PERSONAL

Started playing tennis at age 8 with his brother Julien in Paris…Trains at the Tennis Club Paris with Gerard Solves helping him but has no formal coach…Idol growing up was Stefan Edberg…Favourite surface is clay and best shot is the backhand…Father, Gilbert, is an engineer, mother, Genevieve, is a French teacher…Brother, Julien, 29, is finishing law studies in New York…Likes to hang out with friends, music (Coldplay, Robbie Williams) and movies (big fan of Nicolas Cage and Kiefer Sutherland)…Best friends on the tour are Nicolas Mahut, Florent Serra and Thierry Ascione…Highlight of his junior career was reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1999…Highlight of his pro career was winning the challenger event in Timisoara, Romania, in 2005