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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 Ljubicic and top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets, and on the same day, to reach the semi-finals, where he beat compatriot Arnaud Clément.
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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 Ljubicic and top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets, and on the same day, to reach the semi-finals, where he beat compatriot Arnaud Clément. 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.
Career
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 2000 Wimbledon boy's singles winner. He also was the winner of the Australian Open with future top five star Tommy Robredo in doubles competition.
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 Challenger.
2007
In 2007, Nicolas was a Finalist of The Queen's Club Championships but lost in 3 sets to former world number one 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 and 2007 French Open singles champion, and the 2006 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.
Singles titles (6)
| Legend (Singles) | | Grand Slam (0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0) | | ATP Masters Series (0) | | ATP Tour (0) | | Challengers (6) |
| 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 | | Hard (i) | Frank Dancevic | 6–3 6–4 | | 4. | February 27, 2006 | Cherbourg | Hard (i) | | 6–2 6–4 | | 5. | March 6, 2006 | Kyoto | Carpet | | 6–4 6–1 | | 6. | September 14, 2008 | Orleans | Hard | Christophe Rochus | 5–7 6–1 7–6 |
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 Kucera | 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 |
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