Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No 1 in doubles.
79 Facts About Nicolas Mahut
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Nicolas Mahut is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon Championships, 2018 French Open, and 2019 Australian Open, all partnering Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
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Nicolas Mahut became world No 1 in doubles on 6 June 2016, holding the top ranking for a total of 39 weeks, and has won 37 doubles titles overall, including the 2019 and 2021 ATP Finals.
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Nicolas Mahut has won seven Masters 1000 titles in doubles.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No 37 in May 2014, and has won four tour-level titles.
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At the 2010 Championships, Nicolas Mahut was part of the longest match in professional tennis history, against John Isner in the first round.
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Nicolas Mahut first trained at the Beaucouze tennis club when he was five years old.
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Nicolas Mahut joined a tennis club in Paris when he was 11.
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Nicolas Mahut met his wife Virginie in 2007 and she gave birth to their son Natanel on 18 August 2011.
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Nicolas Mahut has become good friends with the American tennis player John Isner, after they played together in the longest professional tennis match ever at Wimbledon 2010, which lasted over 11 hours.
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Nicolas Mahut was coached by former professional players Gabriel Urpi and Jerome Haehnel.
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Nicolas Mahut is currently coached by Nicolas Copain and Nicolas Renavand.
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Nicolas Mahut had excellent junior results, winning the Orange Bowl in 1999 and the Wimbledon Boys' Singles in 2000, turning professional the same year.
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Nicolas Mahut was runner-up to Andy Roddick at the 2007 Queen's Club Championships, and runner-up that same year at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Nicolas Mahut is known for being part of the longest match in professional tennis history against John Isner in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
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Nicolas Mahut holds a number of tennis records and awards for the match, including the most points won in a single match and most games won by a losing player.
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Nicolas Mahut is a prolific doubles player, reaching a career high of world No 1 on 6 June 2016.
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Nicolas Mahut has won doubles titles with countrymen Julien Benneteau, Arnaud Clement, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, before his most successful and current partnership with Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
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In 1998, Nicolas Mahut was champion of France for 15- and 16-year-olds and the 17- and 18-year-olds.
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Nicolas Mahut reached as high as No 3 in singles and No 1 in doubles.
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Nicolas Mahut made his grand slam debut at the 2000 French open.
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Nicolas Mahut won three minor titles on the ITF Men's Circuit.
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Nicolas Mahut repeated that solid form the following month, making the final at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships.
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Nicolas Mahut reached the qualifiers for the 2010 US Open but lost to Julio Silva in the third qualifying round.
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Nicolas Mahut received a wildcard for the men's singles at Wimbledon and therefore did not have to play the qualifying tournament.
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Nicolas Mahut therefore decided to play at the 's-Hertogenbosch ATP tournament in Holland which ran at the same time.
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Nicolas Mahut had to qualify for the event but went on to win his first ATP singles title, with a straight sets victory over Stanislas Wawrinka in the final.
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Nicolas Mahut did not lose a set and his serve was only broken once during the tournament.
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Nicolas Mahut received a wildcard for the 2013 Wimbledon tournament, and reached the second round where he lost to Tommy Robredo.
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Nicolas Mahut's victory saw him enter the top 100 in the singles rankings, reaching number 75.
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Nicolas Mahut failed to advance past the first round in every Grand Slam, which is the first time in his career.
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Nicolas Mahut did not reach a tour-level semifinals throughout the entire season.
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Nicolas Mahut reached the semifinals of Brisbane partnering Roger Federer to start off the season.
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Nicolas Mahut then participated at Montepeiller partnering Marc Gicquel, where they reached the final without dropping a set, losing in 3 sets to another unseeded pair Nikolay Davydenko and Denis Istomin.
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Nicolas Mahut then reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters partnering Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, losing to world No 1s the Bryan brothers in 2 tiebreaks.
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Nicolas Mahut then lost 4 consecutive matches before the French Open.
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At the Australian Open, Nicolas Mahut participated in both singles and doubles draw.
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Nicolas Mahut fell in the first round of qualifying in singles, but battled his way to his second appearance in a Grand Slam men's doubles final.
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Nicolas Mahut then played a few qualifying matches for singles but failed to win any tour-level matches after qualifying for the main draw.
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Nicolas Mahut competed in a few Challengers in both singles and doubles.
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Nicolas Mahut won the St Brieuc Challenger in singles during this time, defeating Yuichi Sugita in the final.
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Nicolas Mahut then participated at the French Open, in both singles and doubles.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut was given a wild card, and defeated the 24th seed Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the second round but lost to the 12th seed countryman Gilles Simon in the third round in 5 sets, after leading 2 sets to 1.
