Mahut at the 2016 US Open
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Full name | Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut |
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Country (sports) | France |
Residence | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
Born |
Angers, France |
21 January 1982
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) |
Thierry Ascione (2012–2015) Nicolas Escudé (2013) Gabriel Urpi (?– Jérôme Haehnel (?– |
Prize money | $7,508,842 |
Singles | |
Career record | 159–197 (44.57% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 37 (5 May 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 42 (6 February 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2012) |
French Open | 3R (2012, 2015) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2016) |
US Open | 3R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 256–178 (in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 17 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (6 June 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 1 (6 February 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2015) |
French Open | F (2013) |
Wimbledon | W (2016) |
US Open | W (2015) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2015, 2016) |
Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2010) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2016) |
Last updated on: 10 February 2017. |
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (French pronunciation: [nikɔla may]; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player. In singles, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 37 on 5 May 2014. In doubles, he reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 1 on 6 June 2016.
He is well known for being skilled on grass, on which he has won the third-most number of titles amongst active players in singles behind Roger Federer (15) and Andy Murray (8) and tying with Rafael Nadal (4); he also has the most singles titles won over the age of 30 amongst active players, tying with Federer (4).
He is also a distinguished doubles player, being currently ranked world No. 1, and has reached all four Grand Slam finals in men's doubles, including winning the 2015 US Open and 2016 Wimbledon men's doubles titles.
Nicolas Mahut was born in 1982 in Angers, France. He first trained at the Beaucouzé tennis club when he was five years old. He joined a tennis club in Paris when he was 11.
He currently lives in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris near the grounds of Roland Garros. He met his wife Virginie in 2007 and she gave birth to their son Natanel (Nathanaël) on 18 August 2011. Mahut is also the stepfather to Virginie's teenage son from a previous relationship.
His closest friends on the ATP Tour are fellow countrymen Michaël Llodra, Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Julien Benneteau, and Paul-Henri Mathieu.