- Began playing tennis at age eight with his older brother, Frederic
- Father, Pascal, works in the Commerce industry; mother, Raymonde, is a housewife
- His uncle was European boxing champion and another uncle was World military boxing champion
- Played soccer until age 12 then decided to concentrate on tennis fulltime
- Most thrilling moment in sports history outside of tennis was France winning the 1998 World Cup in soccer
- His favorite soccer club is Olympique Lyonnais
- Enjoys listening to music of Counting Crows, favorite movie is Gladiator and CD is Rocky soundtrack
- Favorite surface is carpet (taraflex) and considers backhand his best shot
- Coached by countryman Nicolas Copin from Team Lagardere.x0d
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.
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