Arthur Rinderknech

Arthur Rinderknech is a French professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP Tour since 2018.

Arthur Rinderknech was born on July 23, 1995, in Gassin, France, to Pascal and Virginie Rinderknech. His father is the director of a tennis club in Paris, while his mother, Virginie, is a former WTA No. 208. After beginning to play the sport at the age of 6, Rinderknech played college tennis at Texas A&M University from 2015-2018.

After his college career, it took Rinderknech some time to have a breakthrough on the ATP Tour. He played almost exclusively on the ITF Futures Circuit in 2018 and 2019, winning four titles in Morocco, Serbia and two in Tunisia.

Rinderknech played his first match at Grand Slam or ATP Tour level at the 2020 French Open as a wildcard. He lost in the opening round to Aljaz Bedene. The rest of Rinderknech’s 2020 season was played on the ATP Challenger circuit, including claiming two titles in Rennes and Calgary.

The Frenchman had a breakthrough in 2021. He qualified for the main draw at three Grand Slams in the same season for the first time in his career. At the US Open, Rinderknech won his first Grand Slam main draw match by coming back from two sets down against Miomir Kecmanovic. He then lost to future world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the next round.

Other achievements in 2021 were reaching the quarterfinal of the Swedish Open as a qualifier and then making the first ATP Tour semifinal at the Kitzbuhel Open. Rinderknech finished the year as the world No. 58, 120 places higher than the end of 2021.

Another good year followed in 2022 for Rinderknech. The most notable moment was reaching his first ATP Tour final at the start of the year at the Adelaide International. His run included a triumph against Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinal. The Frenchman narrowly lost the final 7-6, 6-7, 3-6 to home favourite Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Rinderknech continued to perform consistently in 2022 after that, amassing 22 wins, which was more than in 2021. Those solid results saw him end the year ranked No. 44. 2023 was a more difficult year overall for Rinderknech, and he finished the year ranked No. 96.

However, he did reach his first Grand Slam third round at the US Open. Rinderknech achieved this with impressive victories against Diego Schwartzman and Gael Monfils.