Carel Ngounoue

CAREER & ACHIEVEMENTS

Carel Ngounoue is an American tennis player born to Cameroonian parents. He is the younger brother of Clervie, also a Champ’seed Foundation player. He also has an older sister, Malkia, who is also a tennis player. He joined the Mouratoglou Academy in April 2019, a year after his sister Clevie. He was a singles finalist and doubles title winner in 2022 at the Petits As, an international tournament organised each year in Tarbes (France) for the best young tennis players aged 12 to 14. He also reached the final of the Under-14 tournament at Wimbledon in 2022. He reached his highest junior ranking in February 2024, when he was ranked 98th in the world.

STYLE OF PLAY & IDOL

Carel Ngounoue is a powerful and explosive player on the court. As he explained in a video posted by Wilson in December 2023, playing tennis is a daydream for him, even if it can sometimes turn into a nightmare on the court. His idol is Switzerland’s Roger Federer: “I get a lot of inspiration from Roger, everything he does on the court feels so natural, I try to do the same, and even better.”