Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | Bio | ATP Tour

Parents are Guylain Mpetshi and Sylvie Perricard. Siblings are Ariane Mpetshi Perricard and Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard.
Father played football and sister Ariane played basketball. Says his mother, Sylvie, is his hero.
His earliest memories are from being on a tennis court.
Left home aged 12 to train in Poitiers under the French Tennis Federation.
Credits three coaches who have helped him improve the most: Cyril Genevois, Jean Baptiste Dupuy and Emmanuel Planque.
Favorite player is Rafael Nadal, tournament is Roland Garros and city on Tour is Rio de Janeiro.
Likes all surfaces and favourite shot is his forehand.
Favorite sports outside of tennis are football, Formula 1 and basketball. Is a fan of Al Nassr, Olympique Lyonnais, Mercedes F1 and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Enjoys superheroes including Superman, Captain America, Winter Soldier, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
If he was not a tennis player, he would like to be a theme park tester or a Formula 1 driver.
Athletes he favours include Ronaldo, Lewis Hamilton and LeBron James.
Favourite movies are Transformers, Avengers Endgame and Inception. TV show is Marrakech du Rire. Actores are Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Bertnal, Denzel Washington, Kevin Hart and Jason Statham.
Favourite musicians are Ninho and Gims. Book is Le Petit Prince.
Enjoys playing video games and eating pasta with pesto. Guilty pleasure is eating a burger while watching Netflix.

(UPDATED 25 MAY 2024)

Broke into Top 500 in July 2022, Top 200 in October 2023 and Top 100 in May 2024 after saving a championship point to capture his 1st ATP Tour title in his hometown of Lyon as No. 117-ranked WC.
En route to Lyon title, earned first Top 30 wins of career, defeating No. 19 Bublik in SF and No. 29 Etcheverry in final.
Earned 1st ATP Tour win over Carballes Baena in 1R and defeated former-Top 10 player Goffin in 2R to reach his 1st ATP Tour QF at 2023 Antwerp.
Made tour-level debut at 2023 Roland Garros as WC, losing to Olivieri in 1R in five sets.
Owns 50-33 Challenger record (4-0 in finals), winning titles at 2023 Leon, 2024 Nottingham, 2024 Cuernavaca, and 2024 Acapulco.
Peaked at No. 4 in junior rankings during 2021 season, after advancing to 2021 Roland Garros boys’ singles SF (l. to Fils) and winning the boys’ doubles title w/Fils.