Childhood
Born into coaching
With both parents tennis coaches, he had a racquet in his hand from early childhood. His father Jean-Roch remained his coach on the tour.
Source: ATP Tour, "ATP Firsts"The 21st century
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France · born Schiltigheim, 1991 · Wimbledon doubles champion 2016 and three times Queen's champion with Nicolas Mahut
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5
Major doubles titles with Nicolas Mahut, completing the career Grand Slam
3
Queen's Club doubles titles, 2015, 2016 and 2021
127
Minutes taken to win the 2016 Wimbledon final
2
Career-high doubles ranking, July 2016
2009
Wimbledon boys' doubles title with Kevin Krawietz
Playing career
Pierre-Hugues Herbert was born in Schiltigheim, Alsace, on 18 March 1991. Both his parents were tennis coaches, and his father, Jean-Roch, became his coach. He took his school-leaving exams in Germany, speaks four languages, and as a junior won the 2009 Wimbledon boys' doubles with the German Kevin Krawietz.
His career was built on a partnership with Nicolas Mahut, nine years older. Together they won the US Open in 2015, Wimbledon in 2016, Roland Garros in 2018 and 2021 and the Australian Open in 2019, one of eight teams to complete the career Grand Slam in doubles, as well as the ATP Finals in 2019 and 2021 and seven Masters 1000 titles. Herbert reached No. 2 in the doubles rankings in 2016 and helped France win the 2017 Davis Cup, taking the doubles in the final with Richard Gasquet.
In singles he reached a career-high of No. 36 in February 2019 and four tour finals, beating the world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas on the way to the Marseille final in 2021. He played the 2016 and 2020 Olympics and was still competing in 2026, when he qualified for the Roland Garros singles.
On grass
| Queen's finals | With Nicolas Mahut: 2015, beat Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjić 6-2, 6-2; 2016, beat Chris Guccione and André Sá 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); 2021, beat Reilly Opelka and John Peers 6-4, 7-5 |
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| Wimbledon 2016 final | Top seeds with Mahut, beat Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 in 127 minutes, the first all-French men's doubles final at a major in the Open Era |
| Wimbledon 2009 | Boys' doubles champion with Kevin Krawietz, unseeded, beating Julien Obry and Adrien Puget in the final |
| Wimbledon 2015 singles | Came through qualifying and beat Chung Hyeon in five sets, 10-8 in the fifth, for his first main-draw win at a major |
Every grass title: 4
Show every title, tournament by tournament
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Men's doubles | with Nicolas Mahut |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 2015 | Men's doubles | with Nicolas Mahut |
| 2016 | Men's doubles | with Nicolas Mahut |
| 2021 | Men's doubles | with Nicolas Mahut |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
About age 10
Clément and the sandwich
As a boy he had his photograph taken with Arnaud Clément, who in the picture has a sandwich almost in his mouth. Herbert kept the photo and later showed it to Clément.
Source: ATP Tour, "ATP Firsts"Wimbledon, 2016
Beaten by his partner first
In the first week Mahut knocked Herbert out of the singles in the third round. They finished the fortnight together as Wimbledon doubles champions.
Source: Sky Sports, 2016Wimbledon, 2016
Mahut's happier memory
The title gave Mahut, who had lost the 70-68 fifth set to John Isner on Court 18 in 2010, a new Wimbledon story. "Now I can come in the press conference as a Wimbledon champion," Mahut said.
Source: Associated Press via Sports Illustrated, 2016Off court
Actor, guitarist, linguist
He plays the guitar, speaks French, English, German and Spanish, and says that if he had not played tennis he would have been an actor. His favourite shot is the backhand volley.
Source: ATP Tour player biography2021
The fans' favourites
Herbert and Mahut were voted the ATPTour.com Fans' Favourite doubles team in 2021, the year they won Queen's for a third time and the ATP Finals for a second.
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Where they won on grass
Rivals and partners
- Nicolas Mahut
- Edouard Roger-Vasselin
- Julien Benneteau
- Kevin Krawietz
- Nenad Zimonjić
- Marcin Matkowski
On Grass Tennis Club
Elsewhere online
Sources
- Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, ATP Tour player biography
- "ATP Firsts: Pierre-Hugues Herbert", ATP Tour
- "Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert secure Wimbledon men's doubles title", Sky Sports, 2016
- Wimbledon doubles report, Associated Press via Sports Illustrated, 2016
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Olympedia
- Queen's Club Championships, Wikipedia
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Wikipedia
- GTC roll of grass champions, checked against a second source where one exists
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