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| Full name | Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  France |
| Residence | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Born | (1982-01-21)21 January 1982 (age 43) Angers, France |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | 28 October 2025 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Thierry Ascione (2012–2015) Nicolas Escudé (2013) Mark Woodforde (2016–2017) Gabriel Urpí,Jérôme Haehnel (–2021), Nicolas Copin, Nicolas Renavand (2022–) |
| Prize money | US$12,886,495[2] |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 181–225 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 37 (5 May 2014) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2012) |
| French Open | 3R (2012,2015,2019) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2016,2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 472–308 |
| Career titles | 37 |
| Highest ranking | No.1 (6 June 2016) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2019) |
| French Open | W (2018,2021) |
| Wimbledon | W (2016) |
| US Open | W (2015) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (2019,2021) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016,2020) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017,2019) |
| French Open | 2R (2010,2023) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2023) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016,2020) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2017) |
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (French pronunciation:[nikɔlapjɛʁaʁmɑ̃may]; born 21 January 1982) is a French former professionaltennis player. He was rankedworld No. 1 in men's doubles, holding the top ranking for a total of 39 weeks. Mahut is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed thecareer Grand Slam with victories at the2015 US Open,2016 Wimbledon Championships,2018 French Open, and2019 Australian Open, all partneringPierre-Hugues Herbert.
The pair also won the2021 French Open and finished runners-up at the2015 Australian Open, and Mahut was runner-up at the2013 French Open and2019 Wimbledon Championships, withMichaël Llodra andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin respectively. Mahut won 37 doubles titles overall, including the2019 and2021 ATP Finals. He also won sevenMasters 1000 titles in doubles.
Insingles, Mahut reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 37 in May 2014, and won four tour-level titles, all ongrass courts. His best major result in singles was at the2016 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the fourth round. At the2010 Championships, Mahut was part of thelongest match in professional tennis history, againstJohn Isner in the first round. Isner defeated him 70–68 in the fifth set after over 11 hours of play.
Nicolas Mahut was born in 1982 inAngers, 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 inBoulogne-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.[3] Mahut became good friends with the American tennis playerJohn Isner, after they played together in thelongest professional tennis match ever atWimbledon 2010, which lasted over 11 hours. He was coached by former professional playersGabriel Urpí andJérôme Haehnel. He is currently coached by Nicolas Copain and Nicolas Renavand.[citation needed]
Mahut had excellent junior results, winning theOrange Bowl in 1999 and theWimbledon Boys' Singles in 2000, turning professional the same year. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 37, achieved in July 2014. Mahut was runner-up toAndy Roddick at the 2007Queen's Club Championships, and runner-up that same year at theHall of Fame Tennis Championships, in Newport, Rhode Island. In June 2013, he won his first ATP singles title, winning theRosmalen Grass Court Championships in the Netherlands, and he followed it up in July by winning theHall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.
Mahut is known for being part ofthe longest match in professional tennis history againstJohn Isner in the first round of the2010 Wimbledon Championships. He holds a number of tennis records and awards for the match, including the most points won in a single match (502) and most games won by a losing player (91).[4]
Mahut is also a prolific doubles player, reaching a career high of world No. 1 on 6 June 2016. He has won doubles titles with countrymenJulien Benneteau,Arnaud Clément, andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin, before his most successful and current partnership withPierre-Hugues Herbert. In 2013, he andMichaël Llodra lost the final of theFrench Open. In 2015, Mahut, withPierre-Hugues Herbert, lost the final of the Australian Open but won the US Open doubles title. In 2016, withPierre-Hugues Herbert, he won the Wimbledon doubles title.
In 1998, Mahut was champion of France for 15- and 16-year-olds and the 17- and 18-year-olds. 1999 saw Mahut win theOrange Bowl doubles title. In addition, Mahut was the winner of theSunshine Cup, the 35thCoffee Bowl, and the Coupe Galéa-Valério. In Grand Slams, he won the2000 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles, the2000 Australian Open Boys' Doubles (alongsideTommy Robredo) and the1999 US Open Boys' Doubles (alongsideJulien Benneteau).
