The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026-27 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Gabriel Debru
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Grenoble, France
- Major:
- Undeclared
Pronunciation: GAH-bree-ell DUH-brew
• Transfer from Illinois
• 2026 ITA All-American in singles
• 2026 All-Big Ten First Team
• 2026 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Joined the program in August 2026
AS A FRESHMAN (2025-26)
• Produced a 15-6 overall singles record as a freshman with the Illini, including 14-5 mark in dual matches, playing at both No. 1 (6-2) and No. 2 (7-3)
• Closed the season on an eight-match winning streak
• Finished ranked No. 18 ITA singles ranking
• Registered top-15 straight-sets wins over No. 9 Duncan Chan of TCU, No. 12 Aidan Kim of Ohio State and No. 13 Devin Badenhorst of Baylor.
• Opened his career at No. 2 in the 2025 preseason rankings but did not play in the fall. In the spring
• Posted a 13-11 overall record, including 12-10 in dual matches, mostly at No. 1 (8-6) and No. 2 (3-3).
BEFORE TEXAS
• Former Juniors World No. 1
• 2022 Roland Garros Junior Singles Champion
• 2022 doubles runner-up at Wimbledon Juniors
• Career-high ATP rankings of No. 233 in singles in March 2025 and No. 273 in doubles in November 2024
• Combined eight pro titles with five in singles, two of which were in ATP Challengers, and three in doubles with one of those in a Challenger
• Earned three wild-card entries into singles qualifying at Roland-Garros in 2022, 2023, and 2024, winning his debut match in 2022 against Arthur Fils to advance to the second round
• ATP Challenger titles both came in 2024 with the first being a Challenger 50 in Troyes, France, in July
• At the age of 18 years and six months, it made him youngest French player to win a Challenger title since 2017
• Won a Challenger 75 in Como, Italy, making him the third-youngest French player to win multiple Challengers since 1978, joining former top-10 players Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.
• In October of 2024, Debru then won his first doubles Challenger title in Saint-Brieuc, France, partnering with Geoffrey Blancaneaux for the victory in the Challenger 75.
• Reached his first singles final in the Prague Challenger 50 in 2023
• Pro singles titles in M25s in Heraklion, Greece, and Uriage, France, in 2022, along with an M15 in Gubbio, Italy, in 2023. Meanwhile, his other doubles titles were both M15s in Antalya, Turkey, and his hometown of Grenoble in 2023.
• In his juniors career, his 2022 Roland Garros singles championship came against former Longhorn Gilles-Arnaud Bailly in the final.
• Played in the round of 32 at Wimbledon and the round of 64 at the Australian Open in 2022.
• Advanced to the round of 16 at Roland Garros in 2021.
• Reached the Wimbledon doubles final with Paul Inchauspé in 2022, where he faced former Longhorn Sebastian Gorzny, along with Alex Michelsen.
• Advanced to the Australian Open semifinals, and the Roland Garros round of 32 in 2022, and made it to the Roland Garros round of 32 in 2021.
• Other juniors singles titles all came in 2021 in J1s in Sanxenxo, Spain, and Charleroi-Marcinelle, Belgium, a J2 in Rakovnik, Czechia, and a J4 in Budapest, Hungary, where he also won the doubles championship.
