Pierre-Hugues Herbert


Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam, following titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Australian Open partnering Nicolas Mahut. The pair have also claimed seven ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, and an ATP Finals title. In singles, he has reached three ATP career finals, losing all three, and achieved his career high singles ranking of World No. 36 on 11 February 2019.

Junior career

Herbert won the Wimbledon boys' doubles title with partner Kevin Krawietz 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 Bernard Tomic 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 Novak Djokovic 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 French Open, where he faced American number 10 seed John Isner in his opening match, losing in three tight sets. He then made it through three rounds of qualifying, beating Borna Ćorić, Daniel Kosakowski and Miloslav Mečíř, Jr. to make the main draw at Wimbledon for the first time. In the first round he faced Jack Sock, 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 Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a tight three-setter to set up a clash with 14-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal, his first meeting with a Major champion and former world number 1.

2015: US Open Men's Doubles Champion

Herbert again battled through three rounds of qualifying, beating Hans Podlipnik Castillo, Facundo Argüello and Íñigo Cervantes to make the main draw of Wimbledon. In the first round he beat Hyeon Chung 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 Bernard Tomic, 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 Nicolas Mahut. At the Australian Open, they lost the final to Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. At the US Open, they won the final against Jamie Murray and John Peers, 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 Open Era. On the 22nd of 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

Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles titles in a row in the first half of 2016, in Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo. At the French Open, he and Mahut, seeded no.1, lost in the third round to Feliciano López and Marc López.
At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, Herbert and Mahut beat Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the all-french final to win their second grand slam tournament as a team 6-4, 7-6, 6-3.

2017: Davis Cup Champion

At the 2017 Rotterdam Open, Herbert defeated world no. 8 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals for his first singles win over a Top 10-ranked player. He lost his semifinal to David Goffin.
Herbert and doubles partner Nicolas Mahut won their first title of 2017 together at the Rome Masters defeating Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers 4–6, 6–4, 10–3. They then went on to clinch the Montreal-Cincinnati double winning both of the masters events back-to-back, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig 6–4, 3–6, 10–6 at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal and defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 7-6 6-4 at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
In the Davis Cup final against Belgium, Herbert and Richard Gasquet 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 French Open, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 7–6. 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 Grand Slam

In Doha, Herbert's first tournament of the year, he recorded his second top-ten win against Dominic Thiem, before falling to Thomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. In doubles in Doha Herbert partnered with David Goffin 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 Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the final, 6–4, 7–6. In singles Herbert reached the third round by defeating Hyeon Chung 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the second round. In the third round he fell to Milos Raonic in three sets 6–4, 6–4, 7–6.
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 36 after he reached his third ATP tour final 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 Kei Nishikori 7–5, 6–4 to reach the third round. At the French Open Herbert recovered from being down two-sets-to-love in a 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7-5 against 12th seed Daniil Medvedev in the first round.
Herbert reunited with Nicolas Mahut to play the Paris Rolex Masters which they won defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6–4, 6–1 in the final. The pair qualified for the ATP finals 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 6–3,6–4.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up)

ATP World Tour career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12015 Winston-Salem Open – Singles|Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Kevin Anderson4–6, 5–7
Loss0–22018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles|Shenzhen Open, China250 SeriesHard Yoshihito Nishioka5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Loss0–32019 Open Sud de France – Singles|Open Sud de France, France250 SeriesHard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 25 (18 titles, 7 runners-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|Japan Open,
Japan		500 SeriesHard Michał Przysiężny Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo		6–3, 6–7,
Loss1–12015 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Australian Open,
Australia		Grand SlamHard Nicolas Mahut Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini		4–6, 4–6
Loss1–22015 Topshelf Open – Men's Doubles|Rosmalen Championships,
Netherlands		250 SeriesGrass Nicolas Mahut Ivo Karlović
Łukasz Kubot		2–6, 6–7
Win2–22015 Aegon Championships – Doubles|Queen's Club Championships,
United Kingdom		500 SeriesGrass Nicolas Mahut Marcin Matkowski
Nenad Zimonjić		6–2, 6–2
Win3–22015 US Open – Men's Doubles|US Open,
United States		Grand SlamHard Nicolas Mahut Jamie Murray
John Peers		6–4, 6–4
Loss3–32015 Moselle Open – Doubles|Moselle Open,
France		250 SeriesHard Nicolas Mahut Łukasz Kubot
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		6–2, 3–6,
Win4–32016 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles|Indian Wells Masters,
United States		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock		6–3, 7–6
Win5–32016 Miami Open – Men's Doubles|Miami Open,
United States		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram		5–7, 6–1,
Win6–32016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Doubles|Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco		Masters 1000Clay Nicolas Mahut Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		4–6, 6–0,
Win7–32016 Aegon Championships – Doubles|Queen's Club Championships,
United Kingdom 		500 SeriesGrass Nicolas Mahut Chris Guccione
André Sá		6–3, 7–6
Win8–32016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles|Wimbledon Championships,
United Kingdom		Grand SlamGrass Nicolas Mahut Julien Benneteau
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		6–4, 7–6, 6–3
Loss8–42016 European Open – Doubles|European Open,
Belgium		250 SeriesHard Nicolas Mahut Daniel Nestor
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		4–6, 4–6
Loss8–52016 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles|Paris Masters,
France		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Henri Kontinen
John Peers		4–6, 6–3,
Win9–52017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles|Italian Open,
Italy		Masters 1000Clay Nicolas Mahut Ivan Dodig
Marcel Granollers		4–6, 6–4,
Win10–52017 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles|Canadian Open,
Canada		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Rohan Bopanna
Ivan Dodig		6–4, 3–6,
Win11–52017 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles|Cincinnati Masters,
United States		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		7–6, 6–4
Loss11–62018 Maharashtra Open – Doubles|Maharashtra Open,
India		250 SeriesHard Gilles Simon Robin Haase
Matwé Middelkoop		6–7, 6–7
Win12–62018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands		500 SeriesHard Nicolas Mahut Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić		2–6, 6–2,
Win13–62018 French Open – Men's Doubles|French Open,
France		Grand SlamClay Nicolas Mahut Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić		6–2, 7–6
Loss13–72018 ATP Finals – Doubles|ATP Finals,
United Kingdom		Tour FinalsHard Nicolas Mahut Mike Bryan
Jack Sock		7–5, 1–6,
Win14–72019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles|Qatar Open,
Qatar		250 SeriesHard David Goffin Robin Haase
Matwé Middelkoop		5–7, 6–4,
Win15–72019 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Australian Open,
Australia		Grand SlamHard Nicolas Mahut Henri Kontinen
John Peers		6–4, 7–6
Win16–72019 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|Paris Masters,
France		Masters 1000Hard Nicolas Mahut Karen Khachanov
Andrey Rublev		6–4, 6–1
Win17–72019 ATP Finals – Doubles|ATP Finals,
United Kingdom		Tour FinalsHard Nicolas Mahut Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		6–3, 6–4
Win18–7Feb 2020Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands 		500 SeriesHard Nicolas Mahut Henri Kontinen
Jan-Lennard Struff		7–6, 4–6,

ATP Challenger Tour singles titles

Wins (4)

Legend
Challengers

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.10 February 2014Quimper, FranceHard Vincent Millot7–6, 6–3
2.10 November 2014Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceHard Marsel İlhan6–2, 6–3
3.14 February 2016Bergamo, ItalyHard Egor Gerasimov6–3, 7–6
4.26 September 2016Orleans, FranceHard Norbert Gombos7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Performance timelines


Singles

Current through the 2020 Rotterdam Open.

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

  • He has a 3–12 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
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