As a junior Mahut posted a 93–33 record in singles and a 76–21 record in doubles. He reached as high as No. 3 in singles and No. 1 in doubles (in January 2000 and December 1999 respectively).
Mahut made his grand slam debut at the2000 French Open. He won three minor titles on the ITF Men's Circuit.
2003 saw Mahut leapfrog in the rankings to breaking the top 100. September saw him collect his first doubles title at the Open de Moselle.
The highlight of his season was making the doubles semifinal at the 2004 US open, losing to eventual championsMark Knowles &Daniel Nestor.
January saw him break the top 25 in doubles. In February, at the Cherbourg challenger in Cherbourg, France he defeated future 23 time grand slam championNovak Djokovic in 3 sets.
Three challenger titles & making the third round at Wimbledon saw him return to the top 100 in the singles rankings.
In June, at the Queen's Club Championships, he was awarded runner-up losing toAndy Roddick 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–7(2–7). He repeated that solid form the following month, making the final at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships. losing to Fabrice Santoro 4–6, 4–6.
At the Rome masters, he collected his 50th career singles victory.
October saw Mahut collect his third doubles title at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Mahut reached the2010 Wimbledon Singles Championship via the qualifiers, during which he beatAlex Bogdanovic in a marathon match, winning 6–3, 3–6, 24–22.[5] A week later, he was beaten in the first round of the championship proper byJohn Isner in thelongest match in tennis history (seebelow), Isner winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 70–68.[6] Mahut also reached the qualifiers for the2010 US Open but lost toJúlio Silva in the third qualifying round.[7]
His continued success with Julien Benneteau saw them reach new heights at the Paris masters, collecting the runner-up toRohan Bopanna &Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
Partnering with Édouard Roger-Vasselin, together the collected titles at the Open Sud de France, the Open 13 & the Moselle Open.
Teaming up with doubles veteranMichaël Llodra, Mahut made his first doubles grand slam final at theFrench Open. They lost to the Bryan brothers in three sets.
Mahut received a wildcard for the men's singles at Wimbledon and therefore did not have to play the qualifying tournament. He therefore decided to play at the's-Hertogenbosch ATP tournament in Holland which ran at the same time. Mahut had to qualify for the event but went on to win his first ATP singles title, with a straight sets victory overStanislas Wawrinka in the final.[8] Mahut did not lose a set and his serve was only broken once during the tournament. As a result of his win, his ranking increased by more than 100 places, and he entered the top 125.[9] Mahut received a wildcard for the2013 Wimbledon tournament, and reached the second round where he lost toTommy Robredo.[10][11]
After Wimbledon, Mahut received a wildcard for the2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He went on to win the title, his second ATP tour championship in the space of a month, after defeatingLleyton Hewitt in three sets in the final, despite Hewitt serving for the match at 5–4 in the second set.[12] Mahut's victory saw him enter the top 100 in the singles rankings, reaching number 75. As a result of rain delays, Mahut had played both the singles semi-final and final and thedoubles semi-final with partnerÉdouard Roger-Vasselin on 14 July, and the doubles final was postponed to the following day as a result. The following day, Mahut and Roger-Vasselin won the doubles tournament by defeatingTim Smyczek andRhyne Williams.[13]
After quite a successful 2013 season, especially in singles, Mahut didn't enjoy much success in 2014. For the majority of the year in singles, Mahut did not need to play through qualifying to advance to the main draw thanks to the good results he compiled from 2013, but only won 38% of the tour-level matches he played. He failed to advance past the first round in every Grand Slam, which was the first time in his career. Mahut did not reach a tour-level semifinals throughout the entire season. During the season Mahut reached 3 tour-level quarterfinals as well as two Challenger finals.
