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Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut clinched the US Open men’s doubles title and their first Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4 win over eighth seeds Jamie Murray and John Peers.
The 12th seeds saved all five break points faced and needed 1 hour and 9 minutes to dispatch the British-Australian team. Herbert converted the team’s second match point with a backhand volley winner. They are the first all-French team to win the doubles title at Flushing Meadows and their victory marks the ninth Grand Slam in a row that has been won by a different men’s doubles team.
Herbert gave credit to his partner, with whom he lost the 2015 Australian Open doubles final to Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. Herbert was 0-4 at majors prior to partnering Mahut at the 2015 Australian Open, where they reached the final. "He deserves it, he came to me last year and said, 'Come on, let's play together, I believe in you’,” recalled Herbert. "It feels incredible...[I'm] so grateful to be here."
"I've never seen someone play the last game like this in a Grand Slam final," Mahut said of Herbert's volleys in the final game, which enabled them to break. "It was unbelievable." The 33-year-old Mahut said he was proud to be part of the first French men's doubles team to win the US Open. "It's a privilege to hold the trophy," he said.
“I’m starting to know what Andy felt like for a long time,” said Murray, who along with Peers, lost the 2015 Wimbledon doubles final against Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. “We’re going to keep trying to get over the line and get a Grand Slam title.” By reaching the final, Murray/Peers boosted their chances of qualifying for their maiden Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. They're currently No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London.
"It was very disappointing [and] hurts a bit, but we had a good year," said Peers, noting that the duo are close to reaching their goal of appearing at the O2 Arena in November. "You've got to take the positives from it, even though it hurts now. [It] gives you a bit more hunger to go forward and keep working hard," he added.

Q. This is your first major title for either of you. Can you describe how that feels for you right now?

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: It feels incredible. I mean, like I said on the court, he came to see me just last year before I played that well in Tokyo and everything, and for a long time he tells me you're a good doubles player. Last year he believed in me and he said, Let's go do a year. So, I mean, so grateful to be here. I think we don't understand right now what is happening.

NICOLAS MAHUT: I do. I do.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: You do? Me I'm still maybe too young. I don't see it. But, yeah, it's just great, and we had fun, actually. We just had fun on the court. It's everything. The whole week was just fun, was great.

Q. First French team to win this. What does it mean to you, to the country, and how big of a deal is that going to be?

NICOLAS MAHUT: It's big, but I remember back in '85 or '87 something like that, when Noah and Leconte were in the final. I think they had to win this one, and for some reason they didn't. No, it's great to be the first French team to win this one. Yeah, it's a privilege to hold the trophy, and now it's time to celebrate.

Q. Could you talk a little bit about the match today, the chemistry you had out there, and how the match played out?

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: I mean, I think a lot of Grand Slam finals, when you are new at it, is played before. I mean, you have to prepare. I had my first Grand Slam final in Australia with Nico, and the preparation was not good enough. And so I arrived -- I think I arrived on court not prepared. I think today we were prepared for that. And even if we had some tough moments like, for example, the beginning where we are Love-40 down, we were calm, remain calm, and we just played our game. In the end, yeah, I mean, we played great.

NICOLAS MAHUT: The last game was not that good from you.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: Last game I didn't play that well. (Smiling.) I think, yeah, because we had good opponents today and I think they played quite a good match. We were able to play even better. So it's just good to be able to do that in a Grand Slam final.

Q. Do you think it's going to be a compensation for history, compensation for your country and for your personal? I mean, the Four Musketeers winning 27 doubles titles 80 years ago, but since never crossed the line, just the semifinal at the US Open, and you just come and win the title. And personally, as your single achievement always something near but missing the point. Against Djokovic two set points two years ago at the ATP Masters. Nicolas, you have some great achievement in the singles, but always missing something. Do you think this is a compensation, this achievement, for your country and for you?

NICOLAS MAHUT: I don't think that way. Just really happy about winning a slam. That was our goal, to win a slam. We will try to win another one, but we don't think about losing singles or whatever. I'm just happy about what happened today.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: I think it feels even greater to win and to know that --

NICOLAS MAHUT: After losing you mean?

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: Not after losing, but to know no French team won it. When you think about it, you are thinking about the musketeers...

NICOLAS MAHUT: The real one or the new ones? (Laughter.)

Q. The old ones.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: The old ones, 27 titles. (In French.) Brugnon, Lacoste, Borotra, Cochet. O'la la. (In French.) So, yeah, it's great. 27 semifinal they never won it, and we did it once. Yeah, we had fun. Like I said before, we were not thinking about this before, and I didn't want to think about it. The only thing we are thinking about was play on the court, go, and have fun and play your best. That's what we did and we won it. Now we can think about what you said.

