Richard Gasquet

Richard Gasquet is one of those players who makes you forget about the scoreboard entirely — you're just watching that one-handed backhand and thinking, "how is that even legal?" Born in Béziers in the south of France in 1986, he grew up as a genuine prodigy, and the French tennis establishment treated him like the next great hope for years. He never won a Grand Slam, which will always be the asterisk on his legacy, but he came agonizingly close — multiple semifinal appearances, including at Wimbledon and the US Open — and racked up 16 ATP titles and over 600 career wins along the way. Reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 7 in 2007 was no fluke. France honored him with the Knight of the National Order of Merit in 2012, which feels right. Some players win trophies; Gasquet won aesthetic votes, and honestly, that backhand deserved its own medal.

Name (English)

Richard Gasquet

Name (Japanese)

リシャール・ガスケ

Reading

りしゃーる・がすけ

Born

June 18, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Origin

Béziers, Hérault, France

Height

183 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Knight of the National Order of Merit

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.richardgasquet.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/richardgasquet1
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1

Tags

• Hérault
• tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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