However, Mahut enjoyed success in doubles. He reached the semifinals ofBrisbane partneringRoger Federer to start off the season. The following week Mahut and Llodra lost in the first round atSydney in the deciding tiebreak. The week after at theAustralian Open, Mahut and Llodra were seeded 13th and reached the semifinals for the first time in his career without dropping a set, including wins against 2nd seedsAlexander Peya andBruno Soares in the 3rd round and 5th seedsLeander Paes andRadek Štěpánek in the quarterfinals. Mahut then participated atMontepeiller partneringMarc Gicquel, where they reached the final without dropping a set, losing in 3 sets to another unseeded pairNikolay Davydenko andDenis Istomin. Mahut's good form continued into next week, where he participated inRotterdam with Llodra, and won the tournament while only dropping a set. Mahut then reached the quarterfinals of theIndian Wells Masters partneringJo-Wilfried Tsonga, losing to world No. 1s theBryan brothers in 2 tiebreaks. The next week at theMiami Masters, Mahut and Llodra reached the semifinals, again they were defeated by the Bryan Brothers, also in straight sets.
Mahut then lost 4 consecutive matches before theFrench Open. At the French Open, Mahut and Llodra were seeded 5th, but were forced to retire during the third round after only playing 3 games. The next week, Mahut and Tsonga fell in the first round of the Queen's Club, after winning the first set in a tiebreaker and losing the second set in another tiebreak, and lost 12–14 in the decider tiebreak. AtWimbledon, he and Llodra were seeded 12th, and reached the semifinals for the first time in his career while only dropping one set en route, and was once more denied by the Bryan Brothers, also in straight sets. The week after Wimbledon, he partneredSergiy Stakhovsky at theHall of Fame Tennis Championships, and reached the semifinals where they were defeated in straight sets.
For the remainder of the season Mahut failed to win consecutive tour-level doubles matches, but won 2 Challengers near the end of the season, at Mons, Belgium, partnering Gicquel, without dropping a set in the process, and at Mouilleron Le Captif, France, partneringPierre-Hugues Herbert and did not drop a set en route either. It was also his last tournament of the year during the last week of the regular season.
At theAustralian Open, Mahut participated in both singles and doubles draw. He fell in the first round of qualifying insingles, but battled his way to his second appearance in a Grand Slam men's doubles final. Mahut and Herbert, unseeded, lost the final against the unseeded ItaliansSimone Bolelli andFabio Fognini. However, this marked the beginning of one of the most successful doubles pair in tennis.
Mahut then played a few qualifying matches for singles but failed to win any tour-level matches after qualifying for the main draw. He also competed in a few Challengers in both singles and doubles. He won the St. Brieuc Challenger in singles during this time, defeatingYūichi Sugita in the final.
Mahut then participated at theFrench Open, in both singles and doubles. Insingles, Mahut was given awild card, and defeated the 24th seed LatvianErnests Gulbis in the second round but lost to the 12th seed countrymanGilles Simon in the third round in 5 sets, after leading 2 sets to 1. Indoubles, he and Herbert were seeded 14th, and reached the third round where they lost to 2nd seedsVasek Pospisil andJack Sock in 2 tiebreaks.
The week after, he competed in theTopshelf Open, during the first week of the grass season, in both singles and doubles. Insingles, which he needed to qualify, Mahut won three consecutive qualifying matches to advance to the main draw. From there on, he defeatedLleyton Hewitt, 3rd seed and defending championRoberto Bautista Agut, 6th seedAdrian Mannarino, wildcardRobin Haase, and 2nd seedDavid Goffin in the final to win his third ATP Tour singles title of his career, all of them on grass.[14] Indoubles, he and Herbert defeated 2nd seeds Daniel Nestor and Leander Paes in the quarterfinals and 3rd seeds Jamie Murray and John Peers both in straight sets before losing in the final.
