Ten French players are entered in FIP Bronze Mol 2026, which starts on Wednesday 12 August at Mol Tennis & Padel Club in Belgium. Four begin in qualifying and six are already admitted to the main draw. The men’s event, with €4,250 in prize money, runs through Sunday 16 August.
Four French players start in FIP Bronze Mol qualifying
Benjamin Dufour and Jules Marie open the French campaign. Seeded No. 6 in qualifying, they face Belgians Amory Piestiaux and Mike Zoller at 3:00 pm on Court 14. The official order of play then places Manuel Vives and Olivier Guy de Chamisso on Court 12. The wild-card pair, seeded No. 1, will meet Belgian Rune Keppens and Britain’s Oliver Grantham later in the evening.
Qualifying continues on Thursday with the second and third rounds. Four pairs will earn places in a 32-team main draw made up of 26 direct acceptances, four qualifiers and two wild cards. The French contingent for Friday can therefore still grow.
Six French players already in the main draw
The first round of the main draw is scheduled for Friday 14 August. Yoan Boronad and Jérémy Robert will start against a qualifier or lucky loser. Philémon Raichman and Tristan Piombo face Duprat Bilal and Belgian Hamza Berrahou.
Two other French players will compete with foreign partners. Rafael Marquet teams up with Dutchman Imran Danill Van Dijk against Agustin Reca and Victor Tur Checa, the No. 5 seeds. Yanis Muesser partners Belgian Maxime Deloyer against Britons Ben Phillips and Jaime Lobo Wordsworth.
For Jérémy Robert, the week in Belgium fits a path increasingly focused on international competition. In July 2025, the Frenchman wrote on his personal website:
I needed to train more and play regularly on the international circuit.
A compact schedule through Sunday
The official FIP event page lists qualifying on Wednesday and Thursday, the opening round of the main draw on Friday, then the round of 16 and quarter-finals on Saturday. The semi-finals and final are scheduled for Sunday.
Mol therefore starts with six French players already in the main draw and four more trying to join them. Dufour and Marie are first up at 3:00 pm, before Vives and Guy de Chamisso enter later in the evening.
