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Loïs Boisson

{{Short description|French tennis player (born 2003)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Loïs Boisson

| image = Boisson BIA21 (39) (51377575387).jpg

| alt = Headshot of Loïs Boisson preparing to hit a tennisball. She is a young, white woman with dark hair in a bun wearing a black jersey and pink shorts.

| caption = Boisson at the 2021 Engie Open de Biarritz

| country = {{FRA}}

| residence =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|05|16}}

| birth_place = Dijon, France

| height =

{{height|m=1.75}}

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = US $904,562

| singlesrecord = {{Tennis record|won=137|lost=80}}

| singlestitles = 0
1 WTA 125

| highestsinglesranking = No. 65 (9 June 2025)

| currentsinglesranking = No. 67 (16 June 2025)

| FrenchOpenresult = SF (2025)

| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2025)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=2|lost=12}}

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 1044 (17 April 2023)

| currentdoublesranking = No. 1476 (16 June 2025)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2025)

| updated = 16 June 2025

}}

Loïs Boisson ({{IPA|fr|lɔis bwasɔ̃}}; born 16{{nbsp}}May 2003) is a French professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025. Her best result is reaching the semifinals of a Grand Slam event at the 2025 French Open, on her main-draw debut, becoming the first wildcard player in the Open Era to accomplish the feat.{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6399254/2025/06/04/tennis-french-open-night-sessions-women-lois-boisson/|title= Lois Boisson and the fairytale French Open run that deserves Roland Garros' biggest stage |work=The New York Times|date=4 June 2025}} She is the current French No. 1 singles player.

Career

=2021: WTA Tour debut=

Boisson made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 WTA Lyon Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles main draw, partnering Juline Fayard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazettextra.com/sports/national/wta-lyon-results/article_3b319b92-674d-518c-8c9f-c49b71baef74.html|title=WTA Lyon Results|website=www.gazettextra.com}}

=2024: First WTA 125 title, top 200=

Following three titles on the ITF Circuit earlier in the year, Boisson won her first WTA 125 title in Saint-Malo, defeating Chloé Paquet in three sets in the final. She entered the top 200 as a result.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3998025/siniakova-boisson-win-marathon-finals-to-capture-wta-125-clay-court-titles|title= Siniakova, Boisson win marathon finals to capture WTA 125 clay-court titles |accessdate=13 June 2024|date=5 May 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Lois-boisson-remporte-le-wta-125-de-saint-malo/1465581 | title=Tennis : Loïs Boisson remporte le WTA 125 de Saint-Malo|language=fr }}

She was slated to receive a wildcard for her major main draw debut at the 2024 French Open, but missed the event after she injured her left knee, tearing her ACL a week before Roland Garros, at the 2024 Trophée Clarins.{{cite web | url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Lois-boisson-va-etre-operee-au-genou-gauche-et-sera-absente-plusieurs-mois/1468206 | title=Tennis : Lois Boisson va être opérée au genou gauche et sera absente plusieurs mois|language=fr }}{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-features/who-is-lois-boisson-french-open-star-wta-rankings-roland-garros-run|title= Who is Lois Boisson? French Open star +191 in WTA Rankings after epic Roland Garros run|date=31 May 2025}}