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Mahut then participated inQueen's Club, in thedoubles draw. He and Herbert were seeded 4th, and won the title without dropping a set, defeating 1st seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the semifinals and 2nd seedsMarcin Matkowski andNenad Zimonjić in the final.
At Wimbledon, Mahut participated in both singles and doubles draw. In singles, Mahut opened againstFilip Krajinović and won in 4 sets. In the second round he lost to 6th seedTomáš Berdych in straight sets. In doubles, Mahut and Herbert were seeded 10th and reached the third round before Matkowski and Zimonjić avenged the loss earlier during the grass season.
After several uneventful weeks, where Mahut failed to win any tour-level matches in singles and only won 1 in doubles, Mahut competed in both singles and doubles at theUS Open. Insingles, he defeated American world No. 38Sam Querrey in tight straight sets and lost the next round to 31st seed, SpaniardGuillermo García López in 4 sets. Indoubles, Mahut and Herbert, seeded 12th, won the men's doubles title with a straight sets win over 8th seedsJamie Murray andJohn Peers in the final while only dropping a tiebreaker en route to the title. They thus became the first all-French pair to win themen's doubles title at the US Open and their US Open victory marked the sixth time that an all-French pair had won a Grand Slam men's doubles title in theOpen Era.[15][16]
The next week Mahut participated at theMoselle Open, in singles and doubles. Insingles, 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 championJo-Wilfried Tsonga. Indoubles, he and Herbert were seeded 1st, and reached the finals where they lost to 2nd seedsŁukasz Kubot andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin in 3 sets.
Mahut did not win a singles tour-level match for the remainder of the season.
Mahut and Herbert also qualified for the prestigiousATP World Tour Finals for the first time for both men, and were seeded 6th, but failed to advance past round robin stage after winning 1 of the 3 round robin matches.
During the first few months of 2016, Mahut did one of his best performances in the start of the year. Reaching the quarterfinals in Sydney singles draws and Semis in Rotterdam, he enjoyed success in doubles. He won a doubles title in February 2016 inRotterdam, anATP World Tour 500 event, partneringVasek Pospisil (and held 3 match points in the semifinal against eventual championMartin Kližan in the singles draw, on what would have been his first tour-level final on hard court and his first final at an ATP World Tour 500 event), defeatingAlexander Peya andPhilipp Petzschner in the final. He andPierre-Hugues Herbert then won the first threeATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the year: inIndian Wells, where he and Herbert defeated Pospisil andJack Sock in straight sets in the final; inMiami, where he and Herbert defeatedRaven Klaasen andRajeev Ram in the final; andMonte Carlo, where he and Herbert defeated world No. 1Jamie Murray andBruno Soares in the final. By then, Mahut had won 17 consecutive matches in doubles (not including walkovers) which dated back to mid-February to Rotterdam. Unlike his ATP Tour singles titles, these came on hard and clay courts. He extended the streak to 19 when he reached the semifinals at the fourth Masters 1000 of the year atMadrid in May, succumbing to 3rd seeds, the No. 1 doubles team of 2015, and eventual championsJean-Julien Rojer andHoria Tecău.
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At theFrench Open, insingles, unseeded Mahut defeated LithuanianRičardas Berankis in straight sets in the first round and reached the second round where he retired to SpaniardMarcel Granollers in the third set after trailing 0–2 in sets. Indoubles, Mahut was seeded 1st in men's doubles in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. However, he and Herbert were upset in the third round by 15th seeds and eventual championsFeliciano López andMarc López. Despite the loss, on 6 June, Mahut became the 49th player and only the second Frenchman (the first wasYannick Noah, who held the No. 1 doubles ranking for a total of 19 weeks in 1986 and 1987) in history to be ranked No. 1 in theATP Doubles Rankings. He held it for a week before losing it.
