Gabriel Debru Explained

Gabriel Debru (born 21 December 2005) is a French tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 264 achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 273 achieved on 4 November 2024.^[2]

Junior career

In 2022, Debru won the French Open's boys single title.^[3] Later that year, he reached the finals of the Wimbledon's boys doubles title, playing along with Paul Inchauspé.

Professional career

2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut

In May 2022, Debru made his debut at the French Open qualifying round, winning against Arthur Fils but then losing in the second round.

2023: First ITF title, First Challenger final

He reached his first Challenger quarterfinal in his first tournament of the year, at the Oeiras Indoors. He reached another quarterfinal a month later at the Challenger La Manche in Cherbourg, defeating Kenny de Schepper before falling to British Jan Choinski. At his second French Open qualifying appearance he lost in the first round to Dominican Nick Hardt.

At the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon Debru made it to his first Challenger semifinal having defeated former Top 20 Benoit Paire, however he then lost to Alexander Ritschard.

In July 2023, Debru won his first ITF title in Gubbio, Italy defeating Federico Arnaboldi in the final. He had reached the semifinals the year prior.

In August 2023, Debru reached his first final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Prague, as a qualifier, losing to Rudolf Molleker in the final.

2024: Maiden Challenger titles, Top 300 debut

In July, Debru won his maiden Challenger title in Troyes, defeating third seed Timofey Skatov in the final. At 18 years and 6 months, he became the youngest French player to win a Challenger title since 2017. The only French players to win at a younger age were Richard Gasquet, Fabrice Santoro, Gael Monfils and Corentin Moutet. João Fonseca, Joel Schwärzler, Debru and Learner Tien became the youngest champions of 2024 at that level.^{[4] [5]}

In August, Debru won his second Challenger singles title in Como, defeating Ignacio Buse in the final.^[6] He became the third-youngest Frenchman to win multiple Challenger trophies (since 1978), joining former Top 10 players Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.^[7]

In October, Debru won his maiden Challenger doubles title in Saint-Brieuc, partnering with Geoffrey Blancaneaux.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Rudolf Molleker	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1		Troyes, France	Challenger	Clay	Timofey Skatov	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 7–5
Win	2–1		bgcolor=moccasin	Como, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Ignacio Buse	6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		M15 Gubbio, Italy	WTT	Clay	Federico Arnaboldi	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2–0		M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France	WTT	Clay	Maxime Chazal	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–0		M25 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Rémy Bertola	3–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		M15 Grenoble, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Paul Inchauspé	Maxence Beaugé Émilien Voisin	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1		M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Edas Butvilas	Mateo del Pino Juan Manuel La Serna	2–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Win	2–1		M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Juan Manuel La Serna	Sean Hess Fermín Tenti	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	2–2		M25 Uriage-les-Bains, France	WTT	Clay	Tiago Pires	Florent Bax Alexandre Aubriot	3–6, 6–2, [5–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2022	2023	2024
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	Q2	Q1	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	width=150	Tournament	Surface	width=150	Opponent	width=150	Score
Win	2022	French Open	Clay	Gilles-Arnaud Bailly	7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	width=150	Tournament	Surface	width=150	Partner	width=150	Opponents	width=150	Score
Loss	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Paul Inchauspé	Sebastian Gorzny Alex Michelsen	6–7(5–7), 3–6

External links

• • Profile at ITF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Medvedev trains with French teenager Gabriel Debru. December 17, 2021. Tennis Majors.
2. Web site: Gabriel Debru | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
3. Web site: Puntodebreak. Puntodebreak.
4. Web site: #NextGenATP teens Learner Tien, Gabriel Debru win maiden Challenger titles | ATP Tour | Tennis. 9 July 2024 .
5. Web site: Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine. 17 July 2024. 9 September 2024. ATPTour.
6. Web site: #NextGenATP Debru joins Gasquet, Monfils in French Challenger history | ATP Tour | Tennis. 2 September 2024 .
7. Web site: Challenger Q3: Fonseca’s first title marks milestone breakthrough. 9 September 2024. ATPTour.