"I’ve spent more time in rehab than on a tennis court, 18 months of rehab out of the last 26" - Lois Boisson's tennis career continues to stall

Lois Boisson cannot catch a break. The former Roland Garros semi-finalist was on top of the world before winning the Hamburg Open a couple of months later. Since then, she has spent more time in rehab than on the court as more injury setbacks cost her the chance to defend the points previously won, signalling a devastating downfall.

The 23-year-old's run at the 2025 French Open was hugely unexpected. Ranked 361st, she defeated some of the best players in the world in her Grand Slam main draw. Supported by her home crowd, the likes of Jessica Pegula and Mirra Andreeva were defeated before eventual champion Coco Gauff halted her at the last-four stage.

A near 300 position gain was the largest witnessed in the 21st century, and that form would continue at the Hamburg Open where she won a maiden WTA Tour title with a straight sets win over Anna Bondar.

However, casted over all of that was the continuous injury issues that have plagued her progress. The Frenchwoman was set to make her Grand Slam debut in 2024 but an ACL injury prevented that from occurring.

More reoccurring injury issues kept her out of the rest of 2025 following a retirement at the China Open in the third round. She was forced to stay on the sidelines for a remarkably long time, a familiar trend in which she takes a while to recover from injuries. 'Mistakes on the medical side' did not help, but finally she was back and competing on clay, but not with the impenetrable form she once had.

Her only win has come in the first round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg before an opening round loss at Roland Garros signalled an inevitable plummet down the rankings.

Boisson can now be found 292nd in the world, almost back to square one. The bad news does not stop there with her recent absence from the sport explained with a lengthy Instagram post.

"I haven’t been very active on social media lately…" she began. "I had a bad fall during my match at Wimbledon, resulting in a hyperextended knee. Nothing serious, fortunately, but it required a few weeks of recovery and forced me to withdraw from Hamburg Open."

A frustrating blow. In desperate need for momentum and match sharpness, this was the worst possible outcome. Her frustrations on the matter were telling as she explained what she had been through.

"Over the past two years, I’ve spent more time in rehab than on a tennis court, 18 months of rehab out of the last 26. It’s been long. It’s been tough, especially mentally. There have been moments of anxiety and doubt, and above all, this feeling of injustice that takes over when you know how everything happened, and how much discipline and commitment i put in every single day…"

Obviously doubts would creep in around this time, but Boisson has a good head on her shoulders and was determined to plough on and try to get back to the levels she once was at.

"So many days spent wondering, “Why?”… Then I realised that maybe there isn’t an answer. Maybe this is simply part of my journey, the path I have to go through, to fight, to keep moving forward. To become even better, to see life differently, to grow, to understand my body, to learn how I need to function, how I need to think, to appreciate this journey, to keep chasing this dream, and simply to LIVE."

She finished with a telling message that this could be the beginning. "The best is yet to come. Letttt’s go. 2.0?! Job is not done yet."