Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Tuesday December 16, 2025 at 11:37 p.m.
The organizers of the ATP tournament in Montpellier have announced the presence of Arthur Fils during the next edition, which will take place at the beginning of February. Which means that the French player will not play the first round of the Davis Cup.
Absent from the ATP circuit since the beginning of August due to a stress fracture in his back that appeared during Roland-Garros, Arthur Fils will make his return from the week of January 5 during the ATP 250 in Hong Kong, where he reached the quarter-finals last January. The Ile-de-France resident, who has fallen to 40th in the world at the end of the season after being 14th last April, hopes to garner as many victories and therefore points as possible to make up for lost time in 2025. The 21-year-old will then play the Australian Open, where he had to give up in the third round against Ugo Humbert last January, then to start the month of February, it is in Montpellier that we will find him.
Son, three years later…
The organizers of the Open Occitanie, classified in the ATP 250 category, have indeed announced the presence of Arthur Fils during the next edition. “I’m very happy to go play in Montpellier, they’re good memories. It’s where I started the circuit, quite simply. There’s a fiery atmosphere, a crazy crowd. It’s a very nice tournament and I hope to see you there,” says Fils in a video. It was in fact in Hérault, in February 2023, that he played his second tournament on the ATP circuit. (the first being the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters, where he exited qualifying before losing in the first round) and reached the semi-finals before losing to Jannik Sinner.
Sans Fils against Slovakia
If he plays the Open Occitanie the week of February 2, this means that Paul-Henri Mathieu will not be able to count on him for the first round of the Davis Cup. France will indeed be opposed to Slovakia at Portel (Pas-de-Calais) on February 7 and 8. There is no doubt that the former French number 1 raised this subject with his captain. A priori, the Blues will not need to be at full strength to beat the Slovaks, whose best player, Lukas Klein, is 142nd in the world. Let’s hope for Arthur Fils that he will be present for the second round in mid-September, a date which does not overlap with an ATP tournament. This would mean that France has passed the first round and that the player has returned to his best level.
