# Laurent Lokoli

Laurent Lokoli (born 18 October 1994) is a French professional tennis player. Lokoli plays primarily ATP Challenger and ITF events. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 167 achieved on 27 February 2023.

## Career

Lokoli received a wildcard for the 2014 French Open men's singles qualifying draw. He won three qualifying matches and hence advanced to the main draw 1st round, where he lost to Steve Johnson.
He was given a wildcard for the 2017 French Open where he lost in the first round to Martin Kližan. He made minor news by twice refusing to shake hands with Klizan after the match.
He reached the top 200 at No. 199 on 3 October 2022. He made his first Challenger final at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia losing to Raúl Brancaccio. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 176 inside the top 200 on 9 January 2023. Next he qualified into the 2023 Australian Open main draw after 8 years of absence.
In July 2023, Lokoli made his Wimbledon debut as a qualifier, losing to fourth seed Casper Ruud in the first round.

## Personal life

He is the son of former French footballer Dominique Lokoli. Through his father, he is of Congolese descent.

## Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
### Singles: 25 (14-11)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (14–10)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (7–5)
* Clay (7–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2013 | Finland F1, Vierumäki | Futures | Clay | Tak Khunn Wang | 4-6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1-1 | Aug 2013 | Austria F7, Innsbruck | Futures | Clay | Dennis Novak | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1-2 | Sep 2014 | France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Futures | Hard | Enzo Couacaud | 2-6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1-3 | Oct 2014 | France F22, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard (i) | Rémi Boutillier | 4-6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2-3 | Nov 2014 | Cyprus F2, Larnaca | Futures | Hard | Petros Chrysochos | 6-4, 6–0 |
| Win | 3-3 | Apr 2016 | Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Tim van Rijthoven | 6-3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4-3 | Jun 2016 | Bosnia Herzegovina F4, Sarajevo | Futures | Clay | Steven de Waard | 6-3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4-4 | Jun 2016 | France F11, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Lamine Ouahab | 3-6, 6-7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 4-5 | Aug 2016 | Switzerland F3, Collonge-Bellerive | Futures | Clay | Tobias Simon | 3-6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4-6 | Aug 2016 | Switzerland F4, Lausanne | Futures | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 5-6 | Sep 2016 | France F18, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Raymond Sarmiento | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 5-7 | Feb 2017 | Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden | Futures | Carpet (i) | Matteo Berrettini | 2-6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6-7 | Feb 2018 | Tunisia F4, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 6-2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6-8 | Feb 2019 | M15, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 3-6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7-8 | Apr 2019 | M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Miljan Zekić | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 8-8 | Jul 2019 | M25, Bakio, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Hugo Grenier | 6-3, 6–3 |
| Win | 9-8 | Jul 2019 | M25, Ajaccio, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Quentin Robert | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9-9 | Jan 2022 | M25, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Moez Echargui | 4-6, 5–7 |
| Win | 10-9 | Feb 2022 | M15, Monastir, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alexander Donski | 6–0, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 11-9 | Feb 2022 | M25, Vale do Lobo, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alejandro Moro Cañas | 6-2, 6–1 |
| Win | 12-9 | Apr 2022 | M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Felix Gill | 7-5, 6–3 |
| Win | 13-9 | Apr 2022 | M25, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Miljan Zekić | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13-10 | Jun 2022 | M25, La Nucia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nick Hardt | 0-6, 4–6 |
| Win | 14-10 | Jun 2022 | M25, Skopje, North Macedonia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Orlando Luz | 6-2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 14–11 | Jan 2023 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Raúl Brancaccio | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |