Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional

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player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open, the

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, the 2018 French Open, the 2021 French Open, and the 2019 Australian Open partnering

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...

. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 2 achieved on 11 July 2016. The pair have also claimed seven

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titles and

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titles in 2019 and

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. In singles, Herbert has reached four ATP career finals and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 11 February 2019.

Junior career

Herbert won the

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boys' doubles title with partner

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in 2009, beating French duo of Julien Obry and Adrien Puget in the final. He also reached the 2009 US Open boys' singles semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion

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of Australia. Herbert reached as high as No. 9 in the junior singles world rankings in October 2009.

Professional career

2013

After beginning the year outside the top 250, Herbert rose steadily up the rankings. He qualified for the 2013 Paris Masters, where he defeated Benoît Paire for the loss of only four games in the first round of the main draw – his first ever ATP Tour main draw win. In the second round, he had two set points before losing to

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in straight sets. He ended the year with an ATP singles ranking of 151, compared with 257 12 months earlier.

2014

Herbert made his Grand Slam main draw debut in 2014, first receiving a wildcard into the

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, where he faced American number 10 seed

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in his opening match, losing in three tight sets. He then made it through three rounds of qualifying, beating

Borna Ćorić Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 21 August 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history when ...

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and

Miloslav Mečíř Jr. Miloslav Mečíř Jr. (; born 20 January 1988) is a Slovak former tennis player. He is the son of Slovak tennis player and Olympic Gold medalist, Miloslav Mečíř. He qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2014 French Open, but exited at t ...

to make the main draw at

for the first time. In the first round he faced

Jack Sock Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. He has won four career ATP singles titles and 17 doubles titles, and has career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in dou ...

, however lost in four sets despite taking the first set in a tiebreaker. Herbert got his fifth career main draw win at the ATP Tour level at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, beating

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in a tight three-setter to set up a clash with 14-time Grand Slam winner

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, his first meeting with a Major champion and former world number 1.

2015: US Open Men's Doubles Champion

Pierre-Hugues Herbert 2015 Winston-Salem Open

Herbert again battled through three rounds of qualifying, beating

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, Facundo Argüello and

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(the latter over five sets) to make the main draw of

. In the first round he beat

Hyeon Chung Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. ...

in a three-hour, five-set match, clinching the final set 10–8, claiming his first win in the main draw of a grand slam. In the second round, he lost in straight sets to

, the player who had beaten him in the semi-finals of Junior US Open in 2009. In doubles, Herbert reached two Grand Slam finals alongside fellow Frenchman

. At the

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, they lost the final to

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

and

Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a ...

. At the US Open, they won the final against

Jamie Murray Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...

and

John Peers John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open, where he and Henri Kontinen won the men's doubles event. Peers also ...

, becoming the first all-French pair to win the men's doubles title at the US Open. Their US Open victory marked the sixth time that an all-French pair had won a Grand Slam men's doubles title in the

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. On 22 June, Herbert broke into the top 20 in doubles for the first time, reaching a career high of No. 20 in the world.

2016: Wimbledon Gentlemen's Doubles Champion, World No. 2 doubles ranking

Herbert and

won three

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doubles titles in a row in the first half of 2016, in Indian Wells,

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, and

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. At the

, he and Mahut, seeded no.1, lost in the third round to

Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ...

and

Marc López Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013). Partnering Feliciano López, M ...

. At the

, Herbert and Mahut beat

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and

in the all-French final to win their second grand slam tournament as a team.

2017: Davis Cup Champion

At the 2017 Rotterdam Open, Herbert defeated world no. 8

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in the quarterfinals for his first singles win over a Top 10-ranked player. He lost his semifinal to

David Goffin David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles ...

. Herbert and doubles partner Nicolas Mahut won their first title of 2017 together at the

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defeating

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and

Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...

. They then went on to clinch the Montreal-Cincinnati double winning both of the masters events back-to-back, defeating

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and

in three sets at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal and defeating

and

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in two sets at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. In the Davis Cup final against Belgium, Herbert and

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won the doubles match to help France win the Davis cup.

2018: French Open Doubles Champion

At the 2018 French Open, Hebert and doubles partner Mahut won the

, defeating

Oliver Marach Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reache ...

and

Mate Pavić Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...

in the final. This was their third Grand Slam title together. At the ATP Finals in November Herbert at Mahut progressed past the round robin stage of the tournament for the first time in four attempts, they reached the finals before being defeated by Jack Sock and Mike Bryan.

