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Maxime Hamou (born 8 June 1995 in Nîmes) is a French tennis player. Hamou has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211, achieved in July 2015 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 744, achieved on 18 July 2016.
Hamou has a career high junior ranking of 8 achieved in 2013.
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 wildcard into the singles event.
After sexually harassing a reporter live on television during 2017 French Open, Hamou was banned from the competition (although he had already suffered a defeat to Pablo Cuevas earlier that day), had his credentials to Roland Garros revoked and sparked national outrage. He apologized for his behaviour via his Instagram account the following day.