By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Nicolas Mahut will close the curtain on his historic career at the end of this year.
The 43-year-old Frenchman aims to bid farewell to tennis at the Rolex Paris Masters in November.
An attacking, athletic player, Mahut won four singles titles and 37 doubles championships. Mahut captured five Grand Slam doubles crowns, including completing the career Grand Slam in doubles with long-time partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The pair became the eighth men’s doubles team in Open Era history to complete the career Grand Slam.
“I have made the decision to stop my career,” Mahut told Eurosport Frace. “It remains to be seen when, at Bercy or at the US Open.
“If my body allows it and if I’m invited, I’d like to be able to finish in Paris.”
In June of 2016, Mahut ascended to the world No. 1 doubles ranking, joining Hall of Famer Yannick Noah as the second Frenchman to hold the top spot in doubles.
At the 2010 Wimbledon, John Isner and Mahut collaborated on a timeless tennis saga that generated international attention as the longest match in tennis history.
Isner’s backhand pass down the line on his fifth match point finally brought the curtain down on classic encounter that spanned 11 hours, 5 minutes with Isner transforming exhaustion to elation in earning a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 70-68 epic encounter over French qualifier Mahut. In that marathon match, Mahut smacked 103 aces.
A devoted Davis Cup player for France, Mahut and Spain’s Marcel Granollers combined for one of the longest rallies in Davis Cup history, an 84-shot extravaganza.
