2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Gabriel Debru
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Hometown:
- Grenoble, France
| Singles | Doubles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Overall | Dual Record | Big Ten | Overall | Dual Record | Big Ten |
| 2025-26 | 15-6 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 13-11 | 12-10 | 4-4 |
| Total | 15-6 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 13-11 | 12-10 | 4-4 |
Career-High Rankings
Singles: No. 18 (April 30, 2026)
Doubles: No. 2 (Aug. 26, 2025; with Kenta Miyoshi)
Prior to Illinois
- Entered July 2025 with career-high ATP rankings of No. 233 in singles and No. 273 in doubles
- Has secured two singles titles in ATP Challenger Tour events, including victories in Troyes, France, in July 2024 and Como, Italy, in August 2024
- Has claimed three singles titles on the ITF tour: M15 Gubbio (Italy) in July 2023, M25 Uriage (France) in July 2024, and M25 Heraklion (Greece) in November 2024
- Has posted one ATP Challenger title and two ITF titles in doubles play during his career
- Earned wild-card entries into singles qualifying at Roland-Garros in 2022, 2023, and 2024
- Won the singles title at the 2022 Roland-Garros Junior Championships
- Finished as a runner-up in the junior doubles bracket at Wimbledon in 2022
- Career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 1
- Has tallied five ITF junior singles and one doubles title
Personal
- Born Dec. 21, 2005
- Parents are Thomas and Celine Debru
- Has two siblings: Mathis and Zoe
- Older brother, Mathis, competed for the Illinois men’s tennis team from 2022-25
- Chose Illinois because “I love the way the coaches train the players and the mentality the team has. After my brother spent three years there, I believe it's going to help me grow a lot — both as a person and as a player. I am really looking forward to becoming part of the Illinois men's tennis program.”
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 1
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 2
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 3
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 4
Saturday, May 02
