Early and Personal Life
Nicolas Mahut was born in 1982 in Angers, France. He has three older brothers and one sister. His mother died in 2005, and his father is a retired computer engineer. He first trained at the Beaucouzé tennis club when he was five years old. He joined a tennis club in Paris when he was 11. As a child, he admired Pete Sampras, Michael Jordan, and Yannick Noah. His favourite film is The Matrix, and he likes listening to music by Oasis. He also likes football and is a fan of Paris Saint-Germain.
He currently lives in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris. He is married; his wife, Minette, gave birth to their first child, Nathanaël, on 18 August 2011
He is close friends with the American tennis player, John Isner. The two became friends after they played together in the longest ever professional tennis match at Wimbledon 2010, which lasted over 11 hours.
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