Frenchmen come back from set down to claim Monte-Carlo title
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are the team to beat at the moment on the ATP World Tour. The French duo won their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in a row on Sunday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. The third seeds became the first French titlists at the Monte-Carlo Country Club since 1986 (Forget/Noah) as they defeated Australian Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 4-6, 6-0, 10-6.
"We were playing well and we also had some luck," Mahut said. "When you win matches, you're more confident and you're able to relax when you play the important points. It can turn a match around, especially in the (match) tie-break."
The final was delayed due to rain – a rare weather blip in what has been a near-perfect week in the Principality – and it was Murray/Soares who started the stronger. The British/Brazilian duo missed the chance to serve for the set at 5-4, but broke again in the 10th game to clinch the opener.
"We were the better team the first set. We were returning well, playing good," Murray said.
From there, Herbert and Mahut went on a tear, reeling off the next six games to level the match, dropping just five points on their serve. They carried that momentum into the Match Tie-break and after establishing an early 5-1 lead, fought off any hopes of a fightback from Murray/Soares as they went on to prevail in 74 minutes.
After victories in Indian Wells (d. Pospisil/Sock) and Miami (d. Klaasen/Ram), Herbert and Mahut are the first team since Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in 2014 to sweep the first three Masters 1000 titles of the season. Herbert and Mahut captured their fifth tour-level title together, a haul that includes the US Open crown last year.
"We have been very humble on the court during the last month and a half," Herbert said. "After losing the first set, we could have been overwhelmed in the second. But we weren't. We kept fighting. That means in the long-term, we can be consistent day after day."
Murray and Soares were bidding to win their third title of the season after victories in Sydney (d. Bopanna/Mergea) and Melbourne (d. Nestor/Stepanek).

Top seeds into second round
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut topped Aussies Sam Groth and Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Roland Garros doubles tournament on Wednesday. The Frenchmen did not face a break point in the 54-minute win.
Herbert/Mahut, the reigning US Open doubles champions, are attempting to become the second French team in three years to lift the doubles trophy at Roland Garros. In 2014, Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin topped Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to break a 20-year title drought for the home nation (Leconte/Noah in 1984). Mahut was a finalist in 2013, partnering Michael Llodra (l. to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan). Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin reprised their partnership at this year’s tournament, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Jiri Vesely 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2) in their opening match.
Four-time champion Daniel Nestor is still in contention after teaming up with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi to beat Inigo Cervantes and Paolo Lorenzi 7-6(5), 6-2. The Canadian last tasted victory in Paris alongside Max Mirnyi in 2012. Mirnyi and Treat Huey moved into the second round thanks to a 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-1 win over Italians Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi.
Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes, seeded No. 16, edged Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin 7-6(3), 7-6(6). Paes won three Roland Garros doubles titles alongside Mahesh Bhupathi (1999 & 2001) and Lukas Dlouhy (2009).

Top seeds prevail in all-French final

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are Wimbledon champions.

The top seeds overcame countrymen Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-3 in just over two hours to secure their second Grand Slam title (2015 US Open) and first at the All England Club. It was the first all-French doubles final at Wimbledon in the Open Era. The most recent all-French team to win the men’s doubles title at SW19 was Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in 2007.

“I’ve said ever since I started playing tennis that Wimbledon is the greatest tournament,” Mahut said. “When you win the match point in the final, you just realise that you're going to have your name written on the trophy and everywhere. Being the champions here in Wimbledon, it's a dream come true for me.

“We are good friends. We play together, so we stay together. Even if sometimes we're going to lose some matches, we know at the end of the year, we are going to win more than we're going to lose. Sometimes doubles players, once they lose one, two, three matches, then they want to split. Because we like each other, we like to spend time together, we like to spend time on the court and off the court, this is something we don't even think about changing.

“What makes us a little bit more special is the fact that we're both playing an offensive game, going to the net, but a little bit in a different way,” Herbert said. “I think Nico is more the guy who puts up the numbers, the guy who is going to serve 80 per cent of first serves and make 90 per cent of his volleys. He's not going to miss. He's going to be the guy who is the solid player on his side.

“Me, I'm maybe playing the same game, going to the net, but having my moments in a game. Maybe having, I don't know, a good moment for three games. I'm not as consistent as he is. But I think it's quite difficult for the other teams to know how to play us.”

Saturday’s match snapped a streak of 11 Grand Slam championships won by different doubles teams and cemented Herbert and Mahut’s position as the best doubles team in 2016. They have won five titles this year, including the first three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events of the season.
Event Winning Team
2013 US Open Paes/Stepanek
2014 Australian Open Kubot/Lindstedt
2014 Roland Garros Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin
2014 Wimbledon Pospisil/Sock
2014 US Open Bryan/Bryan
2015 Australian Open Bolelli/Fognini
2015 Roland Garros Dodig/Melo
2015 Wimbledon Rojer/Tecau
2015 US Open Herbert/Mahut
2016 Australian Open Murray/Soares
2016 Roland Garros Lopez/Lopez
2016 Wimbledon Herbert/Mahut

Herbert and Mahut’s efficient serving paved their way to victory. They won 65 per cent of second-serve points to their opponents’ 47 per cent and saved all four break points faced. Herbert, at 25 the youngest player on the court, returned from the ad court and was instrumental in securing three breaks of serve for his side (3/12).

Mahut was overcome with emotion and fell to the court after his team converted their third match point. The 34 year old captured the Boy’s Singles title at Wimbledon 16 years ago and was facing two friends and former doubles partners. Benneteau and Mahut, born a month apart, enjoyed a successful partnership in the junior ranks, winning the 1999 US Open juniors doubles together and being named the year’s ITF Junior Boys’ Doubles World Champions. At tour-level, Benneteau and Mahut won two ATP World Tour titles and reached two US Open semi-finals (2004 and 2007) while Mahut and Roger-Vasselin captured four ATP World Tour titles as a team between 2012 and 2013.

The fortnight marked a return to form for Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin. They renewed their partnership earlier this year after Benneteau recovered from an adductor injury which kept him out of action for nearly a year. In their only previous Grand Slam final, the duo beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to secure the 2014 Roland Garros title.

Herbert and Mahut earned 2,000 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and £350,000, while Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin will split 1,200 points and £175,000