Mahut had an outstanding grass season, winning all tournaments he entered in either singles or doubles draw. By the end of the first week, on 13 June, Mahut already clinched his fourth ATP Tour singles title by successfully defending theRosmalen Grass Court Championships singles title, and won it for a record-tying third time in men's singles, defeating LuxembourgianGilles Müller in straight sets in the final.[17] Mahut then participated inQueen's Club Championships in the second week, where he faced defending champion and world No. 2Andy 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. Despite the setback in singles, however, in the doubles draw, he and Herbert successfully defended the title while only dropping a tiebreak in the process, defeating AustralianChris Guccione and BrazilianAndré Sá in straight sets in the final, which was Mahut's 5th doubles title of the year. As a result, Mahut became the first, and the only player to date, to defend a title in both singles and doubles on theATP World Tour since the new format started in 2009.
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Mahut then competed at theWimbledon Championships. In thesingles draw, he defeatedBrydan Klein in the first round in straight sets. He then upset 13th seedDavid Ferrer in the second round also in straight sets. In the third round he defeated his doubles partnerPierre-Hugues Herbert in four sets to advance to the singles fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. In the fourth round, he lost in straight sets to the 28th seed,Sam Querrey, who had unexpectedly defeated world No. 1 and top seedNovak Djokovic in the third round. In thedoubles draw, again seeded 1st, he and Herbert fought their way to the final with a few tough matches en route, setting up a clash with unseeded pair of countrymen and friendsJulien Benneteau andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin, which is also the first ever all-French final in the history of Wimbledon. By reaching the final, Mahut has reached the men's doubles final of all four Grand Slams. He and Herbert defeated them in straight sets to win their 2nd Grand Slam men's doubles title. He also regained the No. 1 spot in doubles. He also tied withNovak Djokovic for most titles on the 2016 ATP Tour (7) to date with singles and doubles title combined, a feat Murray would later catch up to. He and Herbert also became the first pair to qualify forATP World Tour Finals following results from Wimbledon. By then, Mahut and Herbert won another 10 consecutive doubles match that dates back to the Queen's Club championships, and extended it to 11 when they won theirDavis Cup World Group quarterfinals rubber againstCzech Republic. France eventually won 3–1. However, the streak came to a stop when they entered theRio Olympics representing France and was taken out in the first round by unseeded ColombiansJuan Sebastián Cabal andRobert Farah. Mahut later commented the result at Rio as "a failure, fiasco, and disaster".[18]
After mediocre results in both singles and doubles at theCincinnati Masters, the tournament he participated after the Olympics, Mahut competed in both singles and doubles draw at theUS Open. Insingles, Mahut was unseeded and defeatedPhilip 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 countrymanPaul-Henri Mathieu. By reaching the third round, Mahut has now reached third round or better on all four Grand Slams in singles. It also marked the first time in his career that he participated in all four Grand Slams in singles without at least one first round exit. In the third round, he faced 6th seed Kei Nishikori and was off to a great start winning the first set, and had a lot more break point chances after the first set than Nishikori, but failed to convert any of them and lost the match while only winning 5 games in the last three sets. Indoubles, as the defending champions, Mahut and Herbert was seeded 1st, and reached the semifinals for the second consecutive year and only dropped a set en route to set up a rematch of this year's Monte-Carlo Masters final against 4th seedsJamie Murray andBruno Soares, which they lost in 3 tight sets. Murray and Soares went on to win the tournament.
The week after US Open, Mahut participated in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals againstCroatia. Mahut and Herbert teamed up for the doubles rubber, but were upset byMarin Čilić andIvan Dodig in 4 closely contested sets. France went on to lose the tie by a margin of a match, 2–3. Mahut was then out of action for 4 weeks, including skipping theShanghai Masters, whereBruno Soares was a match away from overtaking Mahut as the new world No. 1 in doubles. Had Soares won the match, he would have become the 50th player in history to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings. Mahut came back to play the inauguralEuropean Open at Antwerp, Belgium, again in both singles and doubles draws. Insingles, Mahut was seeded 7th, but was upset by unseeded eventual runner-up ArgentineDiego Schwartzman in 2 tight sets in the first round. Indoubles, seeded 1st, Mahut and Herbert reached the final, including a revenge against Schwartzman in the quarterfinals where he dropped the only set en route, in which they were taken out by 2nd seeds, CanadianDaniel Nestor and FrenchmanÉdouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets. This marked Mahut's first loss in an ATP tour-level final, singles and doubles combined, in 2016.