2019: Career doubles Grand Slam, Third final & Career-high ranking in singles, ATP doubles finals winner

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, Herbert's first tournament of the year, he recorded his second top-ten win against

, before falling to

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in the quarterfinals. In doubles in Doha Herbert partnered with

to capture their first team title together. At the Australian Open in January, Herbert and doubles partner Mahut earned the Career Grand Slam in men's doubles after defeating

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and

in the final. In singles Herbert reached the third round by defeating Hyeon Chung in the second round. In the third round he fell to Milos Raonic in three sets. After winning the career grand slam in doubles, Herbert decided to take a brief break from doubles to focus on singles. In February Herbert reached a career high ranking in singles of No. 36 on 11 February 2019 after he reached his third ATP tour final at the 2019 Open Sud de France in Montpellier, where he fell to countryman Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. In the 2019 clay season in Monte-Carlo Herbert captured his third top 10 win against

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to reach the third round. At the French Open Herbert recovered from being down two-sets-to-love in a five sets match against 12th seed

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in the first round. Herbert reunited with Nicolas Mahut to play the Paris Rolex Masters which they won defeating

Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris ...

and

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in the final. The pair qualified for the

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for the 5th straight year, where they 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.

2020

Herbert began the 2020 season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He reached the quarterfinals and lost to second seed and eventual champion,

. At the

, he was defeated in the second round by 11th seed David Goffin. In

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, Herbert upset fifth seed

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in the second round. He was eliminated in the quarterfinals by second seed David Goffin. At the

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, he played doubles alongside Mahut. They captured their second Rotterdam crown together by beating

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in the final.

2021: Second French Open and ATP Finals doubles titles, fourth ATP singles final

Herbert started his 2021 season at the

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. He lost in the first round to second seed David Goffin. At the first edition of the Great Ocean Road Open, he was defeated in the second round by 11th seed Jordan Thompson. At the

, he was eliminated in the first round by 16th seed

. In

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, Herbert was beaten in the final round of qualifying by

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, who would end up reaching the final. At the

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in Marseille, he had a great tournament. He won his first two rounds over Kei Nishikori and

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. He then stunned second seed and two-time defending champion,

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, in the quarterfinals. This was also his first win over a Top-5 ranked player. His victory over fourth seed Ugo Humbert in the semifinals guaranteed him a spot into his fourth ATP singles final. He lost in the championship match to top seed Daniil Medvedev in three sets. Competing at the Miami Open, he was defeated in the second round by 11th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime. Starting his clay-court season at the

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, Herbert fell in the first round of qualifying to Bernard Tomic. Playing in

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, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by eighth seed David Goffin. At the Estoril Open, he was beaten in the second round by seventh seed and eventual champion,

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. Getting past qualifying at the

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, he lost in the first round to Spaniard

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in three sets. At the

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, he was defeated in the first round by

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. However, in doubles, he and Mahut reached the final where they lost to

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. At the second Grand Slam of the year, the

, he pushed 18th seed Jannik Sinner to five sets, but he ended up losing their first-round match. In doubles, he and Mahut reached the final for the second time in their career. The home favorites saved three match points en route to the final defeating second seeds

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/ Robert Farah. They then defeated pair

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to claim their second French Open doubles title. As a result, Herbert returned to the top 10 doubles rankings at No. 7. At

, Herbert faced

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in the first round. He fought hard and pushed Andújar to five sets but ended up losing the match. In August, Herbert competed at the

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. He fell in the final round of qualifying to

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. However, due to the withdrawal of

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, he received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser. He reached the third round where he lost to American

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. At the US Open, he was defeated in the first round by Adrian Mannarino. In doubles, he and Mahut reached the quarterfinals losing to

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. Seeded eighth at the

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, Herbert fell in the second round to

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. In doubles, he and compatriot,

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, won the title beating

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in the final. Seeded sixth at the

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, he was beaten in the quarterfinals by qualifier

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. In

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, he lost in the final round of qualifying to

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. Seeded sixth at the Brest Challenger, he was defeated in the first round by

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. Playing in

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as a wildcard, he lost in the first round to

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2022

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and would miss the

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as a result. He was replaced as

's doubles partner by

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. At the 2022 Open Sud de France he won as top seed his 23rd title with partner Mahut defeating L. Glasspool/H. Heliövaara. It was their 21th title as a team.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ATP World Tour career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runners-up)

Doubles: 32 (23 titles, 9 runners-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (10–4)

Doubles: 37 (30–7)

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.''

Doubles

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Wins over top 10 players

Singles

*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Doubles

*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

References

External links

Profiles

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Pierre-Hugues 1991 births Living people People from Schiltigheim French male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions French Open champions Wimbledon champions Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Olympic tennis players of France Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin