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 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 3 November 2014.
Career Ranked No. 406, Lokoli received a wildcard for the 2014 French Open singles qualifying draw. At 19 years and 7 months, he won three qualifying matches and hence advanced to the main draw. 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. He reached the top 200 at No. 199 on 3 October 2022.
Lokoli made his first Challenger final at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia losing to Raúl Brancaccio. 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. 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.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 32 (19 titles, 13 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (19–12)Titles by surfaceHard (9–6)Clay (10–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Finland F1, VierumäkiFuturesClay Tak Khunn Wang4-6, 3–6Win1-1Austria F7, InnsbruckFuturesClay Dennis Novak7–6(7–1), 6–3Loss1-2France F17, Bagnères-de-BigorreFuturesHard Enzo Couacaud2-6, 3–6Loss1-3France F22, Saint-DizierFuturesHard (i) Rémi Boutillier4-6, 4–6Win2-3Cyprus F2, LarnacaFuturesHard Petros Chrysochos6-4, 6–0Win3-3Italy F7, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Tim van Rijthoven6-3, 6–2Win4-3Bosnia Herzegovina F4, SarajevoFuturesClay Steven de Waard6-3, 6–1Loss4-4France F11, ToulonFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab3-6, 6-7(3–7)Loss4-5Switzerland F3, Collonge-BelleriveFuturesClay Tobias Simon3-6, 4–6Loss4-6Switzerland F4, LausanneFuturesClay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6Win5-6France F18, MulhouseFuturesHard Raymond Sarmiento 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss5-7Switzerland F1, OberentfeldenFuturesCarpet (i) Matteo Berrettini2-6, 4–6Win6-7Tunisia F4, DjerbaFuturesHard Geoffrey Blancaneaux6-2, 6–1Loss6-8M15, Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Karim-Mohamed Maamoun3-6, 1–6Win7-8M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Miljan Zekić 5–7, 7–5, 6–2Win8-8M25, Bakio, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Hugo Grenier6-3, 6–3Win9-8M25, Ajaccio, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Quentin Robert 3–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss9-9M25, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Moez Echargui4-6, 5–7Win10-9M15, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Alexander Donski 6–0, 3–6, 7–5Win11-9M25, Vale do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Alejandro Moro Cañas6-2, 6–1Win12-9M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Felix Gill7-5, 6–3Win13-9M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Miljan Zekić 6–2, 5–7, 6–4Loss13-10M25, La Nucia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Nick Hardt0-6, 4–6Win14-10M25, Skopje, North MacedoniaWorld Tennis TourClay Orlando Luz6-2, 6–1Loss14–11Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Raúl Brancaccio6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win15-11M25, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Tadeas Paroulek6–2, 7–5Win16-11M25, Bol, CroatiaWorld Tennis TourClay Tiago Pereira6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss16–12M25 Ajaccio, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Antoine Escoffier6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)Win17–12M25 Ajaccio, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Dan Added3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win18–12M25 Lucciana, FranceWorld Tennis TourClay Yanis Ghazouani Durand6–3, 6–1Win19–12M25 Lesa, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Pierluigi Basile3–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss19–13M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Daniel Michalski6–7(5–7), 2–6
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