Valentin Vacherot is a French-Monégasque tennis player representing Monaco, with a career high rank of no 110, but what is Vacherot’s racquet and gear?
Valentin Vacherot’s tennis racquet
Valentin Vacherot’s racquet is the Yonex VCORE 100. He used to play the Babolat Pure Drive in his US College years but switched some years back. Most likely, he is using an older model underneath the 2023 VCORE cosmetic.
He strings his Yonex VCORE 100 with Yonex PolyTour Pro 1.25 at 22.5 kg, approximately 50 lbs.
Bio and Career
Valentin Vacherot was born on November 16th, 1998, in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. Vacherot, who played college tennis at Texas A&M University, turned pro after a standout senior year in 2019-20, where he had a 26-3 singles record. He is coached by his half-brother, former player Benjamin Balleret.
Vacherot’s pro career took off in 2022 when he won his first ATP Challenger title at the Nonthaburi Challenger in Thailand, defeating Ly Hoang Nam, becoming Monaco’s second Challenger champion ever. His career-high singles ranking of number 110 came in June, 2024, after a 15-0 Challenger start that year, including titles in Nonthaburi (twice) and Pune.
His ATP Tour breakthrough came in April 2025, at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where, as a wildcard ranked no 255, he stunned Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-1 in under an hour, his first main-tour win. This made him the first Monégasque to win an ATP match since 2009. Vacherot also made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at Roland Garros 2024 as a qualifier, the first Monégasque to do so since 2011. In Davis Cup play for Monaco, he holds a 6-1 record, with his first tour-level win in 2022 against Morocco’s Younes Lalami Laaroussi.
Info and Stats
- Plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand
- Prize money won: $438,853
- Height: 6’4″ or 193cm
- Weight: 184 lbs or 83kg
Social Media
You can follow Valentin Vacherot on his Instagram account where he has around 3600 followers.
