Maxime Hamou

Maxime Hamou (born 8 June 1995) is a French tennis player. Hamou has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 211, achieved in July 2015 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 744, achieved in July 2016.

Maxime Hamou
Country (sports) France
Born (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995
Nîmes, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$117,881
Singles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 211 (27 July 2015)
Current rankingNo. 350 (18 June 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (2015, 2017)
WimbledonQ1 (2015)
US OpenQ1 (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 744 (18 July 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1668 (18 June 2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2015)
Last updated on: 29 May 2017.

Hamou achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8 in May 2013.

Career

Hamou made his main draw ATP debut at the 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He then made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 French Open where he received a wild card into the singles event.[1]

He won an ITF doubles tournament in 2017 in Morocco, with Elliot Benchetrit.[2][3]

2017 sexual assault incident

Hamou qualified to the main draw of the 2017 French Open. After being defeated in straight sets by Pablo Cuevas in the first round, Hamou groped and kissed Eurosport journalist Maly Thomas on live television, despite her clear discomfort.[4] As a result, Hamou was suspended for the rest of the French Open, with the French Tennis Federation saying: "The management of the tournament has decided to revoke Maxime Hamou’s accreditation following his reprehensible behavior with a journalist yesterday".[5]

Maly Thomas later declared that "if they weren't live she would have given him a right hook".[6] Hamou apologized for his behaviour via his Instagram account the following day.[7] He was excluded though from the 2017 French Open.[8]

References
  1. "Tennis | Thanasi Kokkinakis, Lucas Pouille among French Open wildcard recipients | SPORTAL". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  2. "Morocco F3 Futures ITF Men's Circuit Week of 31 JUL 2017 Casablanca"
  3. "| Fédération française de tennis".
  4. "Tennis player banned from French Open after sexually harassing female reporter on live TV". ThinkProgress. 30 May 2017.
  5. "French Open bans Maxime Hamou, player who tried to forcibly kiss a female reporter on live TV". 30 May 2017.
  6. Rémia, Cédric (30 May 2017). "Roland-Garros 2017 : Maly Thomas, la journaliste malmenée par Maxime Hamou, réagit !".
  7. "Instagram post by Maxime Hamou • May 30, 2017 at 5:18pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  8. "Roland-Garros: le tennisman Maxime Hamou exclu pour avoir embrassé de force à l'antenne la journaliste Maly Thomas". lindependant.fr. 30 May 2017.


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