His maiden appearance as a pro in Tennis Paradise was one he won’t soon forget. Vacherot and Rinderknech reached their first doubles final together in a run that included knocking out a trio of tandems made up of singles stars—Daniil Medvedev-Learner Tien, Djokovic-Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov-Andrey Rublev.
In taking the court seven times, including for a pair of singles matches, Vacherot continued to grow his visibility among audiences.
“More and more people recognize me at tournaments,” he notices. “Acapulco was pretty intense, they love tennis over there. Lot of pictures and autographs.”
Vacherot assesses that he’s been “stable in my results” since his big splash, posting quarterfinal showings at Adelaide and Acapulco, a third-round performance in his maiden Grand Slam event at the Australian Open, and pair of victories in a Davis Cup qualifier that saw him edge 10th-ranked Alexander Bublik to earn his nation a historic World Group 1 tie with Finland in September.