=2025: Major debut and semifinal, top 75 and French No. 1=

Ranked No. 361, on her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2025 French Open, Boisson reached a semifinal for the first time, recording her first major wins, as a wildcard, defeating 24th seed Elise Mertens, Anhelina Kalinina, fellow wildcard Elsa Jacquemot, world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, and world No. 6 seed and former semifinalist, Mirra Andreeva.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4275811/boisson-and-jacquemot-provide-ray-of-light-for-french-tennis-at-roland-garros|title= Boisson and Jacquemot provide ray of light for French tennis at Roland Garros|date=30 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250531-pegula-battles-into-french-open-tie-with-last-home-hope-boisson|title= Pegula battles into French Open tie with last home hope Boisson|date=31 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6394442/2025/05/31/tennis-lois-boisson-french-open-results-harriet-dart/|title=Lois Boisson reaches French Open second week after Roland Garros nightmare last year|work=The New York Times|date=31 May 2025}}{{cite web|date=31 May 2025 |title=Lois Boisson was supposed to play her first Roland-Garros main draw last year, but tore her ACL just a week before the big event.|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUd3_AodXy/}} Boisson was the first woman to make the quarterfinals in her major main-draw debut since Carla Suárez Navarro made the last eight in 2008 as a qualifier.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4277092/homeland-hero-french-wild-card-boisson-stuns-pegula-at-roland-garros|title= Homeland hero: French wild card Boisson stuns Pegula at Roland Garros| date=2 June 2025}} Boisson became the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist and semifinalist at Roland Garros in the last 40 years, and the lowest quarterfinalist at any Grand Slam event since 2017 (No. 418 Kanepi at the US Open).{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/boisson-smells-success-french-hope-reaches-paris-last-eight-2025-06-02/ |title= Boisson smells success as French hope reaches Paris last eight |date=2 June 2025|publisher=Reuters}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/jessica-pegula-lois-boisson-roland-garros-french-open-upset|title= Jessica Pegula, world No. 3, loses to 361st-ranked Lois Boisson in giant Roland Garros upset|date=2 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6397380/2025/06/02/tennis-french-open-lois-boisson-quarterfinals-record-results/|title= Lois Boisson's stunning French Open run, one year after Roland Garros heartache |work=The New York Times|date=2 June 2025}} She became the first woman in 35 years to reach the semifinals at their first major since Jennifer Capriati in 1990, and the first Frenchwoman since Marion Bartoli in 2011, into the Roland Garros semifinals.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6402550/2025/06/04/tennis-lois-boisson-french-open-mirra-andreeva-result-analysis/ |title= Lois Boisson reaches French Open semifinals with stunning win over Mirra Andreeva |work=The New York Times|date=4 June 2025}} Her run was ended by eventual champion and second seed Coco Gauff. As a result, she reached world No. 65, moving nearly 300 positions up and entering the top 100 in the singles rankings with the biggest leap of the 21st century. {{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4281619/rankings-watch-boisson-makes-biggest-leap-into-top-100-of-21st-century|title= Rankings Watch: Boisson enters Top 100 with biggest leap of the century|date=9 June 2025}} She became the French No. 1 player on 9 June 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/sport/roland-garros-lois-boisson-profile-intl-spt |title=France's Lois Boisson entered Roland Garros as the world's No. 361 player. She's become the host nation's Cinderella story|date=4 June 2025|publisher=CNN Sport}}{{cite web|url= https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4278246/boissons-magical-roland-garros-run-continues |title=Semifinal bound: Boisson's magical Roland Garros continues with Andreeva upset |date=4 June 2025|website=WTATennis}}

Boisson requested a wildcard into the main-draw of Wimbledon, but was turned down.{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20250619-french-star-boisson-set-for-wimbledon-qualifiers-after-missing-wildcard|title=French star Boisson set for Wimbledon qualifiers after missing wildcard|publisher=Radio France Internationale|date=19 June 2025|access-date=25 June 2025}} with tournament organisers stating "wildcards are usually offered on the basis of past performance at Wimbledon or to increase British interest".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cn0z33zprp8o|title=British veteran Evans given Wimbledon wildcard|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=27 June 2025}} Instead, using her protected ranking she entered qualifying as the top seed but was defeated in the first round by Canadian Carson Branstine in straight sets.{{cite web|url=https://www.thealbertan.com/tennis/branstine-upsets-boisson-in-wimbledon-qualifying-will-face-andreescu-next-10855689|title=Branstine upsets Boisson in Wimbledon qualifying, will face Andreescu next|publisher=The Albertan|accessdate=26 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cp3ljx2vw5wo|title=French star Boisson has Wimbledon hopes ended|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=26 June 2025}}

