Moïse Kouamé Height, Age, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Moïse Kouamé

• Moïse Kouamé was born and grew up in Sarcelles, France, a suburb of Paris. Kouamé is of Ivorian descent through his father and Cameroonian descent through his mother.

• His elder brother, Michael, also played college tennis.

• At the age of 5, Kouamé started taking tennis lessons, and joined a tennis academy at Poitiers.

• Later, at the age of 13, he left Poitiers and moved to Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

• He joined the Justine Henin Academy in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve.

• Moïse Kouamé also trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Biot and the Tennis Club du Perreux in Le Perreux-sur-Marne.
  

  A teenage picture of Moïse Kouamé

• In 2021, Kouamé won Championnats DE FRANCE titles in both simple and doubles events.
  

  Moïse Kouamé with his winning trophy

• In January 2023, Kouamé won the boys’ doubles title at the Petits As. He won the title with and Slovenian tennis player, Svit Suljić, where they defeated Czech pair Tomáš Krejčí and Jakub Kusý in the final.

• In January 2024, at J100-level junior event in Chandigarh, India, Moïse defeated Korean tennis player, Seo Hyeon-seok in the final.

• Later at the 2024 French Open, he reached the boys’ singles quarterfinals and made his first junior Grand Slam appearance just at the age of 15.

• In October 2024, Kouamé made his professional debut at the Open Saint-Brieuc as a wildcard; however, he lost to compatriot Jules Marie in the first round.

• Later in the same month, he received a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the Brest Challenger, where he defeated Kazakh tennis player, Denis Yevseyev in the first round. After the event, he also earned his first ATP ranking points.

• In December 2024, at the prestigious Orange Bowl, he was a runner-up, where he lost to Spanish tennis player, Andrés Santamarta Roig.

• In February 2025, he won his first professional main-draw match at an ITF Futures event in Egypt.

• In March 2025, he reached his first professional final at the M15 Sharm El Sheikh, a Futures-level event; however, he lost to Latvian-German tennis player, Robert Strombachs.

• On 17 March 2025, Kouamé reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 14, having a good result of 74–38 singles win-loss record on the ITF junior circuit.

• In April 2025, at the Madrid Open, he received a wildcard into the qualifying competition.

• In the same month at the French Open, he received a wildcard into the qualifying competition.

• In December 2025, at the M15 Monastir, Moïse won his first pro title in the doubles category with Italian tennis player Tommaso Pedretti.

• In January 2026, Moïse won his first singles title, at the M25 Hazebrouck and became the first player born in 2009 to win a professional tennis title. In the same month, he won his second singles title, at the M15 Bressuire.

• At the 2026 Open Occitanie in Montpellier, he became the youngest player since Rafael Nadal to qualify for an ATP Tour event and the sixth-youngest this century since 2000.

• In March 2026, Kouamé made his Masters 1000 debut at the Miami Open after receiving a wildcard for the main draw. At the event, he recorded his first ATP Tour win by defeating American tennis player, Zachary Svajda, in the first round and became the youngest player to win a Masters 1000 match since Rafael Nadal in 2003.

• He also became the first player born in 2009 or later to win an ATP Tour match.

• On 26 May 2026, at the 2026 French Open he received a wildcard. In the first round, he defeated former US Open Champion Marin Čilić and became the youngest man to reach a Grand Slam second round since Bernard Tomic in 2009.

• On 28 May 2026, in the second round, he defeated Paraguayan tennis player, Adolfo Daniel Vallejo and become the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam third round since Mirra Andreeva in 2023 and the youngest male player to do so since Rafael Nadal in 2003.

• In an interview, Moïse Kouamé revealed that along with his tennis career, he also wanted to become a F1 driver.