Ksénia Chasteau

Ksénia Chasteau
ResidenceMarseille, France
Born (2006-03-12) 12 March 2006
Irkutsk, Russia
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 8 (6 July 2026)
Current rankingNo. 8 (6 July 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2026)
French OpenF (2026)
WimbledonQF (2025)
US OpenQF (2025)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games2R (2024)
Doubles
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 17 (4 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 19 (20 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2026)
French OpenQF (2025, 2026)
WimbledonF (2025)
US OpenQF (2025)
Other doubles tournaments
Paralympic Games1R (2024)

Ksénia Chasteau (born 12 March 2006 in Irkutsk) is a Russian-born French wheelchair tennis player. A former junior world No. 1, she was the 2023 US Open and 2024 French Open wheelchair junior singles and doubles champion with Maylee Phelps. She has also competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]

Life-changing accident

In January 2021, Chasteau and her father were involved in a motorbike accident. Both of them had lost their left legs.[3]

Tennis career

Before her accident, Chasteau was a promising tennis player who had started the sport aged four years old in Marseille. She started wheelchair tennis in September 2021 after rehabilitation, she rocketed up the rankings and went on to reach junior world number one in 2023.[4][5] In 2023 she won the US Open junior singles title. In 2024 she won the French Open junior singles title.

References

  1. ↑ "Ksenia Chasteau - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 26 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ksenia Chasteau - France Paralympique (in French)". France Paralympique. 26 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "The face of wheelchair tennis is called Ksenia (in French)". La Marseillaise. 22 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "From Motorcycle Accident to Paras in Just Three Years: Chasteau's Rise". International Tennis Federation. 28 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "When I close my eyes, I see myself winning at Roland-Garros (in French)". www.fft.fr. 20 December 2022.