Elliot Benchetrit | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Bench.
Father, Didier; is abiochemist; mother, Christine, is alab technician at Didier's office; siblings, Alison, William and Killiam.
Started playing tennis after watching his brother play.
Moved to Paris with his family at age 10 in order to improve his tennis.
Favourite shot is serve, surface is clay and tournament is Wimbledon.
Lists New York as his favourite city on tour.
Says his tennis idol is Alexander Zverev, whom he often practises with.
Favourite book is Open by Andre Agassi.
Also enjoys basketball. Favourite team is Los Angeles Lakers and player is Michael Jordan.
Favourite superhero is Naruto andmovie is Coco.
Watches French TV show Plus belle la vie.
Favourite actress is Margot Robbie and band is The Black Eyed Peas.
Enjoys eating pizza. Guilty pleasure is speculoos cookies.
Likes cars and planes. Dream job is pilot.
Favourite school subject was math.
Says his best quality is benevolence and worst quality is impatience.

(UPDATED 9SEPTEMBER 2019)

Achieved career-high No. 211 on 9 September 2019after qualifying at US Open. Earned 1st ATP ranking point at age 17 on 21 March 2016.
Made tour-level debut at 2018 Roland Garros as WC and earned 1st tour-level win at 2019 Roland Garros as Q (d. Norrie). Also qualified at 2019 US Open. Yet to play in main draw of an ATP Tour event.
Owns 29-36 ATP Challenger Tour record. Still seeking 1st Challenger final.
Played primarily on ITF Futures Circuit as recently as March 2018. Posted 53-27 Futures record overall (3-2 in finals).
Peaked at No. 33 in junior rankings on 9 May 2016. Went 60-46 on ITF Junior Circuit with wins over fellow #NextGenATP players Davidovich Fokina, Molleker andPopyrin.