Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won 16 singles titles on the ATP Tour equal seventh most among active players. He is also fourth among active players with over 590 career match wins. His best performances in Grand Slam singles tournaments have been three semifinal appearances, two at the Wimbledon Championships (in 2007 and 2015) and once at the US Open (in 2013). His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. He won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open, partnering with Tatiana Golovin. He also won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. Gasquet is best known for his elegant groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand. Early life Gasquet was born on June 18, 1986 in Béziers, France where he was raised. His mother, Maryse, and his father, Serignan, were both tennis teachers and ran a local tennis club in Béziers. This had an influence on Gasquet and he began playing tennis at the age of 4 with his dad at the club. Soon after, he was discovered by former world number 9 Pierre Barthès who ran a tennis camp at the nearby seaside resort of Cap d'Agde. When he was 9 years old, Gasquet was touted as a future champion on the cover of the February 1996 issue of French Tennis Magazine. Junior career (1999–2002) Gasquet played his first junior match in April 1999 at the age of 12 at a grade 3 tournament in France. As a junior, he posted a 44–7 career singles record and a 10–4 career doubles record. He had a career-high juniors singles ranking of world No. 1, attained on 9 September 2002. During the same year, he made the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open and won the Junior French Open and the Junior US Open. His wins at junior grand slams at such a young age caused him to become one of the most anticipated juniors ever and many thought that he would become a future world number 1. Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: Australian Open: SF (2002) French Open: W (2002) Wimbledon: A (-) US Open: W (2002) Professional