![\"Moise](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kouame-montpellier-2026-portrait.jpg\")
<\/p>\n Player Features
\n Who is 16-year-old Moise Kouame?<\/p>\n
The teenager’s dream job is to be an F1 driver<\/p>\n
February 03, 2026<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Presse Sports \/ JEAN BAPTISTE AUTISSIER<\/p>\n
Moise Kouame, 16, is competing this week at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Moise Kouame<\/a> has caught the attention of the tennis world this week. The 16-year-old became the sixth-youngest man to qualify for an ATP Tour event since 2000 at the Open Occitanie<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nWhat should you know about the fast-rising French teenager? Read on to learn more about Kouame.<\/p>\n \nWhere It All Started \nNeed For Speed \nPop Culture Picks \nMontpellier Milestone Click here to view the list<\/a> of the six youngest men to qualify for an ATP Tour event this century, which includes Richard Gasquet<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Kouame.<\/p>\n Rankings Rise \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player Features Who is 16-year-old Moise Kouame? The teenager’s dream job is to be an F1 driver February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-455969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Kouame began playing tennis aged six with his older brother Michael. A fan of Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Jannik Sinner<\/a>, Kouame considers the Serbian his idol. Kouame, a native of Sarcelles, France in the northern suburbs of Paris, trained at the National Tennis Center in Poitiers.<\/p>\n
Away from the court, Kouame enjoys F1 and golf. Kouame\u2019s dream job is to be an F1 driver. He supports Red Bull Racing\u2019s F1 team and also likes footballer Lionel Messi. His other hobbies include playing PlayStation, golf, chess and Skyjo.<\/p>\n
Kouame\u2019s favourite superhero is The Flash. While naming Harry Potter as his favourite movie, Kouame also enjoys TV shows Drive To Survive and Top Gear. His favourite actor is Damson Idris. His favourite musician is Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n
The No. 552 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Kouame will make his main-draw debut in Montpellier against eighth seed and last year\u2019s finalist Aleksandar Kovacevic<\/a>. Kouame, a wild card in the qualifying draw, needed a deciding set in both of his wins. He beat Elias Ymer<\/a> 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the opening round before ousting Clement Chidekh<\/a> \t7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3.<\/p>\n
Kouame is the youngest player in the Top 1,000 of the PIF ATP Rankings. He began the year at World No. 833 and has since surged nearly 300 places. In January, Kouame captured two ITF World Tennis Tour titles on home soil.<\/p>\n