The new FIP ranking fell, with several moves on the French side. In the men's match, Dylan Guichard retains his position as the number 1 Frenchman, while Timeo Fonteny has entered the world's top 150. In the women's category, Carla Toully et Steffi Merah take advantage of their good results on the FIP Tour to climb.
Guichard still French number 1
At men's, Dylan Guichard remains the top-ranked Frenchman in the world. Thanks to his round of 32 at Bordeaux P2 , obtained via a wild card, he gains a place and now sits at 96th world rank with 699 points An important result, since he leaves Bordeaux with 22 FIP points .
Behind, Timeo Fonteny This marks one of the week's best performances. The young Frenchman wins 6 seats and enters for the first time the world top 150 , 146th place . By Yoan Boronad He too had participated in the round of 32 of the Bordeaux P2 which allows him to add 22 points to his total.
A very good operation as well for Julien Seurin who wins 5 seats and becomes the third Frenchman in the FIP rankings. His second qualifying round at Bordeaux P2 allows him to climb to 167th world rank .
Blanqué and Joris retreat
In the other direction, Johan Bergeron perd 3 seats despite his second qualifying round in Bordeaux with Julien Seurin. He drops back to 170th world rank , penalized by the loss of points last season.
Yoan Boronad He, for his part, gains a place after his round of 16 in Bordeaux with Fonteny and finds himself 179th in the world . Thomas Leygue drops slightly, having lost a place, and now sits at 184th rank .
The biggest decline of the week concerns Bastien Blanqué The Frenchman loses 15 seats and goes down to 198th world rank Eliminated in the first round of qualifying. Bordeaux P2 with Maxime Joris He was unable to compensate for the points he was defending.
Same observation for Maxime Joris who loses 9 seats and finds himself 228th in the world . Manuel Vives drops one place in 221th rank , While Jeremy Robert gains two positions and moves up to the 225th place . Arthur Hugounenq he remains 236th in the world .

Touly and Merah are on the rise among the women
In the ladies, Alix Collombon remains by far the number 1 French, still 37th in the world with 1650 points . Behind, Léa Godallier loses a place and finds himself 56th in the world .
The impressive progress comes from Carla Toully who wins 3 seats thanks to his semi-final at FIP Silver Belfast She goes up to 81th world rank with 638 points confirming its positive momentum on the international circuit.
Louise Bahurel remains stable at the 111th place , While Camille Sireix wins 3 seats after his quarter-final at FIP Bronze Chieti She climbs to 135th world rank .

Merah rewarded after her final in Baku
Another great operation: Steffi Merah Finalist of FIP Bronze Baku The Frenchwoman wins 3 seats and has now reached the 148th place in the world A logical progression after a very solid tournament, concluded with 22 FIP points .
Melissa Martin wins a place and moves up to 141th rank , While Manon Marcarie et Marie-Amelie Dardaine both drop one place, respectively 172e et 173rd in the world .
Kimy Barla remains stable at the 186th place , and Laura Buteau gains a place after his quarter-final at FIP Bronze Chieti to find themselves 188th in the world .
A mixed week for the French, then, with some nice gains linked to the results of Bordeaux, Belfast, Chieti and Baku, but also some significant declines for those who had points to defend.
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