Nicolas Mahut

Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut at the US Open in 2016
Nation:	France
Birthday:	January 21, 1982
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2000
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Trainer:	Nicolas Copin Nicolas Renavand
Prize money:	$ 11,291,571
singles
Career record:	180: 225
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	37 (May 5, 2014)
Current placement:	209
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	367: 221
Career title:	30th
Highest ranking:	1 (June 6, 2016)
Current placement:	3
Weeks as No. 1:	35
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: February 24, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Nicolas Mahut (born January 21, 1982 in Angers ) is a French tennis player . His greatest successes are winning the doubles competitions at the US Open 2015 , Wimbledon 2016 , the French Open 2018 and the Australian Open 2019, as well as leading the doubles world rankings .

Career

Mahut is a serve and volley player and doubles expert . In 1999 he won the Orange Bowl , the unofficial youth championship, and in 2000 he turned pro. With his doubles partner Julien Benneteau he won the junior doubles in 1999 at the US Open and so far two ATP tournaments.

In 2007 Mahut reached the final of the Queen's Club Championships after victories over Ivan Ljubičić and Rafael Nadal , which he lost to Andy Roddick in three sets 6: 4, 6: 7 (7: 9), 6: 7 (2: 7). A month later he was also in the finals in Newport . In the 2013 season he won his first title on the ATP World Tour in 's-Hertogenbosch at the age of 31 when he defeated Stan Wawrinka 6: 3, 6: 4. Nicolas Mahut played his fourth final on grass in July 2013 in Newport. He defeated Lleyton Hewitt 5: 7, 7: 5 and 6: 3 and won his second career title within a month. He won his third individual title in 2015, again on grass and again in 's-Hertogenbosch. In the following year he won the title in 's-Hertogenbosch for the third time .

In 2013 he was with Michaël Llodra in the double final of the French Open , which they lost to the Bryan twins 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 7 (4: 7). Another Grand Slam final followed in 2015; at the side of his compatriot Pierre-Hugues Herbert , his new double regular partner, he was defeated in the final of the Australian Open to the Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini . In the third participation in the final it was more successful; with Herbert he won the US Open on September 12, 2015 and thus his first Grand Slam title. At the beginning of the 2016 season he first secured the title in Rotterdam with Vasek Pospisil before winning the Masters in Indian Wells , Miami and Monte Carlo one after the other with Pierre-Hugues Herbert . On June 6, 2016, he became the first Frenchman to take the lead in the world rankings since Yannick Noah in 1987 . The following week he was replaced by Jamie Murray at the top. Shortly thereafter, Mahut and Herbert defended their title in Queen's Club and secured their second joint Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon after a final victory over Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin . Mahut then took the lead again in the world rankings. In 2017 he won three Masters tournaments with Herbert. In the 2018 season he won the French Open with him and reached the final of the ATP Finals , which they narrowly lost. With Édouard Roger-Vasselin he also achieved two tournament victories. At the beginning of the 2019 season he won his fourth Grand Slam title with Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Australian Open . Together with Herbert, he completed the so-called career grand slam , winning all four grand slam tournaments.

Mahut made his debut for the French Davis Cup team in 2015 . In 2017 he won the Davis Cup with France.

Record match

→ Main article : John Isner - Nicolas Mahut (Wimbledon 2010)

On June 24, 2010, Mahut and the American John Isner set a historic record in the first round match at Wimbledon . After a total of eleven hours and five minutes, Mahut lost the match against Isner 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6, 6: 7, 68:70. The decisive fifth set was remarkable, which only brought the decision in favor of the American after 138 games. The match began on June 22, 2010 and was adjourned after the fourth set that evening. As there was no decision on the following day, the match was finally interrupted again at 59:59 due to poor lighting. The last sentence alone lasted eight hours and eleven minutes. The game set new records not only in terms of length, but also in terms of the number of aces: Isner got 112, Mahut 103 aces. Never before had a player reached a three-digit number of aces in a match. Due to the long match duration, many more records were set.

In 2011 they met again at Wimbledon. This time, Isner won the game in the first round in just three sets (7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 2, 7: 6 (8: 6)).

