Constant Lestienne (; born 23 May 1992) is a French inactive professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 on 6 February 2023 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 250 was achieved on 12 June 2023. He has won eight ATP Challenger singles titles. In addition, he has won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2015-2016: ATP Tour debut, maiden Challenger title Lestienne reached his first career ATP Tour singles main draw at the 2015 Estoril Open after winning two singles qualifying matches. He lost in the first round to Pablo Carreño Busta.

In May 2016, Lestienne won his first ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Ostrava.

2017-2021: Grand Slam debut in doubles He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Corentin Moutet. They defeated Dustin Brown and Lu Yen-hsun in the first round, but were defeated by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the second round.

He won his third Challenger at the 2021 JC Ferrero Challenger Open in Alicante, Spain and climbed 50 positions in the rankings to world No. 208 on 18 October 2021.

2022: Three Challengers, Top 75, first ATP semifinal On 1 August 2022, Lestienne entered the Top 100 at World No. 90, following two ATP Challenger Tour titles in Spain in July 2022 and two more finals in the same year. He won his third Challenger in Vancouver in August and reached the top 75 in the rankings on 22 August 2022.

In September 2022, Lestienne reached his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour at the San Diego Open defeating Brandon Holt and sixth seed Alejandro Tabilo. He entered the top 70 in the rankings on 26 September 2022 at world No. 68. Lestienne followed this by reaching his first semifinal at the 2022 Tel Aviv Open defeating seventh seed compatriot Adrian Mannarino, Emil Ruusuvuori and fourth seed Maxime Cressy in the quarterfinal, his first win against a player in the Top 50.

2023: Major & Masters singles debuts, first Major win & top 50 At 30 years old, he made his Grand Slam debut in singles at the 2023 Australian Open and won his first Major match defeating Thiago Monteiro. He reached the top 50 on 6 February 2023 at world No. 48.

In February, Lestienne reached his first ATP Tour doubles final at the Qatar Open, playing along Botic van de Zandschulp losing to Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the finals.

He made his Masters debut at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters but retired in the first round against Emil Ruusuvuori. He also made his debut at the Italian Open but also retired after one set in the first round against Laslo Djere. On his debut at the 2023 French Open he lost in the first round to 11th seed Karen Khachanov. Also on his debut at Wimbledon he lost in the first round to Liam Broady.

In August, Lestienne won the title in Stanford, defeating qualifier Emilio Nava in the final, his first Challenger title in a year. In September, Lestienne won another Challenger title in Saint-Tropez, defeating ninth seed Liam Broady in the final, returning in the top 100 on 25 September 2023 as a result. In October, Lestienne reached his 14th Challenger final in Alicante and defeated fellow countryman Hugo Grenier in the final for a second time at this tournament, winning his ninth Challenger.

Suspension for betting In September 2016, Lestienne was suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Federation for betting on tennis matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) in cooperation with French online gambling regulator ARJEL found that Lestienne had bet on 220 tennis matches from February 2012 to June 2015. None of these matches were his own. Half of the ban was suspended, and his fine would be cut in half if he assisted the TIU.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2025 Wimbledon

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Qatar Open, Qatar250 SeriesHard Botic van de Zandschulp Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden7–6(7–5), 4–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 28 (14–14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (9–5)ITF Futures Tour (5–9)Titles by surfaceHard (10–6)Clay (4–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1France F3, FeucherollesFuturesHard (i) David Guez0–6, 1–6Loss0-2Belgium F8, EupenFuturesClay Dimitar Grabul6–0, 1–6, 3–6Loss0-3Germany F16, Kenn, GermanyFuturesClay Yannick Maden4–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss0-4France F12, ToulonFuturesClay Enzo Couacaud4–6, 2–6Win1-4Belgium F9, OstendFuturesClay Alexandre Sidorenko6–4, 6–2Loss1-5France F7, Saint-RaphaëlFuturesHard (i) Yanais Laurent2–6, 2–6Win2-5Netherlands F6, RotterdamFuturesClay Alexey Vatutin6–0, 6–4Loss2-6France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'OrneFuturesClay (i) Yannik Reuter3–6, 2–6Win3-6France F2, BressuireFuturesHard (i) Hugo Nys6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4Win4-6Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2Loss4-7France F12, MontaubanFuturesClay Jordi Samper Montaña6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6), 2–6 Loss4-8San Benedetto del Tronto, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Gaio2–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss4-9France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'OrneFuturesClay (i) Maxime Hamou6–3, 4–6, 3–6 Win5-9Hungary F4, GyulaFuturesClay Facundo Mena7–5, 6–4Loss5-10France F14, Bourg-en-BresseFuturesClay Geoffrey Blancaneaux6–3, 2–6, 5–7 Winner6-10Czech Republic F12, PragueFuturesHard (i) Petr Michnev6–3, 6–3Loss6-11Cherbourg, France ChallengerHard (i) Maximilian Marterer4–6, 5–7Loss6-12Saint-Brieuc, France ChallengerHard (i) Ričardas Berankis2–6, 7–5, 4–6Win7-12Portorož, Slovenia ChallengerHard Andrea Arnaboldi6–2, 6–1Win8-12Alicante, Spain ChallengerHard Hugo Grenier6–4, 6–3Loss8-13Cherbourg, France ChallengerHard (i) Benjamin Bonzi6–4, 2–6, 6–4Win9-13Malaga, Spain ChallengerHard Emilio Gomez6–3, 5–7, 6–2Win10-13Pozoblanco, Spain ChallengerHard Grégoire Barrère6–0, 7–6 (7–3)Loss10-14Segovia, Spain ChallengerHard Hugo Grenier5–7, 3–6Win11-14Vancouver, Canada ChallengerHard Arthur Rinderknech 6–0, 4–6, 6–3Win12-14Stanford, United StatesChallengerHard Emilio Nava7–6(7–4), 6–2Win13-14Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Liam Broady4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win14–14Alicante, SpainChallengerHard Hugo Grenier 6–7(10–12), 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (3–3)

LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Men's Circuit (3–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWinner1.Toulon, FranceClay Yanais Laurent Federico Coria Dante Gennaro3–6, 6–3, [10–4]Winner2.Montauban, FranceClay Yanais Laurent Remy Chala Valentin Masse6–1, 6–3Runner-up3.Lille, FranceHard (i) Jonathan Eysseric Yannick Mertens Boy Westerhof4–6, 4–6Runner-up4.Poitiers, FranceHard (i) Grégoire Jacq Grégoire Burquier Alexandre Sidorenko4–6, 2–6Runner-up5.Montauban, FranceClay Yanais Laurent Tristan Lamasine Maxime Teixeira4–6, 4–6Winner6.Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, FranceClay (i) Alexis Musialek Grégoire Jacq Hugo Nys3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

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