Herbert won the Wimbledonboys' 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 Openboys' singles semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Bernard Tomic of Australia.[4] Herbert reached as high as No. 9 in the junior singles world rankings in October 2009.
Professional career
2013–2014: Masters and Grand Slam singles debuts
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.
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 2014 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.
Herbert again battled through three rounds of qualifying, beating Hans Podlipnik Castillo, Facundo Argüello and Íñigo Cervantes (the latter over five sets) 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] On 22 June, Herbert broke into the top 20 in doubles for the first time, reaching a career high of No. 20 in the world.
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.
At the 2018 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.[16]
2019: Career doubles Grand Slam, Third final & Career-high singles ranking, ATP finals champion
In Doha, Herbert's first tournament of the year, he recorded his second top-ten win against Dominic Thiem, before falling to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals. In doubles in Doha Herbert partnered with David Goffin to capture their first team title together.[17]
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.[18] In singles Herbert reached the third round by defeating Hyeon Chung in the second round.[19] In the third round he fell to Milos Raonic in three sets.[20]
After winning the career grand slam in doubles, Herbert decided to take a brief break from doubles to focus on singles.[21]
In February Herbert reached a career high ranking in singles of No. 36 on 11 February 2019 after he reached his third ATP tour final at the 2019 Open Sud de France in Montpellier, where he fell to countryman Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.[22]
In the 2019 clay season in Monte-Carlo Herbert captured his third top 10 win against Kei Nishikori to reach the third round.[23] At the French Open Herbert recovered from being down two-sets-to-love in a five sets match against 12th seed Daniil Medvedev in the first round.[24]
Herbert reunited with Nicolas Mahut to play the Paris Rolex Masters which they won defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final.[25] The pair qualified for the ATP finals for the 5th straight year,[26] 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.[27]
2020: Two singles quarterfinals, second Rotterdam doubles crown
Herbert began the 2020 season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He reached the quarterfinals and lost to second seed and eventual champion, Andrey Rublev.[28] At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the second round by 11th seed David Goffin.[29]
At the Open 13 in Marseille, he had a great tournament. He won his first two rounds over Kei Nishikori[36] and Cameron Norrie.[37] He then stunned second seed and two-time defending champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the quarterfinals. This was also his first win over a Top-5 ranked player.[38] His victory over fourth seed Ugo Humbert in the semifinals guaranteed him a spot into his fourth ATP singles final.[39] He lost in the championship match to top seed Daniil Medvedev in three sets.[40]
Competing at the Miami Open, he was defeated in the second round by 11th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.[41]
Starting his clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters, Herbert fell in the first round of qualifying to Bernard Tomic.[42] Playing in Barcelona, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by eighth seed David Goffin.[43] At the Estoril Open, he was beaten in the second round by seventh seed and eventual champion, Albert Ramos Viñolas.[44] Getting past qualifying at the Madrid Open, he lost in the first round to Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in three sets.[45] At the Lyon Open, he was defeated in the first round by Sebastian Korda.[46] However, in doubles, he and Mahut reached the final where they lost to Hugo Nys/Tim Pütz.[47]
At the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open, he pushed 18th seed Jannik Sinner to five sets, but he ended up losing their first-round match.[48] In doubles, he and Mahut reached the final for the second time in their career. The home favorites saved three match points en route to the final defeating second seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal/Robert Farah.[49] They then defeated pair Alexander Bublik/Andrey Golubev to claim their second French Open doubles title.[50] As a result, Herbert returned to the top 10 doubles rankings at No. 7.
At Wimbledon, Herbert faced Pablo Andújar in the first round. He fought hard and pushed Andújar to five sets but ended up losing the match.[51]
In August, Herbert competed at the Winston-Salem Open. He fell in the final round of qualifying to Wu Tung-lin. However, due to the withdrawal of Nikoloz Basilashvili, he received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser. He reached the third round where he lost to American Marcos Giron.[52] At the US Open, he was defeated in the first round by Adrian Mannarino.[53] In doubles, he and Mahut reached the quarterfinals losing to John Peers/Filip Polášek.[54]
2022–2025: 100th singles career win, 25th doubles title
In December 2021, Herbert announced that he was unvaccinated against COVID-19 and would miss the 2022 Australian Open as a result.[60] He was replaced as[Nicolas Mahut's doubles partner by Fabrice Martin.[61]
In Montpelier he won as top seed his 23rd title with partner Mahut defeating L. Glasspool/H. Heliövaara. It was their 21st title as a team.[62]
At the 2023 Moselle Open in Metz he recorded his 100th singles career win over Luca Van Assche to reach the semifinals.[63][64] It was his first ATP tour singles win in more the 20 months and first semifinal since Marseille 2021.[65][66]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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