ROLEX PARIS MASTERS

November 8, 2026

Quentin Halys

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Press Conference

HALYS-HERBERT/Harrison-Skupski

7-6, 6-7, 10-8

THE MODERATOR: Questions in French.

Q. Congratulations. What do you feel after you've won this title here in Paris?

QUENTIN HALYS: It's awesome. When we started playing together, we wanted to win a big title. Now we have it. It's cool.

We had underwhelming performance so far, so it was quite unexpected, because we didn't play that well together so far. So now we still have one or two tournaments each to play this year, but I think it helps us at the end of the year, and it's wonderful to have such a title at the end of the season.

Q. Do you think that you will have a more consistent schedule afterwards? Because apparently you did a lot of soul-searching.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: I don't want to talk about this. We have a season to wrap up. At the end of the season we will do some debriefing and we will think about what we will do.

We have seen Quentin's singles season. We know what he's capable of. It needs to be consistent, logical.

I have lived through that same experience. We will see, and at the end of the season, we will have time to discuss all this together.

Q. What are your strengths together?

QUENTIN HALYS: What made us strong is our serve. We didn't get broken that much, and we managed to exert a lot of pressure on the opponents. They don't have a lot of chances to break us.

Overall, we managed to put a lot of pressure on them with a lot of big serves, and Pierre-Hugues also comes to the net. It's our strength.

And our return is quite good on fast surfaces like this one. When we manage to do 90%, 95% of first balls, that's actually a good statistic.

Q. What does it mean for you? You have had a lot of titles in doubles, Pierre-Hugues. So what does it mean to have that title at the end of your career?

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: I was very tired at the end of the match. There was a lot of emotion. It was a tough year for me.

I was lacking motivation. I was feeling very much on my own this summer. Then I bounced back with a new project.

It's true that Quentin is a wonderful doubles partner. Not only is he a good tennis player in doubles, but he also helped me personally. When he was playing in Kitzbuhel, it was his kid's birthday, and he was on the phone with me, and he was telling me, You have to do this, you have to do that.

Really, I actually had a tough spell this year. I did a lot of soul-searching, a lot of questions. Then I was back on the right track, and Quentin's team helped me a lot.

I had two coaches this week for doubles, with Nicolas Renavand, who has been coaching me for five years, and Andrea Morlet.

I feel that I'm back on the right track. When I was at the lowest point, they were very much present for me.

Q. First you wanted to pay tribute to Paul-Henri? Can you tell us more about this? Why did you want to say such words?

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: First of all, he was there. He didn't need to be there, and yet he was.

I have a special relationship with him. He comes from Alsace. He made me dream growing up. I had a special relationship with him.

You know, the results were not wonderful this summer, and yet, he trusted me. Over the last three years, he has given me a lot of trust, and that has brought me so much.

I wanted to have a kind word for him. I saw him in the seats. He has pushed me so much over the last three years, and I wanted to thank him for this. That's why.

Q. Quentin, you are a singles player normally, and now you're actually winning a doubles Masters 1000 title. So maybe for the Davis Cup, the doubles will be part of your objective. How do you anticipate that? Can you say a few words on your change of trajectory? As for Pierre-Hugues, we saw that you like Paulo, but what about this win that actually counts? How can you build on this?

QUENTIN HALYS: I have none. The singles, the results as a single will be at the service of the Davis Cup team, but there are so many other players that play so well and so much better than me in singles or doubles.

There is a lot of good players. You have to deserve your place. There's still a lot of young players coming up, as well. So it will depend on so many things: on the surface, on where we play, with whom we play, who is coming, who is not coming. As for the new captain, I don't know much more than you.

So it depends on so many factors. We shouldn't sustain any injury and we should also win matches, because if, in Australia nothing happens to me, I will have no legitimacy in playing for the Davis Cup.

They haven't even finished 2026 yet, so we have to finish 2026 this year, the Davis Cup 2026, and then we will see for next year.

PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT: It's true that I spoke about Paul-Henri, because I saw him in the seats, and I have a special relationship with him.

But today, Paul-Henri is quite special to me. I grew up in Strasbourg, and he comes also from Strasbourg. I saw him play in Roland. I wanted to have a kind word for him today.

Yesterday we learned who the new captain was, and I think he will bring a lot to the team. I'm sure I'll be entitled to some discussions with him in the close future. But then again, all this needs to lead to one single theme: performance as a French team. We need to deliver results, and we need to continue progressing.

We have a good pool with a good mindset, and we need to have wins. We need to be in Davis Cup final. We need it to be attractive for everyone to be willing to play such ties.

And you know that I love the Davis Cup for 10 years now, maybe. I don't know if it's 10 years. My first one was in 2016, so it's been nearly 10 years now. And I love it.

This is why we will see what's coming up, and I'm looking forward to seeing the course of action that will be taken by Gael.