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (4) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (7) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 (7) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 (15) ATP Challenger Tour (32)

Title after covering Hard Court (22) Sand (3) Grass (8) Carpet (1)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 21th 2013	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Stanislas Wawrinka	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 14, 2013	Newport	race	Lleyton Hewitt	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 3
3.	June 14, 2015	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	David Goffin	7: 6 1 , 6: 1
4th	June 12, 2016	's-Hertogenbosch (3)	race	Gilles Muller	6: 4, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 20, 2003	Manchester	race	Gilles Elseneer	6: 3, 7: 6 5
2.	July 25, 2004	Valladolid	Hard court	Jean-Michel Pequery	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 5 up.
3.	February 26, 2006	Besançon	Hard court (i)	Frank Dancevic	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	March 5, 2006	Cherbourg (1)	Hard court (i)	Jean-Christophe Faurel	6: 2, 6: 4
5.	March 12, 2006	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Lu Yen-hsun	6: 4, 6: 1
6th	September 14, 2008	Orleans (1)	Hard court (i)	Christophe Rochus	5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 6 2
7th	March 7, 2010	Cherbourg (2)	Hard court (i)	Gilles Muller	6: 4, 6: 3
8th.	October 24, 2010	Orleans (2)	Hard court (i)	Grigor Dimitrov	2: 6, 7: 6 6 , 7: 6 4
9.	February 6, 2011	Courmayeur	Hard court	Gilles Muller	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
10.	October 13, 2013	Rennes	Hard court	Kenny de Schepper	6: 3, 7: 6 3
11.	September 7, 2014	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence	Hard court	Vincent Millot	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 6: 3
12.	April 12, 2015	Saint-Brieuc	Hard court (i)	Yūichi Sugita	3: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 11, 2007	Queen's Club	race	Andy Roddick	6: 4, 6: 7 7 , 6: 7 2
2.	July 9, 2007	Newport	race	Fabrice Santoro	4: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 29, 2003	Metz (1)	Carpet (i)	Julien Benneteau	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
2.	October 11, 2004	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Ivan Ljubičić Uros Vico	6: 2, 7: 6 10
3.	October 26, 2009	Lyon	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6: 4, 7: 6 6
4th	5th February 2012	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Paul Hanley Jamie Murray	6: 4, 7: 6 4
5.	February 26, 2012	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Dustin Brown Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
6th	23rd September 2012	Metz (3)	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7: 6 3 , 6: 4
7th	15th July 2013	Newport	race	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Tim Smyczek Rhyne Williams	6: 7 4 , 6: 2, [10: 5]
8th.	February 16, 2014	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	6: 2, 7: 6 4
9.	June 21, 2015	Queen's Club (1)	race	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić	6: 2, 6: 2
10.	September 12, 2015	US Open	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Jamie Murray John Peers	6: 4, 6: 4
11.	February 14, 2016	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Vasek Pospisil	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
12.	19th March 2016	Indian Wells	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6: 3, 7: 6 5
13.	2nd April 2016	Miami	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	5: 7, 6: 1, [10: 7]
14th	17th April 2016	Monte Carlo	sand	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 6]
15th	19th June 2016	Queen's Club (2)	race	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Chris Guccione André Sá	6: 3, 7: 6 5
16.	July 9, 2016	Wimbledon	race	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6: 4, 7: 6 1 , 6: 3
17th	February 26, 2017	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Robin Haase Dominic Inglot	6: 4, 6: 7 9 , [10: 5]
18th	May 21, 2017	Rome	sand	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 3]
19th	13th August 2017	Montreal	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Rohan Bopanna Ivan Dodig	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 6]
20th	20th August 2017	Cincinnati	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
21st	February 18, 2018	Rotterdam (3)	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 7]
22nd	June 9, 2018	French Open	sand	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	6: 2, 7: 6 4
23.	23rd September 2018	Metz (4)	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6: 1, 7: 5
24.	October 21, 2018	Antwerp	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Marcelo demoliner Santiago González	6: 4, 7: 5
25th	January 27, 2019	Australian Open	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6: 4, 7: 6 1
26th	October 6, 2019	Tokyo	Hard court	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	7: 6 7 , 6: 4
27.	3rd November 2019	Paris	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Karen Khachanov Andrei Rublev	6: 4, 6: 1
28.	17th November 2019	London	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6: 3, 6: 4
29	February 16, 2020	Rotterdam (4)	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Henri Kontinen Jan-Lennard Struff	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, [10: 7]
