Mylène Halemai
Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Fineveke, Wallis and Futuna, France |
Born | South Durras, Australia | 11 August 2001
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $19,202 |
Singles | |
Career record | 36–38 (48.6%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 794 (31 December 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 847 (31 August 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open Junior | 2R (2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 32–17 (65.3%) |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 503 (9 March 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 508 (31 August 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2019) |
Last updated on: 2 September 2020. |
Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is an Australian–born French tennis player and beauty pageant titleholder.
Halemai has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 794, achieved on 31 December 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 503, reached on 9 March 2020.
Halemai has won five doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She made her main-draw debut on a Grand Slam event at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles competition partnering Julie Belgraver.
In 2020, she was crowned Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and represented the region at Miss France 2021.
Personal life and background[]
While Mylène is a native born Australian, her father Jacob Sakopo Halemai is from the Polynesian islands of Wallis and Futuna, and her mother Michelle Campbell Taylor is of Aboriginal and Scottish descent. Mylène has four siblings: Thierry, Thelesïa, Khalia and Aurelia, all of whom have played or play high level tennis.[1]
In 2020, she competed in Miss Wallis and Futuna 2020, and was crowned as the winner. She represented the region at Miss France 2021 in December 2020, becoming the first entrant from Wallis and Futuna since 2005, and only the sixth ever.[2][3]
Grand Slam performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Doubles[]
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2018 | ITF Dijon, France | 15,000 | Hard | Yana Morderger |
3–6, 7–6, [10–5] | |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2019 | ITF Dijon (2) | 15,000 | Hard | |
6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2020 | ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Gouadeloupe) |
25,000 | Hard | Laura Pigossi Rosalie van der Hoek |
2–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 3–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Manon Léonard | |
1–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 4–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir | 15,000 | Hard | Julie Belgraver | Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova |
2–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
Win | 5–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir | 15,000 | Hard | Andreea Prisăcariu | Petia Arshinkova Gergana Topalova |
6–3, 6–4 |
References[]
- ^ "ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames" (PDF).
- ^ "Mylène Halemai élue Miss Wallis-et-Futuna 2020". TNTV News (in French). 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Miss France 2021 : découvrez Mylène Halemai, Miss Wallis-et-Futuna". Télé Star (in French). 12 October 2020.
External links[]
- Mylène Halemai at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mylène Halemai at the International Tennis Federation
- 2001 births
- Living people
- French beauty pageant winners
- French female tennis players
- French people of Wallis and Futuna descent
- French people of Australian descent
- French people of Scottish descent
- French tennis biography stubs