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes}}

=Singles=

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!Tournament

!2021

!2022

!2023

!2024

!2025

!SR!!W–L!!Win%

colspan="9" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|style=background:#f0f8ff|Q2

|style=background:#f0f8ff|Q1

|style=background:#f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|0 / 1

!5–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=background:#f0f8ff|Q1

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold

|align=left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|5–1

!0 / 1

!5–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=1|integer=yes}}

colspan=9 align="left" |WTA 1000
align="left" |Qatar Open{{efn|name="DubaiDoha"|The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.}}

|style="color:#767676" |NTI

|A

|style="color:#767676" |NTI

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Dubai{{efn|name="DubaiDoha"}}

|A

|style="color:#767676" |NTI

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Miami Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Madrid Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Italian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Canadian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Cincinnati Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Guadalajara Open

| style="color:#767676" |NH

| A

| A

| colspan="2" style="color:#767676" | NTI

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |China Open

| colspan="2" style="color:#767676" |NH

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align="left" |Wuhan Open

| colspan="3" style="color:#767676" |NH

|A

|

|0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

colspan=9 align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor="efefef"

| align="left" |Tournaments

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

| colspan="2" |Total: 1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold

|align=left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|5–1

!0 / 1

!5–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=1|integer=yes}}

WTA Challenger finals

=Singles: 1 (title)=

class="wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style=background:#98fb98;|Win

|1–0

|2024 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Singles

|style="background:silver;"|Open de Saint-Malo, France

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Chloé Paquet

|4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

=Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%

!Legend

style="background:#addfad;"

|W75 tournaments (2–0)

style="background:lightblue;"

|W25/35 tournaments (2–2)

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|W15 tournaments (2–0)

|

class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%

!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–2)

|}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Result

!class=unsortable|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class=unsortable|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| Sep 2022

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Dijon, France

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Vivian Wolff

| 7–5, 3–6, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–0

| Mar 2023

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Le Havre, France

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15

| Clay (i)

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Diana Martynov

| 6–0, 4–6, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2–1

| Oct 2023

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Seville, Spain

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Dominika Šalková

| 4–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–1

| Mar 2024

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Alaminos, Cyprus

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Despina Papamichail

| 6–2, 6–0

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–1

| Mar 2024

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Terrassa, Spain

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Hanne Vandewinkel

| 6–0, 7–6(8)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–1

| Mar 2024

| style="background:#addfad;"|Bellinzona Ladies Open,
Switzerland

| style="background:#addfad;"|W75

| Clay

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Anna Bondár

| 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5–2

| Mar 2025

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Terrassa, Spain

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Lilli Tagger

| 6–7(4), 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6–2

| May 2025

| style="background:#addfad;"|Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie,
France

| style="background:#addfad;"|W75

| Clay

| {{flagicon

} Tatiana Prozorova

| 7–6(4), 6–0

|}

Wins against top 10 players

  • Boisson has a 2–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

class="wikitable"
Season

!2025

!Total

align=center

|Wins

22

class="sortable wikitable"
class="unsortable"|#

!Opponent

!{{Abbr|Rk|Opponent Rank}}

!Event

!Surface

!class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Rd|Round}}

!class="unsortable"|Score

!{{abbr|LBR|Loïs Boisson Rank}}

colspan="9" style="text-align:center" |2025
1.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Pegula

|bgcolor="99ccff"|3

|style=background:#f3e6d7|French Open

|style=background:#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor="afeeee"|4R

|3–6, 6–4, 6–4

|361

2.

|{{flagicon

} Mirra Andreeva

| style="background:#eee8aa;"|6

|style=background:#f3e6d7|French Open

|style=background:#ebc2af|Clay

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|7–6(8–6), 6–3

|361

|}

:*{{as of|2025|06|04}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{WTA|328884}}
  • {{ITF|lois-boisson/800439274/fra}}

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