Maxime Hamou (born 8 June 1995) is a French

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player. Hamou has a career-high

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singles ranking of No. 211, achieved in July 2015 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 744, achieved in July 2016. Hamou achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8 in May 2013.

Career

Hamou made his main draw ATP debut at the

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. He then made his

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main draw debut at the

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where he received a wild card into the singles event. He won an ITF doubles tournament in 2017 in

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, with

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2017 sexual assault incident

Hamou qualified to the main draw of the

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. After being defeated in straight sets by

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in the first round, Hamou groped and kissed

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journalist Maly Thomas on live television, despite her clear discomfort. As a result, Hamou was suspended for the rest of the French Open, with the

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saying: "The management of the tournament has decided to revoke Maxime Hamou’s accreditation following his reprehensible behavior with a journalist yesterday". Maly Thomas later declared that "if they weren't live she would have given him a right hook". Hamou apologized for his behaviour via his Instagram account the following day. He was excluded though from the 2017 French Open.

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* * 1995 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Nîmes French sportspeople of Algerian descent {{France-tennis-bio-stub