The 10 Best French Tennis Players Right Now

Written by: Bren Gray | February 5, 2025
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French tennis has a proud legacy, producing some brilliant players over the years. From the โ€˜Four Musketeersโ€™ through to Yannick Noah and the evergreen Gael Monfils, those representing the French flag have lit up the ATP Tour for decades. With a strong contingent in the worldโ€™s top 100 in 2025, hereโ€™s a look at 10 best French players right now.

  1. Ugo Humbert (No 15)

Ugo Humbert is currently the best-ranked French tennis player thanks to some really consistent performances in the past year. Humbert flashed his talent early in his career though injuries derailed that a little bit. He returned to form last year, especially late in the year by making the Paris Masters final which allowed him to get back into the top 20.

Humbert is an aggressive baseliner who plays left-handed which makes him even more tricky. He has lots of power, a great serve and can play on all surfaces. By now heโ€™s won six career trophies and is certain to add more in the future as heโ€™s still fairly young and doesnโ€™t lack the ambition to pursue even greater heights when it comes to his tennis career. 

  1. Arthur Fils (No 19)

Arthur Fils is probably the most interesting French prospect, because heโ€™s largely expected to go the furthest out of anyone on this list. The 20-year-old is a super talented youngster whose potential was apparent even as a teenager. Heโ€™s established himself as one of the better – if not the best – French tennis players right now with his ranking certain to improve.

Similar to most French players he has a game based around a really strong serve with aggressive baseline tendencies and good shot making. Being so young means that he has a bright future though the present is also brilliant, with three career trophies to his name already.

As noted above, he is widely considered the biggest talent in French tennis and has the hopes of a nation on his shoulders. Time will tell whether he will find what is necessary to become the next iconic French tennis star.

  1. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (No 30)

Another relatively young player who had a meteoric rise in the past year is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. The 21-year-oldโ€™s game is mostly based around his frame as heโ€™s exceptionally tall and strong. As most larger players, he bases his game around the serve.ย 

Mpetshi Perricard is not just a serve-bot though, as he has a strong forehand which he hits at a very high level, especially in recent months. The Frenchman is also capable at the net and ventures forward occasionally, while his backhand is not too bad either. 

His current ranking of No 30 is the highest he has ever been ranked thanks to a fantastic 2024 season. This saw him make the Wimbledon round-of-16 as well as win two trophies on his maiden year on Tour.ย 

Before 2024, Mpetshi Perricard mostly played on the Challenger Tour. However, heโ€™s been able to transition to the ATP level quite smoothly, quickly becoming one of the toughest players to play. Thatโ€™s not going to change in the future as has plenty of years to continue refining his game and developing his physicality, so the future is certainly bright for him as well.

Mpetshi Perricard
Mpetshi Perricard
  1. Gael Monfils (No 32)

The most beloved French tennis player of all time is still motoring along, despite all odds. Gael Monfils doesnโ€™t have a bright future simply because heโ€™s close to 40 years old, but heโ€™s still playing some spectacular tennis.

Most recently, he made a deep run at the Australian Open. For much of his career Monfils was the best tennis player from France as he peaked at No 6 in the rankings at one point. Injuries derailed his wondrous potential but even so he has been able to carve out a really solid career joining the 500-win club and winning 13 trophies so far. 

Monfils used to have a defensive style of play but is playing far more aggressively these days with the serve remaining as good as ever. Time will tell whether he will be able to sign off with another spectacular run but for now, heโ€™s still one of the best tennis players from France. 

  1. Alexandre Muller (No 58)

Alexandre Muller is another player who spent a good chunk of his career playing on the Challenger Tour. In fact, most of the top French players have a Challenger background which just shows that they earned their place here, working hard and arriving on their own merit. 

That is certainly true for Alexandre Muller who always had a handy game. He plays a pretty typical style for this era of tennis based around a powerful serve and strong attacking baseline play. It took him a while to hone his approach but it seems like in 2025 heโ€™s finally there. 

He started this year with a trophy in Hong Kong beating Kei Nishikori and earning his best ranking ever. Heโ€™s not the youngest at 28 years old, but has a few good years left to put his mark on the Tour. 

Considering his track record, he should be able to make some waves.

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  1. Arthur Rinderknech (No 60)

Arthur Rinderknech is another player who spent years grinding on the Challenger Tour before finally getting a chance on the ATP Tour and taking it. Heโ€™s been part of the ATP Tour for a couple of years now and has done well. 

The Frenchman is not a player that will win many trophies, as he has a cap on his talent in many ways. However, heโ€™s a solid player overall, and bolsters the ranks of French players on the Tour right now. 