Mahut then participated in theSwiss Indoors, another ATP World Tour 500 event, where he participated in both singles and doubles draw. Insingles, he was unseeded and was defeated in the opening round by unseeded ItalianPaolo Lorenzi. Indoubles, he partnered Roger-Vasselin since Herbert did not compete this week and was seeded 2nd, and reached the semifinals without dropping a set where they lost in straight sets to the eventual champions and 4th seeds, SpaniardMarcel Granollers and AmericanJack Sock. The following week, Mahut will compete in the final tournament of the year, theParis Masters, again in both singles and doubles draw. Insingles, Mahut faced off againstMartin Kližan 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 seedDavid Goffin in straight sets. In doubles, Mahut and Herbert were seeded 1st and were the home favorites. After receiving a bye into the second round they cruised againstJoão Sousa and Kližan, which was a double revenge in the same tournament. In the quarterfinals they faced 5th seeds, SpaniardsFeliciano López andMarc López, who defeated Mahut and Herbert earlier this year in the third round of French Open on their opponents home soil. However, this time it is Mahut and Herbert who prevailed on home soil, in a close 3-set match. In the semifinals, the duo faced 8th seedsRohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor and again prevailed in a 3-set match to reach his second Paris Masters final. In the final, despite being the favorites on home soil, they lost to the unseeded pairHenri Kontinen andJohn Peers in another 3-set match.
Mahut and Herbert made their second straightATP World Tour Finals appearance to wrap up the season, this time seeded 1st. He and Herbert were drawn into the Fleming/McEnroe Group with 4th seedsFeliciano López andMarc López, 5th seedsHenri Kontinen andJohn Peers, and 7th seedsRaven Klaasen andRajeev Ram. 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. The pair was upset by Klaasen and Ram in straight sets in the first match in a rematch of 2016 Miami Masters Men's Doubles final, and was 2 points away from winning the second match against López and López in the decider tiebreak in a rematch of 2016 Paris Masters Men's Doubles semifinals, therefore eliminated again at round robin stage. In the final round robin match, Mahut and Herbert lost to Kontinen and Peers again in a decider tiebreak after winning the first set in a rematch of 2016 Paris Masters Men's Doubles final, resulting a last place finish in their group and putting his year-end No. 1 ranking and No. 1 doubles team of 2016 in danger. In contrary, 2nd seedsJamie Murray andBruno Soares won all of their 3-round robin matches, and finished 25 points ahead of Mahut and Herbert for the No. 1 doubles team of 2016. However, Murray and Soares was upset by Klaasen and Ram in the semifinals in straight sets, and as a result Mahut was able to finish 2016 ranked No. 1 in doubles. In singles, Mahut also finished 2016 at a career-best year-end ranking of No. 39.
Following on his stellar 2016 season in doubles, Mahut had a more difficult 2017 season, not progressing past the quarterfinal stage at any of the four Grand Slams events he participated in. He did, however, duplicate his doubles success of 2016 at theMasters series tournaments, reaching four finals again, and winning three of them. More importantly, he won all three of the doubles rubbers he played duringFrance's successfulDavis Cup campaign that ended with a 10thDavis Cup Trophy.