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In singles, which he needed to qualify, Nicolas Mahut won 3 consecutive qualifying matches to advance to the main draw.
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Nicolas Mahut then participated in Queen's Club, in the doubles draw.
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At Wimbledon, Nicolas Mahut participated in both singles and doubles draw.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut opened against Filip Krajinovic and won in 4 sets.
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The next week Nicolas Mahut participated at the Moselle Open, in singles and doubles.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut reached the quarterfinals with a 3 set win over 7th seed and countryman Mannarino en route, where he was defeated by another countryman, 3rd seed, and eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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Nicolas Mahut did not win a singles tour-level match for the remainder of the season.
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Nicolas Mahut won a doubles title in February 2016 in Rotterdam, an ATP World Tour 500 event, partnering Vasek Pospisil, defeating Alexander Peya and Philipp Petzschner in the final.
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Nicolas Mahut extended the streak to 19 when he reached the semifinals at the fourth Masters 1000 of the year at Madrid in May, succumbing to 3rd seeds, the No 1 doubles team of 2015, and eventual champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.
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In doubles, Nicolas Mahut was seeded 1st in men's doubles in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career.
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Nicolas Mahut had an outstanding grass season, winning all tournaments he entered in either singles or doubles draw.
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Nicolas Mahut then participated in Queen's Club Championships in the second week, where he faced defending champion and world No 2 Andy Murray in the opening round, and came close to repeating the success of 2012 by taking Murray to 2 tight tiebreaks, however he was unable to produce the same upset again.
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Nicolas Mahut tied with Novak Djokovic for most titles on the 2016 ATP Tour to date with singles and doubles title combined, a feat Murray would later catch up to.
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Nicolas Mahut later commented the result at Rio as "a failure, fiasco, and disaster".
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut was unseeded and defeated Philip Kolschreiber after winning the first 2 sets and Kolschreiber retired in the first round, and then he came up with another straight set victory against close friend and countryman Paul-Henri Mathieu.
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The week after US Open, Nicolas Mahut participated in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals against Croatia.
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Nicolas Mahut was then out of action for 4 weeks, including skipping the Shanghai Masters, where Bruno Soares was a match away from overtaking Nicolas Mahut as the new world No 1 in doubles.
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Nicolas Mahut came back to play the inaugural European Open at Antwerp, Belgium, again in both singles and doubles draws.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut was seeded 7th, but was upset by unseeded eventual runner-up Argentine Diego Schwartzman in 2 tight sets in the first round.
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Nicolas Mahut then participated in the Swiss Indoors, another ATP World Tour 500 event, where he participated in both singles and doubles draw.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut faced off against Martin Klizan in the first round, whom he faced earlier in the year, and avenged the loss by a 3 set win coming from a set down, and in the second round he was taken out by 8th seed David Goffin in straight sets.
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Nicolas Mahut only needed to win 1 round robin match to secure his year-end No 1 ranking in doubles, and winning the Tour Finals with 2 round robin match wins or a spot in the final with 3 round robin match wins.
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However, Murray and Soares was upset by Klaasen and Ram in the semifinals in straight sets, and as a result Nicolas Mahut was able to finish 2016 ranked No 1 in doubles.
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In singles, Nicolas Mahut finished 2016 at a career-best year-end ranking of No 39.
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Nicolas Mahut did duplicate his doubles success of 2016 at the Masters series tournaments, reaching four finals again, and winning three of them.
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In doing so Nicolas Mahut recorded his 300th doubles win along the way.
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Nicolas Mahut continued partnering with Pierre-Hugues Herbert to play at the 2021 French Open where the pair won it for the second time in their career beating Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev in the final.
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Nicolas Mahut entered the men's doubles, with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, and the mixed doubles, with Kristina Mladenovic.
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However, Nicolas Mahut lost both of his first round matches in straight sets; losing to the British pair Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury in the men's doubles, and the Russian pair and eventual finalists Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev in the mixed doubles.
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In October, Nicolas Mahut paired up with fellow French player Fabrice Martin for the 2021 European Open.
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Nicolas Mahut is a solid baseliner who is very adept at serve and volleying.
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Nicolas Mahut has an accurate first serve that puts his opponent out of position, and then comes to the net to finish the point, a tactic he often employs on grass.
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Nicolas Mahut has consistent and accurate strokes off both wings, and he is capable of hitting winners from both wings with a combination of speed and angle.
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Nicolas Mahut's consistent serve, skillful net play and clever placement of returns have made him an exceptional doubles player.
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Nicolas Mahut holds the record for most points won in a tennis match, at 502 points.
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Nicolas Mahut holds the Wimbledon record for most games won in a match by a losing player with 91.