Arthur Géa (; born 2 January 2005) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56 achieved on 5 October 2026 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 456, reached on 5 May 2025.
Géa has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2026 Los Cabos Open.
Early life Géa is from Velleron near Carpentras, in Vaucluse, France. He started taking tennis lessons in his early childhood. Between the ages of seven and thirteen, Géa trained at the Alain Barrère academy in Pontet, before joining the Ligue de Provence.
Junior career Géa reached the third round of the boys' singles category at the 2022 French Open, and in the boys' singles at the 2022 US Open. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, he lost to eventual champion Henry Searle in the third round of the boys' singles, but was a runner-up in doubles that edition, with Serbian Branko Djuric. Later that season, he reached the semifinals of the 2023 US Open in singles, where he lost to American Learner Tien.
He had good results on ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 93–52 singles win-loss record and reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 8 on 30 January 2023.
Professional career
2023: Maiden ITF title, Major qualifying debut
In May, Géa made his debut at the French Open qualifying rounds after receiving a wildcard for the event. He lost in the first round to Liam Broady. In June, after receiving a wildcard into the 2023 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois, Géa made his debut and recorded his first win at the Challenger level, defeating world No. 135 Timofey Skatov in straight sets.
Coached by Tarik Benhabiles and Jérôme Pottier, Géa made a successful start to his pro-career when he reached his first ITF Tour final in Heraklion in November 2023 where he lost to Guy den Ouden. The following week at the same venue he won his first senior title on the ITF Tour with a three sets victory over Cezar Crețu. He then won two more ITF Tour titles in the same month to reach four consecutive finals, winning three consecutive titles, including a win in the final of the fourth event over the higher ranked Brit Alastair Gray.
2024: Challenger doubles final In March, Géa qualified for the 2024 Challenger Città di Lugano in Lugano. In the first round he defeated the higher ranked Lloyd Harris. He followed that win in his next Challenger event, the 2024 Tennis Napoli Cup, with a win over former top-ten player Fabio Fognini.
In the first qualifying round at the French Open, Géa lost in a deciding set to Lloyd Harris. He reached the final of the men's doubles at the 2024 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois in June 2024, playing alongside Corentin Denolly. He finished 2024 with back-to-back titles in M15 events in Doha.
2025: Major doubles and ATP & top 250 singles debuts Géa started 2025 with a final at the ITF tournament in Hazebrouck and a title at the ITF Tour tournament in Bressuire, defeating compatriot Maé Malige in the final, for his 19th win out of 20 matches.
In February, Géa made his ATP Tour debut at the 2025 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France, as a qualifier after defeating Henri Squire and Yosuke Watanuki in the qualifying rounds. He lost to fellow qualifier Hugo Grenier in the first round, but still entered the top 300 on 17 February 2025.
In May, Géa received a wildcard into the qualifying competition and a main draw wildcard for his Grand Slam doubles debut at the French Open, partnering with Moïse Kouamé.
2026: Major and top 100 debuts, ATP title, US Open fourth round In January, Géa won his first Challenger title in Nouméa, New Caledonia, defeating Jurij Rodionov in the final. As a result, Géa made his Top 200 debut on 12 January 2026.
The following week, Géa made his Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open as a qualifier. He recorded his first Major win by defeating 17th seed Jiří Lehečka. He lost to Stan Wawrinka in the second round in five sets.
In February, Géa reached his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour at the Open Occitanie, having received a wildcard into the main draw. He defeated Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round and third seed Tomáš Macháč in the second round. He lost to eventual finalist Adrian Mannarino in the quarterfinals.
Awarded a wildcard into the main draw at the 2026 French Open, he faced 13th-seed Karen Khachanov, and lost in straight sets having suffered ill-health during the match.
Ranked No. 127, Géa won his maiden ATP Tour title at the Los Cabos Open. Following a win over third seed Francisco Cerúndolo in the quarterfinal, his second top 20 win,, he went on to defeat Coleman Wong in the semifinal and defending champion Denis Shapovalov in the final. As a result Géa reached the top 100 at world No. 82 on 3 August 2026.
In August, Gea reached his first Major's fourth round at the US Open. He advanced to the main draw as a lucky loser having lost to Nishesh Basavareddy in the final round of qualifying. In the main draw, he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the first round, Zachary Svajda in the second round, and Michael Zheng in the third round to become the second lucky loser to advance to the round of 16 at the US Open. In the fourth round he was defeated by Botic van de Zandschulp in five sets after five hours and 13 minutes, the fourth longest match on record at the US Open. Géa held a match point on serve after winning the opening two sets, before losing the set and the following one in tie-breaks, and a tight fifth set. In the fourth set he was serving for the match at 5-4. Had Gea had won this match, he would have become the first Lucky Loser in tennis history to reach a grand slam quarterfinal.
Personal life Géa currently trains at the National Training Center of the French Tennis Federation in Paris.
Performance timeline
Singles Current through the 2026 US Open.
Tournament20232024 20252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2R0 / 11–1French OpenQ1Q1Q21R0 / 10–1WimbledonAAAQ20 / 00–0US OpenAAA4R0 / 13–1Win–loss0–00–00–04–30 / 34–3
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (–)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Los Cabos Open, MexicoATP 250Hard Denis Shapovalov6–3, 6–4
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0BNC Tennis Open, New CaledoniaHard Jurij Rodionov6–3, 4–6, 7–5Loss1–1Zadar Open, CroatiaClay Stefano Travaglia1–2, ret.Loss1–2Championnats de Granby, CanadaHard Aleksandar Vukic4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Internationaux de Blois, FranceHard (i) Corentin Denolly Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock6–1, 3–6, [4–10]
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF World Tennis (9–3)Finals by surfaceHard (9–2)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M25 Heraklion, GreeceHard Guy den Ouden2–6, 2–6Win1–1M25 Heraklion, GreeceHard Cezar Crețu2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win2–1M15 Heraklion, GreeceHard Jakub Nicod5–2 ret.Win3–1M15 Heraklion, GreeceHard Alastair Gray7–6(7–2), 6–3Win4–1M15 Doha, QatarHard Giovanni Fonio7–5, 6–3Win5–1M15 Doha, QatarHard Savriyan Danilov6–4, 6–0Loss5–2M25 Hazebrouck, FranceHard (i) Joris De Loore6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6Win6–2M15 Bressuire, FranceHard (i) Maé Malige6–2, 6–2Loss6–3M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyClay Jay Clarke6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win7–3M25 Bali, IndonesiaHard Yanki Erel6–3, 3–6, 7–5Win8–3M25 Bali, IndonesiaHard Philip Sekulic6–1, 6–2Win9–3M25 Monastir, TunisiaHard Igor Kudriashov6–2, 6–0
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendITF World Tennis (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M25 Dénia, SpainClay Dali Blanch Luis Francisco Joan Torres Espinosa4–6, 6–3, [10–7]Loss1–1M15 Sofia, BulgariaClay Vladyslav Orlov Anthony Genov Nikolay Nedelchev2–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2023WimbledonGrass Branko Djuric Jakub Filip Gabriele Vulpitta3–6, 3–6
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