Lucas Pouille
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| Country (sports) |
 France |
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| Residence | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Born |
23 February 1994 Grande-Synthe, France |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,004,479 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 26–30 (46.43% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 56 (25 April 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 58 (2 May 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 6–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 80 (1 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 80 (1 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| Last updated on: 1 February 2016. | |
Lucas Pouille (French pronunciation: [lyka puj], born 23 February 1994) is a French tennis player.
Career
Pouille received a wildcard for the 2013 French Open, his first Grand Slam event, and defeated American wildcard entrant Alex Kuznetsov in three straight sets. Pouille lost in the second round to World No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov.[1]
At the 2014 Paris Masters, Pouille defeated Ivo Karlovic and Fabio Fognini to reach the round of 16, where he lost to Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4.
In 2015, Pouille lost to Gaël Monfils at the Australian Open. At the Monte-Carlo Masters he defeated Dominic Thiem to reach the second round, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. Then he was defeated by Gilles Simon in first round of Roland Garros, and by Kevin Anderson in first round of Wimbledon. At the German Open in Hamburg, Pouille won a place in the main draw via qualifying and defeated three opponents (including Juan Mónaco and Benoît Paire) to reach the semifinals, his first at the ATP World Tour 500 level. He lost that match against Fabio Fognini in two sets.
In 2016, Pouille won over Guillermo García-López and number 8 seed David Ferrer round of 16 of the Miami Open, where he fell to to Gilles Simon. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he defeated Nicolas Mahut and Richard Gasquet to reach round of 16, where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 April 2016 | BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  Fernando Verdasco |
3–6, 2–6 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–3 | |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1–3 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 1R | 0–1 | ||
| US Open | Q2 | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||
| Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–8 | |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | 4R | 3–1 | |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3–2 | |
| Madrid Masters | A | Q1 | A | 0–0 | ||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | ||
| Paris Masters | A | 3R | 1R | 2–2 | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 8–6 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Career | ||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–3 | 2–2 | 12–10 | 7–6 | 21–21 | |
| Year-end Ranking | 204 | 133 | 78 | |||
References
- ↑ "Grigor Dimitrov savours taking on Novak Djokovic at French Open", The Guardian, 30 May 2013.
External links
- Lucas Pouille at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Lucas Pouille at the International Tennis Federation
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