Fiona Ferro (born 12 March 1997) is a French-Belgian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 39 in singles, attained on 8 March 2021, and No. 257 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. Ferro has won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 singles titles.
Personal life Ferro was born in Libramont, Belgium, to a Belgian mother, Catherine, and a French-Italian father, Fabrizio. Ferro's parents owned a restaurant in Belgium when she was born. The Ferros moved to southern France when Fiona was one year old. As of 2018, Fiona's parents were the owners of two hotels in Valbonne, France. Fiona has two older brothers, Gianni and Paolo, and one younger brother, Flavio. Fiona started playing tennis when she was seven in her hometown of Valbonne.
In 2022, Ferro pressed charges against former coach Pierre Bouteyre for alleged rape and sexual assault that took place when she was aged between 15 and 18 years old.
She is sponsored by Lacoste, Yonex and WellJob.
Career Junior
Ferro was the national girls' champion of France in the 12-13 year-old, 15-16 year-old and 17-18 year-old categories. She had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 27, attained on 3 June 2013.
2012–2016: WTA Tour debut Ferro made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in late January 2012 in Grenoble, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played (only in the singles events of) eight tournaments on the 2012 ITF Circuit.
She played (only in the singles events of) eleven tournaments on the 2013 ITF Circuit. Her 2013 year-end WTA singles ranking was 557, compared to world No. 1062 on 11 February 2013.
Ferro made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg; as a wildcard, she lost in the first qualifying round to Yuliya Beygelzimer.
She made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2014 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles main-draw, where she lost in the first round to 16th seed Sabine Lisicki.
In June 2016, Ferro ended her player-coach collaboration with Pierre Bouteyre. He had been her coach since 2010.
Ferro then made her WTA 125 singles debut at the 2016 Open de Limoges, after receiving a wildcard for the main-draw, wherein she lost in the first round to the unseeded Ivana Jorović.
2017: Success in qualifying rounds At the end of February, Ferro played her year-first and just her third career WTA Tour singles main-draw match at the Mexican Open, after defeating two higher-ranked players (Samantha Crawford and Tatjana Maria) in qualifying matches, losing in the first round to fifth seed Christina McHale. In April, Ferro played her second and third Tour singles main-draw matches of 2017 in Bogotá and Istanbul, respectively, after winning two qualifying matches in each tournament; she lost in the first round to seeded players (to Johanna Larsson in Bogotá and Sorana Cîrstea in Istanbul) in both tournaments.
At the end of 2017, Ferro moved to Paris to train at the Centre National d'Entraînement (CNE) to take advantage of the facilities there. Her tennis coach was Stéphane Huet, and she also had a fitness coach and a mental coach that she shared with other players training at the CNE.
2018: First ITF title, Top 100 On 11 February, Ferro won her first ITF singles title in Grenoble. She had to win three qualifying matches to reach the singles main-draw of a WTA Tour event for the first time in 2018, at the International tournament in Rabat, losing in the first round to another qualifier, Paula Badosa Gibert. Ferro also played in Strasbourg, where she had entered the singles main draw as a wildcard, losing in the first round to the sixth seed Tímea Babos.
Ferro received a singles main-draw wildcard for the French Open, just like she did in 2014, 2015 and 2017. She won the first Grand Slam singles main-draw match of her career and also picked up her first career win over a player ranked in the top-100 at the French Open when she defeated world No. 61, Carina Witthöft, in the first round. She lost to third seed Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round.
On 22 October 2018, Ferro attained a career-high of world No. 100 in the WTA singles rankings and became the 43rd Frenchwoman to break inside the top 100 of those rankings.
2019: First WTA Tour title
In early February, Ferro was selected for the first time in the France Fed Cup team, for the Fed Cup World Group quarterfinal against Belgium. She played only the doubles match (partnering Pauline Parmentier), which was a dead rubber, of that tie, which France won 3–1. She and Parmentier lost their match against Ysaline Bonaventure and Kirsten Flipkens in three sets.
In July, Ferro won her first Tour singles title in Lausanne, beating defending champion Alizé Cornet in the final.
On 18 December 2019, Ferro announced on her Instagram account that Emmanuel Planque would henceforth be her new coach. Her two-year player-coach collaboration with Stéphane Huet had ended at the end of October 2019.
2020: French Open fourth round, Top 50 On 9 August, Ferro won her second WTA Tour title, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open. This was the first tournament since the tour had shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ferro reached the fourth round of the French Open, her best showing at a Grand Slam tournament in her career thus far, where she was defeated by fourth seed and eventual runner-up, Sofia Kenin.
Ferro finished the year in the top 50, at No. 42, for the first time in her career.Fiona Ferro Rankings
2021–2022: Major third round, career-high ranking, Olympics
Ferro reached the third round of the 2021 Australian Open, her best showing at this Grand Slam event in her career so far, defeating 17th seed Elena Rybakina before falling to 15th seed Iga Świątek. She reached a career-high of No. 39 on 8 March 2021.
