The 21st century

Adrian Mannarino

France · born Soisy-sous-Montmorency, 1988 · left-handed · grass champion at 's-Hertogenbosch and Newport

Adrian Mannarino
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2

Grass-court ATP titles, of five in his career

6

Tour finals lost before his first title, at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2019

4R

Best Wimbledon result: 2013, 2017 and 2018

35

His age when he won Newport in 2023

17

Career-high ranking, January 2024

Playing career

Adrian Mannarino was born in 1988 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, north of Paris, and turned professional in 2004. A left-handed counterpuncher, he made his Grand Slam main-draw debut as a wildcard at Roland Garros in 2008 and spent much of the next decade moving between the ATP Tour and the Challenger circuit. He lost his first six tour finals, two of them on grass at Antalya, before he won at 's-Hertogenbosch in June 2019.

His best years came in his thirties. He won Winston-Salem in 2022 and three titles in 2023: Newport on grass, then Astana and Sofia. A fourth round at the 2024 Australian Open took him to a career-high No. 17 that January, and at 37 he reached the fourth round of the 2025 US Open. He made his Davis Cup debut for France in 2018, beating Robin Haase in five sets to clinch the tie against the Netherlands.

On grass

's-Hertogenbosch 2019Beat Thiemo de Bakker, Fernando Verdasco, David Goffin and Borna Ćorić, then Jordan Thompson 7-6, 6-3 in the final, his seventh ATP final and first title
Newport 2023Seeded second, beat the American teenager Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-4 in the final, a month after losing the Mallorca final on grass
Grass finals lostAntalya 2017: lost to Yūichi Sugita 6-1, 7-6. Antalya 2018: lost to Damir Džumhur 6-1, 1-6, 6-1. Mallorca 2023: lost to Christopher Eubanks 6-1, 6-4
WimbledonFourth round in 2013 (lost to Łukasz Kubot in five sets), 2017 (lost to Novak Djokovic) and 2018 (lost to Roger Federer). In 2021 he led Federer two sets to one in the first round, then slipped, hurt his knee and retired at two sets all
June 2023Beat world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev at 's-Hertogenbosch and third seed Taylor Fritz at Queen's in consecutive weeks

Every grass title: 2

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's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen)
2019 Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
Newport, Rhode Island
2023 Men's singles Hall of Fame Open

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

Anecdotes

The person behind the player.

's-Hertogenbosch, June 2019

Seventh time lucky

Mannarino had lost all six of his previous ATP finals when he beat Jordan Thompson 7-6, 6-3 in 's-Hertogenbosch. Asked how it felt, he said: "That feels pretty good." He told the ATP that as a junior his goal had been the Top 100, not titles, and that he did not think in terms of rankings or tournaments.

Source: ATP Tour

Equipment

The loosest strings on tour

He is known for stringing his racquets at the lowest tension of any leading player, around 24 pounds by one account and nearer 22 by another, far looser than most of his rivals.

Source: Tennis Majors

Wimbledon 2021

Two sets to one up on Federer

In the first round he led the eight-times champion Roger Federer by two sets to one. In the fourth set he slipped behind the baseline and hurt his knee, and retired at two sets all, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6, 6-2 to Federer. It was the last of their seven meetings, all won by Federer, three of them at Wimbledon.

Source: Tennis Majors

Newport, July 2023

Nine lean years, then a title

Newport had not been kind to him. "The past nine years I wasn't doing great here," he said after the final. At 35 he beat Alex Michelsen in straight sets, then turned to his opponent: "He's playing really well and he has such a bright future ahead of him."

Source: ATP Tour

Nickname

Manna

On tour he goes by Manna, the name he also used when he joined the UTS series in 2025, playing in Guadalajara and Hong Kong and qualifying for the London Grand Final.

Source: Tennis Majors

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Where they won on grass

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