Nine years later, he will return to the Roland-Garros tournament. The Frenchman Jules Marie, 213th player in the world but who built his notoriety on YouTube and social networks, obtained his ticket to participate in the qualifications for the Paris fortnight on clay, which begins on Monday May 20. His third participation, after having already tried in vain to join the main draw in 2013 and 2015. The Normand then took a break, giving tennis lessons and lining up only on the French circuit before diving back in December 2021.
“We did it, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the Roland-Garros 2024 qualifiers,” the 32-year-old wrote on his Instagram account this Tuesday. Two years and three months after my return to the ATP and starting from scratch, I showed you the struggles, the failures, the victories, the Australian Open 2024, a best ranking (best ranking) at 203 in the world, and now it’s time to show you one of the four biggest tournaments in the world: Roland Garros… 9 years after my last participation… so happy! »
Jules Marie, whose daily tennis life is followed by nearly 120,000 people on YouTube, will play his second Grand Slam qualifiers in Paris since his return to the main circuit. In January, he lined up at the Australian Open, where he took out his compatriot Benoît Paire in the first round before being eliminated by the Canadian Alexander Ritschard.
Wild cards not yet revealed
Benoît Paire is also among the tricolors guaranteed to compete in the Roland-Garros qualifiers, as are Alexandre Muller, Grégoire Barrere, Richard Gasquet, Giovanni Meptshi-Perricard, Harold Mayot, Terence Atmane, Pierre-Hughes Herbert, Titouan Droguet, Ugo Blanchet, Hugo Grenier, Benjamin Bonzi, Matteo Martineau, Quentin Halys, Calvin Hemery, Enzo Couacaud, Kyrian Jacquet, Clément Tabur, Geoffrey Blancaneaux. Among women, Léolia Jeanjean, Chloé Paquet and Fiona Ferro are in the same situation.
This snapshot does not take into account the wild cards that the French Tennis Federation will distribute. Eight are distributed in total for each gender, including two reserved for the Australian and American federation, and two for “merit” linked one to performances in tournaments played on French soil, the other to the world ranking.
This is the big day !
So we know the entire entry list for Roland Garros 🇫🇷!
As a reminder, there are 10 of them included in the direct table:
Ugo Humbert 🇫🇷
Arthur Son 🇫🇷
Adrian Mannarino 🇫🇷
Gael Monfils 🇫🇷
Corentin Moutet 🇫🇷
Luca Van Assche 🇫🇷
Arthur… pic.twitter.com/UKf2HPZq8O— Romain 🎾🇫🇷 (@RomainNextGen) April 30, 2024
Alizé Cornet, who announced her retirement after this 2024 edition of the clay court tournament, is already assured of inheriting one of the invitations based on sporting performances. Richard Gasquet, who played the 1000th match of his career on the ATP circuit last week in Madrid, should also benefit from one.
