Mayot had already contested two events at this year’s Roland-Garros. As a wild card, he fell to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his main draw debut and alongside fellow junior Arthur Cazaux, went down to fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the men’s doubles.
The pair of main draw matches proved invaluable.
“This is a good experience to play pros before the juniors," he said. "It’s going to help. It’s funny to play so many draws here. We have played pros main draw, doubles main draw, now juniors singles and doubles."
Like Jimenez Kasintseva, Mayot would become just the fifth player since 2000 to secure consecutive boys’ singles majors if he triumphed on home soil and he admitted there may well be a mental factor in his favour, having faced a junior No.1 and Grand Slam champion before.
“It changed a lot," Mayot said of his Australian Open win. "I think the player I played today [Oliveira], it changed a lot in their mind.
"I played against a junior Grand Slam champion in the past, [Jason] Tseng here two years ago and was tough to play because I knew he was a good player in front of me. I think it’s kind of different when you play against a Grand Slam champion so I think it’s going to help me a lot."