30th	February 23, 2020	Marseille (3)	Hard court (i)	Vasek Pospisil	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	6: 3, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 22, 2000	Contrexéville	sand	Julien Benneteau	Jean-René Lisnard Olivier Patience	6: 3, 7: 6 4
2.	February 24, 2001	Andrézieux-Bouthéon (1)	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Noam Behr Jonathan Erlich	6: 3, 6: 3
3.	February 2, 2002	Lübeck	Carpet (i)	Grégory Carraz	Yves Allegro Denis Golovanov	4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 1
4th	July 12, 2003	Bristol	race	Jean-François Bachelot	Daniel Kiernan David Sherwood	7: 6 4 , 5: 7, 7: 6 5
5.	August 16, 2003	Bronx	Hard court	Julien Benneteau	Martín Alberto García Graydon Oliver	6: 3, 6: 1
6th	September 20, 2003	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Johan Landsberg Myles Wakefield	6: 4, 6: 1
7th	July 17, 2004	Manchester	race	Jean-François Bachelot	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko	6: 2, 6: 4
8th.	July 24, 2004	Valladolid	Hard court	Jean-François Bachelot	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Michael Ryderstedt	6: 3, 6: 4
9.	September 17, 2005	Orleans	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Grégory Carraz Antony Dupuis	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
10.	October 1, 2005	Grenoble	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Grégory Carraz Nicolas Tourte	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
11.	February 4, 2006	Andrézieux-Bouthéon (2)	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Grégory Carraz Antony Dupuis	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	May 20, 2006	Sanremo	sand	Julien Benneteau	Flavio Cipolla Francesco Piccari	6: 4, 7: 6 6
13.	August 8, 2009	Segovia	Hard court	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Serhiy Stachowskyi Lovro Zovko	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, [10: 8]
14th	March 6, 2010	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Harsh Mankad Adil Shamasdin	6: 2, 6: 4
15th	March 13, 2010	Sarajevo	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Ivan Dodig Lukáš Rosol	7: 6 6 , 6: 7 7 , [10: 5]
16.	April 17, 2010	Johannesburg	Hard court	Lovro Zovko	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	6: 2, 6: 2
17th	May 15, 2010	Bordeaux	sand	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Karol Beck Leoš Friedl	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 7]
18th	February 5, 2011	Courmayeur	Hard court (i)	Marc Gicquel	Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard	6: 3, 6: 4
19th	4th October 2014	Mons	Hard court (i)	Marc Gicquel	Andre Begemann Julian Knowle	6: 3, 6: 4
20th	November 8, 2014	Mouilleron-le-Captif	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Tobias Kamke Philipp Marx	6: 3, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 20, 2003	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Julien Benneteau	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	1: 6, 3: 6
2.	February 20, 2004	Newport	race	Grégory Carraz	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 3: 6
3.	February 20, 2007	Bangkok	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 3, 5: 7, [7:10]
4th	February 20, 2011	Paris (1)	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2: 6, 4: 6
5.	June 8, 2013	French Open	sand	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 4; 6: 7 4
6th	22nd September 2013	Metz (1)	Hard court (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	4: 6, 6: 7 5
7th	February 9, 2014	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Marc Gicquel	Denis Istomin Nikolai Dawydenko	6: 3, 4: 6, [2:10]
8th.	January 31, 2015	Australian Open	Hard court	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	4: 6, 4: 6
9.	June 13, 2015	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Ivo Karlović Łukasz Kubot	2: 6, 6: 7 9
10.	September 27, 2015	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Łukasz Kubot Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6: 2, 3: 6, [7:10]
11.	October 23, 2016	Antwerp	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	4: 6, 4: 6
12.	November 6, 2016	Paris (2)	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4: 6, 6: 3, [6:10]
13.	May 14, 2017	Madrid	sand	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	5: 7, 3: 6
14th	18th November 2018	London	Hard court (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	7: 5, 1: 6, [11:13]
15th	13th July 2019	Wimbledon	race	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7: 6 5 , 6: 7 5 , 6: 7 6 , 7: 6 5 , 3: 6
16.	22nd September 2019	Metz (3)	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Robert Lindstedt Jan-Lennard Struff	6: 2, 6: 7 1 , [4:10]

Web links

Commons : Nicolas Mahut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Nicolas Mahut (English)
• ITF profile Nicolas Mahut (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Nicolas Mahut (English)
• Nicolas Mahut's blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James Buddell: Mahut's Rich Reward. In: atpworldtour.com. June 6, 2016, accessed January 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Wimbledon - 70:68! Tennis madness over. In: .eurosport.yahoo.com. June 24, 2010, archived from the original on November 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Memorable first round game. In: .orf.at. Retrieved January 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Jörg Allmeroth: Wimbledon 2011: The game that never ends. (No longer available online.) In: fr-online.de . June 20, 2011, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 .