Arthur Rinderknech | Bio | ATP Tour

Began playing tennis at age 6 with his parents.
Father, Pascal, is the director of a tennis club in Paris; mother, Virginie, is a former WTA No. 208; sisters, Mathilde, Julie and Flore.
Cousin, Benjamin Balleret, also played professional tennis (former World No. 204).
Played college tennis at Texas A&M University for 4 years (2015-18).
Favourite shot is forehand and surface is hard.
Lists his favourite tournament as Roland Garros and city on tour is Paris.
Idol growing up was Juan Carlos Ferrero. More recently, has admired Juan Martin del Potro: "That's my favourite player. He's the kind of guy I try to model my game from. It's how he moves for a tall player and is just ripping his forehand. It's unbelievable when he's on."
Lists "serving bombs"as his favourite hobby.
Favourite football team is St. Etienne. Also supportsMiami Heat (NBA) and lists LeBron James as his favourite athlete.
Says that his biggest off-court achievement was obtaining his degree in business at Texas A&M. Dream job is "something in business/negotiating."
Favourite TV show is Prison Break.
Says that his best quality is being a fighter on the court and worst quality is being a perfectionist.
Best advice received is 'The Orange Theory' by coach Sebastien Villette: "Just keep doing your thing and it doesn't have to be perfect. Keep going and don't get upset when things aren't perfect."

(UPDATED 23 MAY 2024)

Broke into Top 50 in January 2022 after reaching 1st ATP Tour final at Adelaide-2 (l. to Kokkinakis), then became No. 1 Frenchman and achieved career-high No. 42 in October 2022.
Playing on indoor hard courts in fall 2022, saved 1 MP vs. No. 17 Schwartzman in Tel Aviv 2R, 9 MPs vs. No. 15 Carreno Busta in Gijon QF and 2 MPs vs. No. 16 Cilic in Basel 1R.
In 2021, advanced to Kitzbuhel SF, reached 6 other ATP Tour QFs, and earned 1st 18 tour-level wins of career.
Captured Challenger titles at 2020 Rennes, 2020 Calgary, 2021 Istanbul as Q, 2022 Poznan, 2023 Zug and 2024 Lille.
Five-time All-American at Texas A&M University (3 singles, 2 doubles), where he graduated from Mays Business School in 2018.