Rinderknech generally hovers around No 50 in the world and is yet to win a title, though he did make a final in 2022 in Adelaide. His style of play is typical baseline play with a good serve considering that heโ€™s rather tall as well. Overall, Rinderknech is a classic journeyman player who at 29 years old will hope to get a few more chances to win a trophy before calling it quits.

In 2024 we saw him in a small drama with top ranked American Taylor Fritz!

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Arthur Rinderknech
  1. Benjamin Bonzi (No 62)

Benjamin Bonzi has established himself as an aggressive baseliner with a massive serve and generally attacking play. His play style can be likened to Alexander Bublik, with patience not his forte. Instead, Bonzi simply bombs away and lives with the consequences.ย 

His big breakthrough came a couple of years ago when he won several events in a row on the Challenger Tour and basically entered the top 100 without even playing ATP events. It was a blueprint a few other players followed since then. 

Since then heโ€™s played many ATP events and done fairly well, making a couple of finals. He lost the first two but was finally able to win his maiden ATP trophy in Metz a couple of months ago which allowed him to return to the top 100 after falling out last year.

  1. Corentin Moutet (No 65)

Another fascinating player is Corentin Moutet who has an interesting style of play. Moutet is not exceptionally tall, nor does he have the power that some of his contemporaries have so he has to rely on his creativity instead. And heโ€™s very creative. The Frenchman plays with lots of variety, arguably the most out of any ATP player combining various types of slices and drop shots.

His best surface is clay, where his variety works the best though he can be very tough to beat on any surface. Moutet hasnโ€™t had the best time on the ATP Tour mostly because of his inconsistent mental state – he has been involved in his fair share of on-court blow ups. Outside of that heโ€™s a pretty good tennis player, though the closest he has come to winning a title is making the Qatar Open final in 2020.

  1. Quentin Halys (No 74)

Quentin Halys is another player who made his name on the Challenger Tour before finally transitioning to the ATP Tour. He played at the lower level for a very long time but more recently has been able to make some impact on the ATP Tour. 

Halys plays the typical French style with a really powerful serve and solid baseline play to back it up though arguably not as well as some others players on this list. 

This has translated to some consistent results on the ATP Tour which is why heโ€™s been able to keep his ranking inside the top 100 albeit without a single trophy to show off. He made his maiden ATP final last year in Gstaad but lost to Matteo Berrettini in a one-sided match. 

  1. Hugo Gaston (No 84)

Hugo Gaston is a fiery French tennis player known for some of the controversies he has been involved in.

For example, in 2023 he received a hefty fine for intentionally dropping a ball during a point against Borna Coric trying to force the point to be replayed. He was fined so heavily that the penalty exceeded his prize money total he earned that year.

Gaston never repeated the offense but got serious about his tennis in the months that followed allowing himself to get back to proper form. Heโ€™s a player who is not that physically gifted as heโ€™s a bit on the shorter side which forces him to play with lots of variety.

He favors the drop shot and uses it a lot on all surfaces, especially clay. Outside of that he has a decent serve and a strong lefty forehand which can do some damage. Heโ€™s a solid player with lots of potential though without any trophies to show for it. He has made two finals to date in his career, but lost both.

Honorable mentions

While these are the top French players by ranking right now, there are other players who are ranked outside of the top 100 that deserve an honorable mention. 

We have to mention Richard Gasquet, who will go down as one of the more iconic French players even though he didnโ€™t win a Grand Slam. Heโ€™s still kicking around, with his retirement set to occur at Roland-Garros this year, and is playing at a decent level for a 38-year-old.

Gael Monfils vs Adrian Mannarino
Gael Monfils vs Adrian Mannarino

Adrian Mannarino is another talented Frenchman who has been battling form issues lately which caused him to drop out of the top 100. We still have to mention him because heโ€™s been one of the better French players for the better part of the decade and on talent alone he should be in the top 100.

Arthur Cazaux has been on a similar trajectory to Mannarino, falling out of the top 100 despite bucket loads of talent. On talent alone he is also one of the better players from France, something he has shown many times by beating high-ranked players like Holger Rune. Heโ€™ll get back to the top 100 quickly because his hard-hitting shot-making style is tailor-made for this era of tennis. 

Another player we have to mention is Luca van Assche. Widely considered a prodigy alongside Fils during his younger days, Van Assche has struggled to transition to the ATP level. None of that is surprising but heโ€™s got plenty of time as heโ€™s only 20 years old.ย 

Van Assche peaked at No 60 on the rankings so itโ€™s pretty clear that he belongs in the top 100 and will get there with time. His style might not be the typical hard-hitting French style but heโ€™s got enough talent to overcome that.

There you have it – the best French tennis players right now, with a few honorable mentions who we expect will be on the rise again shortly. 

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Bren Gray

Bren has a lot of experience writing on various tennis related topics and will give us interesting news surrounding matches on the ATP and WTA tour as well as predictions and reviews.