After that, her season was plagued by injuries, including one in April that forced her to retire from her quarterfinal in Istanbul, and then one injury (foot) before Roland Garros. She still managed to deliver, despite the loss, a great fight against 13th seed Jennifer Brady in the second round (losing 5–7 in the third set). After a winless grass-court season, Ferro came back on clay and reached the quarterfinals in Lausanne, beaten by compatriot Clara Burel. She was defeated in the second round of the Olympic Games in Tokyo by Sara Sorribes Tormo. Ferro came close to upsetting Iga Świątek in the second round of the 2021 US Open: she was up 6–3, 2–0, but lost 6–3, 6–7, 0–6.
Ferro then reached the semifinals of the ITF tournament of Santa Fe in California, where she retired in the third set against Elvina Kalieva (at 6–4, 4–6, 0–3). During her last two events of the year, she lost against the Canadian Françoise Abanda in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and then against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round in Upper Austria Ladies Linz, both times in three sets.
2023–2026: First WTA 125 title, back to top 200 Ranked No. 462, Ferro qualified for the main-draw of the 2023 French Open, having received a wildcard entry for the qualifying tournament. She lost in the first round to Rebecca Peterson.
She reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, losing to top seed Tatjana Maria in straight sets.
Ferro qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, making her fifth appearance in Melbourne, but went out in the first round to McCartney Kessler.
She won her first WTA 125 title at the 2026 Oeiras CETO Open, defeating Polina Kudermetova in the final. As a result she returned to the top 200 in the singles rankings on 4 May 2026. In July 2026, Ferro was runner-up at the WTA 125 Palermo Ladies Open, losing to top seed and defending champion Francesca Jones in the final which was decided in a third set tiebreak.
Seeded fourth, Ferro won her second WTA 125 title at the Montreux Open in September 2026, defeating Noma Noha Akugue in the final.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2023 China Open. Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1 A A A 1R2R3R1RA1R0 / 53–5 French Open1R 1RQ3 1R2R1R4R2R1R1R1R0 / 105–10 WimbledonAA A A A 1RNH1RQ3AQ10 / 20–2 US OpenQ1A A A Q23RA2RQ11RA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–10–10–00–11–12–44–24–40–20–20–20 / 2011–20National representationSummer OlympicsNHANH2RNH0 / 11–1Billie Jean King CupAAAAAWRRA1 / 20–1WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAA AAAAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAA AQ1 NH1RAA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAAQ1NH1RAA0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAAAAAANHAQ1A0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAANH2RAA0 / 11–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0Guadalajara OpenNHAA0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenAAAAAQ1NH0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–30–00–00 / 31–3Career statistics20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Win %Tournaments110481851944Career total: 64Titles0000011000Career total:2Finals0000011000Career total: 2Overall win–loss0–10–10–00–45–816–1711–414–201–40–41 / 6447–63Win %Career total: Year-end ranking3672612353251026342103417161$2,265,274
Doubles Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023Win %Australian OpenA A A A1R1RAA0 / 20–2French Open1R1R1R3RAAA1R0 / 52–5WimbledonA A A ANHAA0 / 00–0US OpenA A A1RA2RA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–10–10–12–20–11–20–00–10 / 93–9
WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 International / WTA 250 (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland International Clay Alizé Cornet 6–1, 2–6, 6–1Win 2–0 Aug 2020 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–5
WTA Challenger finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Barranquilla Open, Colombia Hard Tatjana Maria 1–6, 2–6Win1–1Oeiras CETO Open, PortugalClay Polina Kudermetova6–3, 0–6, 6–1Loss 1–2 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Francesca Jones 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)Win2–2Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandClay Noma Noha Akugue6–1, 6–2
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments (1–0)$60/75,000 tournaments (1–3)$40/50,000 tournaments (1–0)$25,000 tournaments (3–4)$15,000 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (5–7) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 Jul 2014ITF Denain, France25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu 6–4, 2–6, 1–6 Loss 0–2 Jul 2015ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany25,000 Clay Tena Lukas 5–7, 4–6 Loss 0–3 Jul 2016ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000 Clay Tamara Korpatsch 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–4 Nov 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000 Clay Varvara Gracheva 4–6, 6–7(1) Win 1–4 Feb 2018Open de l'Isère, France25,000 Hard (i) Eléonora Molinaro 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(3) Loss 1–5 Feb 2018ITF Curitiba, Brazil25,000 Clay Tamara Zidanšek 5–7, 4–6 Win 2–5 Jun 2018ITF Padua, Italy25,000 Clay Liudmila Samsonova 7–5, 6–3 Win 3–5 Jun 2018Open de Montpellier, France25,000 Clay Catalina Pella 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–5 Jul 2018ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic80,000+H Clay Karolína Muchová 6–4, 6–4 Win 5–5 Feb 2023ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000 Hard Cristiana Ferrando 6–4, 6–3 Loss 5–6 Apr 2023Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland60,000 Clay Mirra Andreeva 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 Win 6–6 Jun 2023Open de Biarritz, France60,000 Clay İpek Öz 7–5, 6–3 Loss 6–7 Jan 2026 ITF Manama, BahrainW75 Hard Alina Korneeva 4–6, 0–6 Loss 6–8 Jul 2026Ladies Open Hechingen, GermanyW75 Clay Barbora Palicová 7–5, 5–7, 4–6 Win 7–8 Aug 2026ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, FranceW50 Clay Clara Burel 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Doubles: 1 (title) Legend$80,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2023ITF Le Neubourg, France80,000 Hard Alina Korneeva Maryna Kolb Nadiia Kolb 7–6(7), 7–5
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