Paul-Henri Mathieu

Paul-Henri Mathieu

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1982-01-12) 12 January 1982 Strasbourg, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,465,800
Singles
Career record	233-238
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 12 (7 April 2008)
Current ranking	No. 72 (13 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2006, 2008)
French Open	4R (2002, 2008)
Wimbledon	4R (2007, 2010)
US Open	3R (2004, 2010)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Doubles
Career record	26–69
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 103 (15 September 2008)
Team Competitions
Davis Cup	F (2002)
Last updated on: 25 October 2012.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 12 January 1982 in Strasbourg, France) is a French tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 12.

Tennis career

Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Juniors

As a junior Mathieu posted a singles record of 42–15 (and 34–12 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 6 in the world in January 2000 (and No. 19 in doubles the same month).

Mathieu won the Boys' Singles title at the 2000 French Open (defeating Tommy Robredo in the final), and made his ATP tour debut that July in Kitzbühel.

2000–2004

2002 was Mathieu's breakthrough year. He made the 4th round of the French Open, losing to Andre Agassi in 5 sets, despite having a 2 set lead. Later on in the year, he confirmed his potential by winning back to back tournaments in Moscow and Lyon. On 14 October he became world no. 36 and his progress won him the ATP Newcomer of the Year award for 2002. He also nearly won the Davis Cup in 2002 with the French Davis Cup team, but lost the deciding rubber of the final to Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, once more after relinquishing a 2 set advantage.

2005

In 2005, he achieved his best ever result in an ATP Masters Series event, knocking out Andy Roddick on his way to the semi-finals at Montreal. He had a record of 2–2 in the 4 Davis Cup matches he played that year. He won both his matches against the Swedish opponents Thomas Johansson and Joachim Johansson, but lost to Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev in the quarter final tie.

2006

2006 saw him equal his best result at a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the 4th round of the Australian Open. In May a career-high ranking of 32 was attained. In the 3rd round of the French Open, he lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in a gruelling encounter which lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes, but amazingly only saw 42 games played (Nadal won the match 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4, with the first set lasting 93 minutes and each of the following sets longer than an hour). Many tennis players and commentators, including two-time French Open runner-up Àlex Corretja, hailed it as a classic.

Mathieu is known for being able to hit heavy groundstrokes from both wings and his topspin forehand is probably his biggest weapon. A relatively popular, well-liked player despite his inconsistent career results, Mathieu is often affectionately known by his initials, "PHM". His favourite surfaces are clay and hard, and he admired Boris Becker while growing up. His brother Pierre-Yves is now a tennis coach in Strasbourg.

2007

2007 started poorly for Mathieu when he injured himself at the Australian Open during a 1st round encounter against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco and was forced to retire from the match. This was unfortunate as Mathieu was up 2 sets and 3–0 in the 3rd set tiebreak at the time. After returning from his injury, he reached the 4th round in Miami, beating then world number 5 Fernando González of Chile along the way, before bowing out to Andy Murray in 3 sets.

On 29 April 2007, Mathieu won his 3rd career title, the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca defeating Álbert Montañés 6–1, 6–1. At Wimbledon, he reached round 4 for the first time, defeating Radek Štěpánek, #17 seed (15th-ranked) David Ferrer, and 15th seed (12th-ranked) Ivan Ljubičić. He attained a career high ranking of 28 in singles after this result, entering the world's top 30 for the first time. The week after Wimbledon, he beat Italian Andreas Seppi 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 in a difficult final to claim his fourth ATP Tour title in Gstaad, Switzerland. He rose to #23 in the rankings, making his top 25 breakthrough.

At the Montreal Masters, he produced one of the comebacks of the season to beat 15th seed Guillermo Cañas. Trailing 4–6, 0–4, he managed to up his level of play to win 13 of the next 14 games and record a win by the score of 4–6, 7–5, 6–0. He followed that up with a win over Mario Ančić in round 2. In round 3, he ran into Rafael Nadal, and actually won the first set 6–3 before losing the next two 6–3, 6–2.

He then made the semi-finals of New Haven losing to world number 6 James Blake in a 3rd set tiebreak. This result projected him in the world's top 20 for the 1st time, at the 20th rank.

2012

At the 2012 French Open, Mathieu won his first round match from two sets down before defeating John Isner in five sets, 18–16 in the decider in what proved to be the second longest match in French Open history and fourth longest in Grand Slam history. He lost in the third round to the Spaniard Marcel Granollers. Mathieu defeated Igor Andreev of Russia in the Swiss Open [6–3, 7–6 (4)].

Personal life

In the first half of 2012, Mathieu became a father for the first time when his compagnon, Quiterie Camus, gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Gabriel.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–3)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 October 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	2.	13 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	28 September 2003	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winner	3.	29 April 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Álbert Montañés	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	15 July 2007	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andreas Seppi	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	14 October 2007	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	5–7, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up	3.	5 October 2008	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	26 July 2009	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
Runner-up	1.	25 July 2010	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	David Marrero Marc López	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage or lost in Qualification Round 3, 2, Round 1; absent from a tournament or participated in a team event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics, the former of which has, from 1908–1924 and 1996–present, been awarded to the winner of a play-off match between losing semifinalists. The last two are for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series) or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of (not during) a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2013 BNP Paribas Open.

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	4R	1R	4R	2R	A	A	A	1R	7–7
French Open	1R	4R	1R	A	3R	3R	3R	4R	3R	1R	A	3R		16–10
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	4R	3R	2R	4R	A	1R		10–9
US Open	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	A	2R		7–10
Win–Loss	0–1	4–4	0–3	2–1	2–4	6–4	5–4	9–4	4–4	5–3	0–0	3–3	0–1	40–36
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			A	NH	3–1
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	4R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	1R	10–7
Miami Masters	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	4R	4R	3R	1R	A	A	A	7–7
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	2–8
Rome Masters	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A		2–6
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	Q2	2–5
Canada Masters	A	A	2R	A	SF	1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	A	Q2		8–7
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	1R		5–8
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series								1R	LQ	A	A		0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R		5–8
Hamburg Masters	A	A	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	NM1					3–5
Career statistics
Titles–Runner-ups	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4
Year End Ranking	150	36	83	123	46	55	25	31	33	97	526	58		233–235

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage or lost in Qualification Round 3, 2, Round 1; absent from a tournament or participated in a team event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics, the former of which has, from 1908–1924 and 1996–present, been awarded to the winner of a play-off match between losing semifinalists. The last two are for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series) or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of (not during) a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open					1R				1R	0–2
French Open	1R	2R	1R		1R	1R				1–5
Wimbledon			1R				1R			0–2
US Open				1R			1R	1R	1R	0–4
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–13

External links

• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bio – File interview with Paul-Henri Mathieu
• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the International Tennis Federation
• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the Davis Cup

References

Preceded by Andy Roddick

ATP Newcomer of the Year 2002

Succeeded by Rafael Nadal