Mylène Halemai

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Mylène Halemai

|image = Halemai RG19 (10) (48199228352).jpg

|caption = Halemai at the 2019 French Open

|fullname =

|country = {{FRA}}

|residence = Fineveke, Wallis and Futuna, France

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|11}}

|birth_place = South Durras, New South Wales, Australia

|height = 1.77 m

|turnedpro =

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $19,202

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=36|lost=38}}

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = {{no wrap|No. 794 (31 December 2018)}}

|currentsinglesranking = No. 847 (31 August 2020)

|FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 2R (2019)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=32|lost=17}}

|doublestitles = 5 ITF

|highestdoublesranking = No. 503 (9 March 2020)

|currentdoublesranking = No. 508 (31 August 2020)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2019)

|updated = 2 September 2020

}}

Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is a French professional tennis player and beauty pageant titleholder.

Halemai has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 794, achieved on 31 December 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 503, reached on 9 March 2020.

Halemai has won five doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She made her main-draw debut on a Grand Slam event at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles competition partnering Julie Belgraver.

In 2020, she was crowned Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and represented the region at Miss France 2021.

Personal life and background

Halemai was born in South Durras, New South Wales, Australia to parents Jacob Sakopo Halemai and Michelle Campbell Taylor. Her father is from Wallis and Futuna, a French territorial collectivity in Polynesia, while her mother is an Australian of Aboriginal and Scottish descent. Halemai has four siblings: Thierry, Thelesïa, Khalia, and Aurelia, all of whom have played or play high level tennis.{{cite web|url=https://fft-rg-site.cdn.prismic.io/fft-rg-site%2Fdf9cf98e-be26-47fd-888e-7f5d25f2d71d_women_s_doubles_20190526124301.pdf|title=ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames}} Halemai resided in Australia until age seven, when the family relocated to Narbonne in France, and later to Paris.{{cite web |language=French |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/miss-france-2021-5-choses-a-savoir-sur-mylene-halemai-miss-wallis-et-futuna_56817b68-3d6f-11eb-ad29-8ccc884a83b9/ |title=Miss France 2021: 5 choses à savoir sur Mylène Halemai, Miss Wallis-et-Futuna |work=Le Figaro |first=Emmanuelle|last=Litaud |date=19 December 2020}}

In 2020, Halemai competed in Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and was crowned as the winner. She represented the region at Miss France 2021 in December 2020, becoming the first entrant from Wallis and Futuna since 2005, and only the sixth ever.{{cite web|url=https://www.tntv.pf/tntvnews/monde/mylene-halemai-elue-miss-wallis-et-futuna-2020/|title=Mylène Halemai élue Miss Wallis-et-Futuna 2020|language=French|date=26 September 2020|work=TNTV News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telestar.fr/actu-tv/miss-france/miss-france-2021-decouvrez-mylene-halemai-miss-wallis-et-futuna-544779|title=Miss France 2021 : découvrez Mylène Halemai, Miss Wallis-et-Futuna|date=12 October 2020|work=Télé Star|language=French}} Halemai had relocated to Wallis and Futuna to reside with her parents during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, and opted to register for the pageant at the last minute.

Grand Slam performance timelines

=Doubles=

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align=left\|Australian Open \|A \|A \|0 / 0 \|0–0 \|{{Tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=0\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|French Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \| \|0 / 1 \|0–1 \|{{Tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=1\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|Wimbledon \|A \| \|0 / 0 \|0–0 \|{{Tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=0\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|US Open \|A \| \|0 / 0 \|0–0 \|{{Tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=0\|integer=yes}}
style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;" \|align=left\|Win–loss \|0–1 \|0–0 \|0 / 1 \|0–1 \|{{Tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=1\|integer=yes}}

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Tournament

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align=left|Australian Open

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align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

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align=left|Wimbledon

|0 / 0

|0–0

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align=left|US Open

|0 / 0

|0–0

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ITF Circuit finals

=Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up)=

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| $15,000 tournaments (3–0)

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!Finals by surface

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Result !class="unsortable"\|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"\|Score
bgcolor=#98fb98\|Win \|1–0 \|{{dts\|Jul 2018}} \|style="background:#ccf;"\|ITF Dijon, France \|style="background:#ccf;"\|15,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Émeline Dartron \|{{flagicon\|ROU}} Karola Patricia Bejenaru {{flagicon\|GER}} Yana Morderger \|3–6, 7–6, [10–5]
bgcolor=#98fb98\|Win \|2–0 \|{{dts\|Jul 2019}} \|style="background:#ccf;"\|ITF Dijon (2) \|style="background:#ccf;"\|15,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Laia Petretic \|{{flagicon\|BEL}} Victoria Kalaitzis {{flagicon\|BEL}} Justine Pysson \|6–4, 6–4
style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss \|2–1 \|{{dts\|Jan 2020}} \|style="background:lightblue;"\|ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Guadeloupe) \|style="background:lightblue;"\|25,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Manon Léonard \|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Laura Pigossi {{flagicon\|NED}} Rosalie van der Hoek \|2–6, 1–6
bgcolor=#98fb98\|Win \|3–1 \|{{dts\|Feb 2020}} \|style="background:#ccf;"\|ITF Monastir, Tunisia \|style="background:#ccf;"\|15,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Manon Léonard \|{{flagicon\|ROU}} Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie {{flagicon\|RUS}} Anastasia Pribylova \|1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
bgcolor=#98fb98\|Win \|4–1 \|{{dts\|Feb 2020}} \|style="background:#ccf;"\|ITF Monastir \|style="background:#ccf;"\|15,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Julie Belgraver \|{{flagicon\|BUL}} Petia Arshinkova {{flagicon\|BUL}} Gergana Topalova \|2–6, 6–1, [10–4]
bgcolor=#98fb98\|Win \|5–1 \|{{dts\|Feb 2020}} \|style="background:#ccf;"\|ITF Monastir \|style="background:#ccf;"\|15,000 \|Hard \|{{flagicon\|ROU}} Andreea Prisăcariu \|{{flagicon\|BUL}} Petia Arshinkova {{flagicon\|BUL}} Gergana Topalova \|6–3, 6–4

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