. In Vacherot’s 27th tour-level match, he defeated his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win his first ATP Tour and Masters 1000 title. Going into the Shanghai final, Vacherot and Rinderknech had each won 3 matches after dropping the first set and collectively the cousins defeated 10 of the 32 seeds (5 each) in the draw.
Vacherot received a wildcard for the Swiss Open in Basel, but lost to Taylor Fritz, and he also received a wildcard for the Paris Masters and reached the quarterfinals. Vacherot reached a new career-high ranking in the top 30 on 3 November 2025.
2026: Major third round and top 15 Vacherot made his debut at the 2026 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.
Vacherot reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 14 on 5 October 2026.
Personal life Vacherot is coached professionally by his elder half-brother Benjamin Balleret, who previously played professional tennis as well. Other professional tennis players in Vacherot's family include cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Chloé Paquet, and aunt Virginie Paquet.
Performance timeline
Singles Current through the 2026 Japan Open.
Tournament202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAQ23R0 / 12–1French OpenAAA1RQ22R0 / 21–1WimbledonAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0US OpenAAAQ2A3R0 / 12–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–05–20 / 45–3National representationDavis CupAG2G2G2G2G10 / 014–3ATP 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenAAAAA3R0 / 11–150%Miami OpenAAAQ2A4R0 / 12–167%Monte-Carlo MastersAQ11R1R2RSF0 / 45–4Madrid OpenAAAQ2A2R0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAA2R0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAA2R0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNHAAW1 / 17–0Paris MastersAAAAQF0 / 13–1Win–loss0–00–00–10–111–27–61 / 1118–10Career statisticsTournaments001351726Titles0000101Finals0000101Overall win–loss0–02–12–32–315–423–161 / 2644–27Year-end ranking57429028014031
ATP Masters 1000 finals
Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2025Shanghai MastersHard Arthur Rinderknech4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2026Indian Wells OpenHard Arthur Rinderknech Guido Andreozzi Manuel Guinard6–7(3–7), 3–6
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (1–0)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (–)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (–)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Shanghai Masters, ChinaATP 1000Hard Arthur Rinderknech4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (0–1)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (–)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (–)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Indian Wells Open, United StatesATP 1000Hard Arthur Rinderknech Guido Andreozzi Manuel Guinard 6–7(3–7), 3–6
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Finals by surfaceHard (4–0)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nonthaburi Challenger, ThailandChallengerHard Lý Hoàng Nam6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win2–0Nonthaburi Challenger, Thailand (2)ChallengerHard Lucas Pouille3–2 ret.Win3–0Nonthaburi Challenger II, ThailandChallengerHard Manuel Guinard7–5, 7–6(7–4)Win4–0Pune Challenger, IndiaChallengerHard Adam Walton3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)Loss4–1Abruzzo Open, ItalyChallengerClay4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (title)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–1Tiburon Challenger, USChallengerHard Leandro Riedi Ezekiel Clark Alfredo Perez 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–2]
ITF Tour finals
Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (7–6)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tunisia F24, HammametFuturesClay Franco Agamenone0–6, 1–6Win1–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Omni Kumar6–4, 6–4Loss1–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Rinky Hijikata3–6, 1–6Loss1–3M15 Doha, QatarWTTHard Alec Deckers4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss1–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Moerani Bouzige4–6, 5–7Win2–4M15 New Delhi, IndiaWTTHard Philip Sekulic5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win3–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Raphaël Collignon6–3, 6–4Win4–4M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Hsu Yu-hsiou6–4, 6–3Win5–4M15 Kottingbrunn, AustriaWTTClay Max Houkes6–3, 6–4Win6–4M25 Montauban, FranceWTTClay Titouan Droguet6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)Win7–4M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, FranceWTTClay Tristan Lamasine6–1, 2–6, 7–5Loss7–5M25 Ystad, SwedenWTTClay Marvin Möller6–2, 3–6, 5–7Loss7–6M25 Zlatibor, Serbia WTTClay Andrew Paulson3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Record against top-10 players Vacherot's match record against players who have been ranked in the Top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour (incl. Grand Slams) main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered.
|- style="background:#efefef;" class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Number 1 ranked players
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|- style="background:#efefef;" class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Number 6 ranked players
|- style="background:#efefef;" class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Number 8 ranked players
|- style="background:#efefef;" class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Number 9 ranked players
|- style="background:#efefef;" class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Number 10 ranked players
Wins over top-10 players Vacherot has a () match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season202420252026Total Wins 0 1 4 5
#PlayerEventSurfaceScore20251. Novak Djokovic5Shanghai Masters, ChinaHardSF6–3, 6–420420262. Alexander Bublik10Davis Cup, Astana, KazakhstanHard (i)WG17–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)273. Lorenzo Musetti5Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceClay2R7–6(8–6), 7–5234. Alex de Minaur6Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceClayQF6–4, 3–6, 6–3235. Arthur Fils9Japan Open, JapanHardQF7–5, 4–6, 6–419
Exhibition matches
Singles ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossWorld Tennis Continental Cup, Shenzhen, ChinaHard (i) Andrey Rublev6–2, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]Win Zhang Zhizhen6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Mixed doubles ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossWorld Tennis Continental Cup, Shenzhen, ChinaHard (i) Iga Świątek Andrey Rublev Elena Rybakina4–6, 4–6
Team competitions ResultDateTournamentSurfaceTeamPartner(s)Opp. teamOpponent playersScoreLossWorld Tennis Continental Cup, Shenzhen, ChinaHard (i)Europe TeamFlavio CobolliIga ŚwiątekBelinda BencicWorld TeamAndrey RublevZhang ZhizhenElena RybakinaWang Xinyu7–15
References
External links
Valentin Vacherot at Texas A&M University