- Started playing tennis at age four
- Nickname is "Bennet"
- Parents are Andre, who works for a glasses company, and Laurence, who is a lawyer
- Has one brother (Antoine), who briefly played Futures events from 2004-07; and two sisters (Dominique and Marie-Sophie)
- Captured US Open junior doubles title in 1999 (w/Mahut)
- Tennis idols growing up were Yannick Noah and Jimmy Connors
- Also idolized Michael Jordan
- Favorite surfaces are indoor hard courts and clay
- Likes to play soccer and ski in his spare time
- Favorite soccer team is Olympic de Marseille
- Coached by Loic Courteau.
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.
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