Laurent Lokoli

Laurent Lokoli

Lokoli at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 30) Bastia, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Walter Grunfeld Tennis Academy (WGTA)
Prize money	US$ 544,609
Singles
Career record	0–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 167 (27 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 186 (16 July 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015, 2023)
French Open	1R (2014, 2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 371 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 833 (16 July 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 16 July 2023.

Laurent Lokoli (born 18 October 1994) is a French professional tennis player. Lokoli plays primarily ATP Challenger and ITF events. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 167 achieved on 27 February 2023.

Career

Lokoli received a wildcard for the 2014 French Open men's singles qualifying draw. He won three qualifying matches and hence advanced to the main draw 1st round, where he lost to Steve Johnson.

He was given a wildcard for the 2017 French Open where he lost in the first round to Martin Kližan. He made minor news by twice refusing to shake hands with Klizan after the match. ^{[1] [2]}

He reached the top 200 at No. 199 on 3 October 2022. He made his first Challenger final at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia losing to Raúl Brancaccio. ^[3] As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 176 inside the top 200 on 9 January 2023. Next he qualified into the 2023 Australian Open main draw after 8 years of absence. ^[4]

In July 2023, Lokoli made his Wimbledon debut as a qualifier, losing to fourth seed Casper Ruud in the first round.

Personal life

He is the son of former French footballer Dominique Lokoli. Through his father, he is of Congolese descent. ^[5]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 28 (16 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (16–11)

Titles by surface Hard (8–6) Clay (8–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	Finland F1, Vierumäki	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	4-6, 3–6
Win	1-1	Aug 2013	Austria F7, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Dennis Novak	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss	1-2	Sep 2014	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Enzo Couacaud	2-6, 3–6
Loss	1-3	Oct 2014	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard (i)	Rémi Boutillier	4-6, 4–6
Win	2-3	Nov 2014	Cyprus F2, Larnaca	Futures	Hard	Petros Chrysochos	6-4, 6–0
Win	3-3	Apr 2016	Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	6-3, 6–2
Win	4-3	Jun 2016	Bosnia Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo	Futures	Clay	Steven de Waard	6-3, 6–1
Loss	4-4	Jun 2016	France F11, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	3-6, 6-7(3–7)
Loss	4-5	Aug 2016	Switzerland F3, Collonge-Bellerive	Futures	Clay	Tobias Simon	3-6, 4–6
Loss	4-6	Aug 2016	Switzerland F4, Lausanne	Futures	Clay	Cristian Villagrán	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Win	5-6	Sep 2016	France F18, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Raymond Sarmiento	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	5-7	Feb 2017	Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden	Futures	Carpet (i)	Matteo Berrettini	2-6, 4–6
Win	6-7	Feb 2018	Tunisia F4, Djerba	Futures	Hard	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	6-2, 6–1
Loss	6-8	Feb 2019	M15, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	3-6, 1–6
Win	7-8	Apr 2019	M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Miljan Zekić	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win	8-8	Jul 2019	M25, Bakio, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hugo Grenier	6-3, 6–3
Win	9-8	Jul 2019	M25, Ajaccio, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Quentin Robert	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	9-9	Jan 2022	M25, Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Moez Echargui	4-6, 5–7
Win	10-9	Feb 2022	M15, Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexander Donski	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Win	11-9	Feb 2022	M25, Vale do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alejandro Moro Cañas	6-2, 6–1
Win	12-9	Apr 2022	M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Felix Gill	7-5, 6–3
Win	13-9	Apr 2022	M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Miljan Zekić	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	13-10	Jun 2022	M25, La Nucia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nick Hardt	0-6, 4–6
Win	14-10	Jun 2022	M25, Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Orlando Luz	6-2, 6–1
Loss	14–11	Jan 2023	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Raúl Brancaccio	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	15-11	Jun 2022	M25, Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Tadeas Paroulek	6-2, 7–5
Win	16-11	Jun 2022	M25, Bol, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Tiago Pereira	6-4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	16–12	Jul 2025	M25 Ajaccio, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Antoine Escoffier	6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)

References

1. Mark Molloy (30 May 2017). "Handshake row erupts at French Open between Martin Kližan and Laurent Lokoli". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "Laurent Lokoli reveals coach left him after 2017 French Open incident".
3. "Cerundolo Captures First Challenger Crown of 2023 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw".
5. "Football. Aviez-vous reconnu l'ancien joueur de l'ASNL Dominique Lokoli ?". www.estrepublicain.fr.

External links

• Laurent Lokoli at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Laurent Lokoli at the International Tennis Federation