Mahut and doubles partnerHerbert became the third all-French pair in the open-era to claim theFrench Open title as they defeated Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić 6–2, 7–6(7–4) in the final.[19] In doing so Mahut recorded his 300th doubles win along the way.[20]
At theATP finals in their fourth attempt as a pair, Mahut and Herbert progressed past the round-robin stage of the tournament for the first time reaching the finals before being defeated by Jack Sock and Mike Bryan.[21]
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In January, Mahut and doubles partner Herbert earned theCareer Grand Slam in men's doubles after defeatingHenri Kontinen andJohn Peers in the Australian Open final, 6–4, 7–6(7–1).[22] In the singles atRoland Garros Mahut reached the third round beating former semifinalistMarco Cecchinato in the first round to do so.[23]
Partnering withÉdouard Roger-Vasselin Mahut reached the Wimbledon doubles final falling to Colombian duoJuan Sebastián Cabal andRobert Farah in five tight sets 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 3–6.[24] The pair then claimed the ATP 500 title of Tokyo defeating Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor 7–6(7), 6–4.[25]
Mahut reunited with Pierre-Hugues Herbert to play the Paris Rolex Masters which they won defeatingKaren Khachanov andAndrey Rublev 6–4, 6–1 in the final.[26] The pair qualified for theATP Finals for the 5th straight year.[27] Mahut and Herbert went undefeated in the round robin stage, and then went on to lift the trophy, without dropping a set throughout the tournament. They defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final 6–3,6–4.[28]
Mahut won two doubles titles with Herbert and one withVasek Pospisil.
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Mahut continued partnering with Pierre-Hugues Herbert to play at the2021 French Open where the pair won it for the second time in their career beatingAlexander Bublik andAndrey Golubev in the final. The home favorites saved three match points en route to the final defeating second seedsJuan Sebastián Cabal/Robert Farah.[29] They then defeatedAlexander Bublik andAndrey Golubev to claim their second French Open doubles title.[30]
Mahut and Herbert continued their partnership at the2021 Queen's Club Championships. They won the championships for the third time, beatingReilly Opelka andJohn Peers in straight sets.[31] The pairing, however, had less success at the2021 Wimbledon Championships – despite beatingFacundo Bagnis andAlbert Ramos Viñolas in the first round, Mahut and Herbert were forced to forfeit their second round match againstFabrice Martin andJérémy Chardy, due to a thigh injury sustained by Herbert.[32]
Mahut represented France at theOlympics. He entered the men's doubles, with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, and the mixed doubles, withKristina Mladenovic. However, Mahut lost both of his first round matches in straight sets; losing to the British pairAndy Murray andJoe Salisbury in the men's doubles,[33] and the Russian pair and eventual finalistsElena Vesnina andAslan Karatsev in the mixed doubles.[34]
After an unsatisfactory American hard court swing, Mahut played at the2021 US Open withPierre-Hugues Herbert, they reached the quarterfinals, after three wins. They lost to 8th seedsJohn Peers andFilip Polášek.
In October, Mahut paired up with fellow French playerFabrice Martin for the2021 European Open. They won the title by beating the Dutch pair ofWesley Koolhof andJean-Julien Rojer, for the loss of only one game.[35]
Following that win, Mahut paired upPierre-Hugues Herbert again, for the2021 Rolex Paris Masters. After navigating through 3 matches, including the 6th seedsJohn Peers andFilip Polášek, they lost in the final againstTim Pütz andMichael Venus on a match tiebreak, 9–11.[36]
Next, Mahut and Herbert played in the2021 ATP Finals, as one of the eight best teams of the year. They navigated through the group stage, for the loss of only one match toRajeev Ram andJoe Salisbury. In the semifinals, they beatMarcel Granollers andHoracio Zeballos to advance to their third ATP Finals final.[37] In the final, they successfully avenged their loss to Ram and Salisbury in the group stage, winning in straight sets. This was their second title as a pair at the season ending finale.[38]
At the2022 Open Sud de France in February, he won his 40th title with partner Herbert as top seeds, defeatingLloyd Glasspool andHarri Heliövaara. It was their 21st title as a team.[39]
At the2025 French Open, Mahut announced his retirement for the end of the 2025 season.[40] Mahut played his last professional match at theRolex Paris Masters partneringGrigor Dimitrov.[41][42]
He started coachingBenjamin Bonzi in 2025.[43] Mahut also became the sports director of theOpen Rennes Challenger.[44]
Mahut is a solidbaseliner who is also very adept atserve and volleying. He 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. On a second serve or on other surfaces, Mahut engages more frequently in baseline rallies and attacks the net whenever he sees a chance. He has consistent and accurate strokes off both wings, and he is also capable of hitting winners from both wings with a combination of speed and angle.
