Quentin Halys
Quentin Halys is a French professional tennis player. Halys has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world no. 102 attained on 5 February 2018.
Career
Junior career
Quentin Halys reached four Junior Grand Slam finals, three in doubles and one in singles. Of the four finals, Halys won the 2014 French Open partnering Benjamin Bonzi. He reached a career high combined of World No. 03 on March 31, 2014. He ended his junior career with a 98–44 record on singles and 83–35 on doubles.Quentin played in his first ITF Junior Circuit tournament in 2010 at the G4 Tournoi International de Clermont-Ferrand, as a wildcard. He lost in the first round. He reached his first final later that year, at the G5 International Junior Saint-Cyprien, in doubles. In an all-French final, Halys and Armel Rancezot lost in the super tiebreak against Julien Delaplane and Alexandre Favrot. Starting 2011, Halys entered a 17–match win streak, winning consecutively the 1st and 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, breaking through the qualifiers of both tournaments to win his first two singles titles. He also finished runner-up in the 1st tournament doubles. He streak was sniped by Belgian Clement Geens, at AEGON Junior International Nottingham, a 2-week G4 tournament. Quentin would reach the final in both singles and doubles of the 2nd week, but he won the doubles only. He would win another doubles titles in July of that year, at the Leeuwenbergh ITF G4 Junior Championships. Halys finished 2011 by playing for France at the Junior Davis Cup, where his country finished 3rd that year.
Starting 2012, Quentin played in all Junior Grand Slams but Wimbledon, where he didn't pass the third round of any of them, in singles. He reached the semifinal at Australian Open doubles. Halys only final that year was at the GA Copa Gerdau, partnering Pedro Cachín, where they lost in straight sets to the partnership of Luke Bambridge and Joshua Ward-Hibbert. He played a second year for his country at the Junior Davis Cup, this time finishing in the fourth place. In 2013, Halys reached four finals in doubles, including the US Open final, where he lost to Kamil Majchrzak and Martin Redlicki, in partnership with Frederico Ferreira Silva. All other finals were at G1 tournaments, winning only at the 35° Torneo International Citta Di Santa Croce, partnering Benjamin Bonzi. In singles, he lost in the finals of the B1 European Junior Championships to Karen Khachanov.
In his last year as a junior, Halys saw much success ahead of 2014, reaching 7 finals with four titles in doubles and one in singles. Partnering Johan Sébastien Tatlot, the pair reached the final of the Australian Open, where they lost in straight sets. The partnership would win the GA Porto Alegre Junior Championships in March and the B1 European Junior Championships in July. Partnering Benjamin Bonzi, the French pair won the French Open, winning in straight sets. Quentin also won the G1 Canadian Open Junior Championships in partnership with Akira Santillan, winning only two matches to win the title, as the pair received two walkovers in the semifinals and the final. Quentin reached also the US Open in singles, losing to Omar Jasika in three sets. Earlier in July, he defeated countryman Corentin Denolly to win the B1 European Junior Championships, his last singles title in junior.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 15 (8–7)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Greece F9, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Ricardo Rodríguez | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Italy F1, Sondrio | Futures | Hard | Laurynas Grigelis | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Italy F2, Trento | Futures | Carpet | Philip Bester | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 | |
Win | 2–2 | France F6, Poitiers | Futures | Hard | David Guez | 7–5, 6–1 | |
Win | 3–2 | Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | Daniel Cox | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 4–2 | Italy F24, Piombino | Futures | Hard | Edoardo Eremin | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 5–2 | Great Britain F8, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | Daniel Evans | 6–1, 6–7, 7–5 | |
Win | 6–2 | 2016 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles| | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Frances Tiafoe | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 6–3 | 2016 Fairfield Challenger – Singles| | Fairfield, USA | Challenger | Hard | Santiago Giraldo | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6–4 | 2017 Trofeo Faip–Perrel – Singles| | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jerzy Janowicz | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | 2017 Kunming Open – Men's Singles| | Anning, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | Janko Tipsarević | 7–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7–5 | 2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Singles| | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard | Alexey Vatutin | 6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 8–5 | 2018 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles| | Nanchang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | Calvin Hemery | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 8–6 | 2018 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Singles| | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Corentin Moutet | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 8–7 | 2019 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles| | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
Doubles: 11 (7–4)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Great Britain F5, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Rémi Boutillier | Liam Broady James Cluskey | 6–2, 0–6, | |
Win | 2–0 | France F14, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | Maxime Hamou | Maxime Forcin Ugo Nastasi | 2–6, 6–2, | |
Win | 3–0 | Greece F9, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Benjamin Bonzi | Mauricio Astorga Alberto Rojas-Maldonado | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 3–1 | Kuwait F1, Meshref | Futures | Hard | Calvin Hemery | Juan Lizariturry Mark Vervoort | 4–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | 3–2 | France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne | Futures | Clay | Alexandre Sidorenko | Dorian Descloix Gleb Sakharov | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 3–3 | 2016 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles| | Tiburon, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith | 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–3 | 2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles| | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Tristan Lamasine | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Stefano Napolitano | 7–6, 6–1 |
Win | 5–3 | 2017 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles| | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Eysseric | Julian Ocleppo Andrea Vavassori | 6–7, 6–4, |
Loss | 5–4 | 2018 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Doubles| | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard | Romain Arneodo | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 3–6, 6–4, |
Win | 6–4 | 2019 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles| | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Grégoire Barrère | Romain Arneodo Hugo Nys | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 7–4 | 2019 Wolffkran Open – Doubles| | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Tristan Lamasine | Maxime Cressy James Cerretani | 6–3, 7–5 |
ITF's Junior Circuit
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | Grade 5 | 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open, Qatar | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Winner | Grade 5 | 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, Qatar | Hard | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Winner | Grade 4 | AEGON Junior International Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | 6–1, 5–7, 6–1 | ||
Runner-up | Grade B1 | European Junior Championships, Switzerland | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | Grade B1 | European Junior Championships, Switzerland | Clay | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Runner-up | Grade A | US Open, United States | Hard | 6–2, 5–7, 1–6 |
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | Grade 5 | International Junior Saint-Cyprien, France | Hard | 6–7, 6–4, | |||
Runner-up | Grade 5 | 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open, Qatar | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | |||
Winner | Grade 4 | AEGON Junior International Nottingham , United Kingdom | Hard | 6–3, 7–6 | |||
Winner | Grade 4 | Leeuwenbergh ITF Junior Championships, Netherlands | Clay | 3–6, 6–2, 10–5 | |||
Runner-up | Grade A | 29th Copa Gerdau, Brazil | Clay | 5–7, 5–7 | |||
Runner-up | Grade 1 | 43rd Banana Bowl, Brazil | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, | |||
Runner-up | Grade 1 | 18ème Open International Junior, France | Clay | 2–6, 4–6 | |||
Winner | Grade 1 | 35° Torneo International Citta Di Santa Croce, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |||
Runner-up | Grade A | US Open, United States | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |||
Runner-up | Grade A | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | |||
Winner | Grade A | Porto Alegre Junior Championships, Brazil | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, | |||
Winner | Grade A | French Open, France | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | |||
Winner | Grade B1 | European Junior Championships, Switzerland | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | |||
Winner | Grade 1 | Canadian Open Junior Championships, Canada | Hard | Walkover |