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Diane Parry is a 23-year-old French tennis player, born in Nice and based in Dubai, known for the one-handed backhand she has kept on a two-handed tour. She reached a career-high world No. 47 in June 2026 after making the Roland-Garros fourth round, and is one of only two French women in the 2026 US Open main draw.
Diane Parry has spent 2026 doing what the French tour has been waiting for since she was a teenage prodigy: turning promise into ranking points. In June she reached a career-high world No. 47, days after her run to the fourth round at Roland-Garros, the best Grand Slam result of her career and the one that finally matched the hype she carried as junior world No. 1 in 2019.
Born in Nice on September 1, 2002 and now based in Dubai, she is 23, stands 1.70 m and plays with a one-handed backhand, a shot that has all but vanished from the women’s tour. It is not a stylistic affectation. Combined with a heavy slice and a good sense of when to shorten a point, it makes her rhythm hard to read for the flat, powerful hitters who dominate the top 20. That is how she beat defending champion and world No. 2 Barbora Krejcikova in the first round at Roland-Garros in 2022, and world No. 6 Amanda Anisimova on the same courts in 2026.
The rest of the record is still a work in progress. She has no WTA Tour singles title, two doubles titles from 2023 in Mérida and Lausanne, and two Trophée Clarins WTA 125 trophies, the most recent in 2026. Her career singles record sits around 235 wins and 193 losses, and career prize money has passed 3.36 million dollars. She works with coach Martin Vilar.
At the 2026 US Open, which starts on August 30, she is one of only two French women in the singles main draw, an uncomfortable statistic for French tennis and a large opportunity for her. Hard courts have historically been her weaker surface, though she made the third round in New York in 2025. Sources: WTA, Roland-Garros, Tennis Temple, ITF, ESPN.