His consistent serve, skillful net play and clever placement of returns have also made him an exceptional doubles player.
In what became a record-setting match, spanning three days,qualifier Mahut faced 23rd seedJohn Isner in the first round of the2010 Wimbledon Championships on 22–24 June. Isner served a world record 113 aces in the single match alone, breakingIvo Karlović's record of 78. Mahut would go on to surpass it as well with 103.[45] Play was suspended at 21:11 on 23 June due to darkness at a score of 59–59. Isner eventually took the match the following day, winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68. Isner was not able to win his next match & had to drop out of the doubles portion due to fatigue.
The match is the longest match ever in a Tennis Open in terms of both time and number of games,[46] lasting a total of 183 games, and a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes in duration; it beat, respectively, thePancho Gonzales –Charlie Pasarell record of 112 games in the first round ofWimbledon in 1969, and theFabrice Santoro –Arnaud Clément record of 6 hours, 33 minutes at the2004 French Open.
Both players and the referee later received commemorative prizes for participating in the match. Mahut holds the record for most points won in a tennis match, at 502 points. He also holds the Wimbledon record for most games won in a match by a losing player with 91.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 17 | 8–17 | 32% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | NH | 0 / 12 | 9–12 | 43% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | Q2 | A | 0 / 13 | 8–13 | 38% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 51 | 31–51 | 38% |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | F | 2R | QF | 2R | W | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1 / 18 | 32–17 | 65% |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | F | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | W | 2R | 3R | W | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2 / 25 | 37–23 | 62% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | W | 2R | 2R | F | NH | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 20 | 29–18 | 62% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 3R | 2R | W | SF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | A | 1R | 1 / 20 | 37–18 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 8–4 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 8–4 | 11–3 | 15–3 | 13–3 | 4–4 | 10–3 | 12–3 | 2–3 | 13–3 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5 / 83 | 135–76 | 64% |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2013 | French Open | Clay | Michaël Llodra |  Bob BryanMike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 2015 | Australian Open | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Simone BolelliFabio Fognini | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Jamie Murray John Peers | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Julien BenneteauÉdouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–4, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
| Win | 2018 | French Open | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6–4, 7–6(7–1) |
| Loss | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Édouard Roger-Vasselin |  Juan Sebastián CabalRobert Farah | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
| Win | 2021 | French Open(2) | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Alexander BublikAndrey Golubev | 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2018 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Mike BryanJack Sock | 7–5, 1–6, [11–13] |
| Win | 2019 | ATP Finals, London | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Raven Klaasen Michael Venus | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2021 | ATP Finals, Turin(2) | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Rajeev RamJoe Salisbury | 6–4, 7–6(7–0) |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2011 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau |  Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2016 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Vasek PospisilJack Sock | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2016 | Miami Open | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Raven KlaasenRajeev Ram | 5–7, 6–1, [10–7] |
| Win | 2016 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 4–6, 6–0, [10–6] |
| Loss | 2016 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Henri KontinenJohn Peers | 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Loss | 2017 | Madrid Open | Clay | Édouard Roger-Vasselin |  Łukasz KubotMarcelo Melo | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 2017 | Italian Open | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers | 4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
| Win | 2017 | Canadian Open | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Rohan Bopanna Ivan Dodig | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 2017 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| Win | 2019 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Karen KhachanovAndrey Rublev | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2021 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  Tim PützMichael Venus | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11] |
| Loss | 2023 | Miami Open | Hard | Austin Krajicek |  Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
