Wimbledon star, 26, has second career as a RAPPER and released eight-song EP after duet with fellow tennis player
But he also does so off it - with his very own music career.
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Corentin Moutet admitted he prefers rapping over tennis
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He dropped an EP in 2020 before two further singles
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Moutet, 26, certainly likes to shake things up with his off-beat
It has earned the lefty -
And he starts his Wimbledon campaign today hoping to hit all the right notes and beat his second-round runs in 2019 and 2023.
Because away from tennis, Moutet has a side hustle.
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The Frenchman is a keen pianist and also fancies himself as a bit of rapper, too.
In fact, the Paris native revealed he actually prefers rap music over tennis - but appreciates his professional sporting career can fund his singing venture.
Moutet told
"In everyday life, I prefer to rap. But tennis is cool nonetheless. It's a crazy sport, and again that's how I make a living. I find it more fun to rap.
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'But I give myself 100 per cent in both. On the court, I forget the music. And in the studio, there is no tennis.'
Moutet enjoys music so much that in 2020, he released an eight-song EP album.
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Ecorche - 'skin' in French - dropped in the October, with Moutet making the most of the Covid lockdown to record his songs.
The translated track titles are Dream, Invisible, Beautiful Hell, Little Brother, If You Knew, In The Land Of Stars, Monsters and Psychoanalysis.
Following in the footsteps of compatriot tennis-star-turn-singer Yannik Noah, Moutet then added 37.5 to his portfolio in 2021 - his best-performing song on
And his most-recent number, No Fake, came out in 2024.
The album cover for it is a burning US dollar bill on a clay tennis court.
Moutet - whose best Grand Slam result so far was round four at the 2024 French Open - also featured on
On the EP he brought out during Covid, Moutet added: "I had time to kill. I grew up alone, far from my parents. I felt the need to indulge in a lot of things.
'At the age of 16, this is the only way I can find expression. I took it a bit like therapy. Especially at the beginning.
'Then over time I began to appreciate the richness of the French language, to work more on my lyrics, to play with rhymes.'
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Moutet is never far from controversy when he plays tennis
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The unorthodox Frenchman might be off beat on the court - but not off it
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He featured in Denis Shapovalov's song Drip
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