Open Paratennis du Loiret – 5 to 9 November 24 – Presentation of the players

World TOP 10

Stéphane HOUDET, France, ranked 8th in the world ITF rankings, French No.1

No.2 seed in this tournament

Latest performances:

finalist at the Sardinia Open in September 2024 (ITF1)

Women’s finalist at the Swiss Open in July 2024 (ITF1)

quarter-finalist at the Championships Wheelchair Events in London in July 2024 (grand slam)

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, quarter-finalist in singles, quarter-finalist in doubles with Frédéric CATTANEO

Participated in the Tokyo Games in 2021 (singles quarter-final, doubles gold medal), the Rio Games in 2016 (singles semi-final, doubles gold medal) and the London Games in 2012 (singles silver medal finalist)

World No. 1 in 2012, No. 6 in 2020 and 2021, No. 9 in 2023

photo credit Grégory Picout