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Nicolas Mahut

Nicolas Mahut
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Mahut at the 2016 US Open
Full name Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut
Country (sports)  France
Residence Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 35)
Angers, France
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.


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