France's big server back inside the top 100 at 29
Right-handed with a two-handed backhand, pro since 2012 — the Frenchman who waited until 28 for his first top-10 win and career-high No. 46, and is now climbing again after a winter slide.
Career-High Rank
No. 46
30 JUN 2025
Current Rank
No. 90
30 MAR 2026
Age
29
B. 26 OCT 1996
Turned Pro
2012
BONDY, FRA
Birthplace
Bondy, France
Residence
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Height
191 cm (6'3")
Plays
Right-handed
Backhand
Two-handed
Best Slam
Roland Garros 3R (2025, 2026)
Halys is not the usual "rising" profile — he is a 29-year-old who turned pro back in 2012, ground out seven Challenger titles, and only cracked the top 100 in 2022 after a 43–10 season on the second tier. The real leap came in 2025: at 28 he beat world No. 9 Andrey Rublev in Dubai for his first top-10 win, reached his first ATP 500 semifinal in the same week, and rode the surge to a career-high No. 46 that June.
"Today is the greatest victory of my career." — After beating Andrey Rublev, Dubai 2025 (via tennistemple.com, translated)
A winter slide dropped him back outside the top 100 by early 2026, but the resurgence that earned his feature came at the Miami Open: wins over Liam Draxl, No. 16 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Kamil Majchrzak put him in the fourth round of a Masters 1000, where he lost two tiebreak sets to world No. 3 Alexander Zverev. The run lifted him 21 places, back to No. 90 — a comeback built on the same weapon as always: the serve.
"Beating a top 10, that's significant."
ON HIS FIRST TOP-10 WIN, DUBAI 2025 · TENNISACTU.NET (TRANSLATED)"I'm so happy, even though I'm not so smiley now."
POST-MATCH AFTER D. RUBLEV, DUBAI 2025 · TENNISTEMPLE.COM"At 5-5, I was 0-40 and almost broken. What a victory!"
ON CLOSING OUT THE RUBLEV MATCH, DUBAI 2025 · TENNISTEMPLE.COM