Nicolas Mahut

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**Nicolas Mahut**

Country	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Date of birth	January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) (age 26)
Place of birth	Angers, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$1,202,653
Singles
Career record:	30 - 59
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 40 (February 18, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2007, 2008)
French Open	1st (2000-08)
Wimbledon	3rd (2006)
US Open	2nd (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	55 - 52
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	25 (January 10, 2005)

Nicolas Mahut (born January 21, 1982 in Angers) is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high was #40, achieved on February 18, 2008.

At the 2007 Queen's Club Championships, Mahut defeated both fifth-seed Ivan Ljubičić and top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets, and on the same day, to reach the semi-finals, where he beat compatriot Arnaud Clement. He lost in 3 sets 4–6, 7–6 (7), 7–6 (2) to Andy Roddick in his first ATP final after holding one match-point in the second set tiebreak.

On June 21, 2007, Mahut defeated Simon Stadler of Germany to qualify for the first round proper of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. However, after winning the first round, his second match in three weeks against Clement, he lost in the second round to fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet, possibly succumbing to tiredness.

1 Career
2 Junior career
3 2003-2005
4 2007
5 Singles titles (5)
- 5.1 Singles runner-ups (8)
6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Junior career

In 1998, Mahut was Champion of France for 15 and 16-year-olds and the 17 and 18-year-olds. 1999 saw Mahut win the Orange Bowl doubles title. In addition, Mahut was the winner of the Sunshine Cup, the 35th Coffee Bowl and U.S. Open junior doubles titles. Lastly, Mahut was a winner of the Coupe Galéa-Valério.

Mahut was the 2002 Wimbledon boy's singles winner. He also was the winner of the Australian Open with future top five star Tommy Robredo in doubles competition.

[edit] 2003-2005

In 2003, Nicolas entered the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings. He also was the winner of the Open de Moselle in Metz, France with Julien Benneteau. 2004 saw the Frenchman become the Champion of France with the team Paris Jean Bouin. His doubles results were bright, losing in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters with Julien Benneteau in doubles. He was a winner of the Open de Moselle in Metz, France with Arnaud Clément, and a semifinalist of the U.S. Open with Benneteau in doubles.

In 2005, Mahut was the Champion of France with the Paris Jean Bouin team for the second year in succession. Mahut won the doubles the Challenger de Grenoble and Orléans Open titles with compatriot Julien Benneteau. He was a finalist of the Orléans Open and the Ford challenger of Cherbourg-Octeville in singles competition. Mahut was also lost in the doubles finals Gilles Müller at the Córdoba^{[disambiguation needed]} Challenger.

[edit] 2007

In 2007, Nicolas was a Finalist of The Queen's Club Championships but lost in 3 sets to former world number Andy Roddick despite having a championship point, losing 6–4, 6–7, 6–7. En route to getting to the final, he defeated second-ranked Rafael Nadal, the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 French Open singles champion, and the 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon runner-up (and eventual Wimbledon runner-up that year, as well). In the semifinals, Mahut defeated compatriot Arnaud Clément. Mahut beat Clément in four sets and got to second round of Wimbledon losing in straight sets to Richard Gasquet seeded twelve, who went on to beat Roddick. He then made the finals in Newport, Rhode Island, reaching his 2nd career ATP-level final, but lost 4–6, 4–6 to Fabrice Santoro. In addition to these good results, Mahut and Julien Benneteau reached the 2007 U.S. Open Men's Doubles semifinals, knocking out defending champions Martin Damm and Leander Paes in the first round, before falling 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 to eventual tournament winners Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle, losing in his second U.S. Open semifinals.

[edit] Singles titles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 14, 2003	Manchester	Grass	Gilles Elseneer	6–3 7–6
2.	July 19, 2004	Valladolid	Hard	Jean-Michel Pequery	6–3 3–6 6–5 ret.
3.	February 20, 2006	Besançon	Hard (i)	Frank Dancevic	6–3 6–4
4.	February 27, 2006	Cherbourg	Hard (i)	Jean-Christophe Faurel	6–2 6–4
5.	March 6, 2006	Kyoto	Carpet	Yen-Hsun Lu	6–4 6–1

[edit] Singles runner-ups (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 30, 2003	Córdoba	Hard	Stefano Pescosolido	4–6 3–6
2.	July 26, 2004	Segovia	Hard	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7–6 4–6 4–6
3.	September 27, 2004	Grenoble	Hard (i)	Karol Kučera	5–7 2–6
4.	February 21, 2005	Cherbourg	Hard (i)	Rik de Voest	5–7 2–6
5.	September 12, 2005	Orléans	Hard (i)	Cyril Saulnier	3–6 4–6
6.	June 17, 2007	Queen's Club	Grass	Andy Roddick	6–4 6–7 6–7
7.	July 15, 2007	Newport	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	4–6 4–6
8.	September 10, 2007	Orléans	Hard (i)	Olivier Rochus	4–6 4–6