Lucas Pouille

Lucas Pouille
Country (sports)  France
Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994
Grande-Synthe, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Emmanuel Planque
Prize money $2,473,023
Singles
Career record 49–44 (52.69% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 15 (7 November 2016)
Current ranking No. 15 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
French Open 2R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon QF (2016)
US Open QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record 9–15
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 79 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 88 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2016)
French Open 2R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2016)
US Open 2R (2016)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Lucas Pouille (French pronunciation: ​[lyka puj], born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player.

Career

2013-2014

Pouille received a wildcard for the 2013 French Open to make his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. In the first round, he defeated the American wildcard entrant Alex Kuznetsov in straight sets but lost in the second round to then-world No. 28 Grigor Dimitrov.[1]

At the 2014 Paris Masters, Pouille entered the main draw as a qualifier. In the main draw, he defeated Ivo Karlović and Fabio Fognini to reach the round of 16, where he lost to his childhood idol Roger Federer.[2]

2015

Pouille lost to Gaël Monfils in the first round at the Australian Open. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, he defeated Dominic Thiem to reach the second round, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He was defeated by Gilles Simon in first round of the French Open and by Kevin Anderson in the first round of Wimbledon. At the German Open in Hamburg, Pouille won a place in the main draw via qualifying. In the main draw of that tournament, he defeated Juan Mónaco and Benoît Paire, to reach the semifinals. It was his first ATP World Tour 500 singles semifinal appearance. He lost the semifinal match against Fabio Fognini in two sets.

2016: Quarters of Wimbledon and US Open

At the Australian Open, the unseeded pair of Pouille and Adrian Mannarino lost in the doubles semi-finals to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, after defeating three seeded pairs in earlier rounds. Pouille lost in the 1st rd of the singles event of the Australian Open to 13th-seeded Milos Raonic to register his third consecutive singles 1st rd defeat in that event.

Pouille defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López and eighth seed David Ferrer to reach the round of 16 of the 2016 Miami Open, where he fell to Gilles Simon. At the 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters, he defeated Nicolas Mahut and Richard Gasquet to reach the round of 16, where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In April, Pouille reached his first ATP World Tour singles final at the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Bucharest, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco.

At the Italian Open in Rome, Pouille reached his first Masters 1000 singles semifinal (after wins over Ernests Gulbis and David Ferrer in the second and third round, respectively), where he lost to Andy Murray. In that tournament, he was defeated in the final qualifying round but entered the second round of the main draw as a lucky loser when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew from the tournament because of a muscle strain. He broke into the top 32 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career as a result of his fine performance at the Italian Open, thus ensuring that he would be seeded in the singles event of the upcoming French Open.[3] Seeded no. 29, he was eliminated in the second round of the French Open by lucky loser Andrej Martin, after a first-round win over countryman Julien Benneteau. He then had a first round loss in the MercedesCup to John Millman despite winning the first set. He had another first round loss in the Gerry Weber Open losing to second seed Kei Nishikori despite winning the first set.

Pouille then competed at the third Grand Slam event of the year at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships as the 32nd seed. He came into this tournament with a 0-4 ATP World Tour/Grand Slam singles career record on grass and had never contested a ATP Challenger Tour or ITF Men's Circuit singles event on grass.[4] He defeated qualifier Marius Copil in four sets in the first round. He defeated Donald Young in straight sets in the second round. This was the first time Pouille had advanced to the singles third round of a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Juan Martín Del Potro in the third round in four sets despite being a set and a break down. In the fourth round, he defeated 19th seed Bernard Tomic in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals. However, he came up against 10th-seeded Tomáš Berdych and lost in straight sets on Court One. As a result of reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Pouille attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of 21 on 11 July 2016. Pouille lost in the 2nd round of the 2016 Rogers Cup to Rajeev Ram and in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Masters to Nick Kyrgios.

At the 2016 US Open, Pouille ousted Rafael Nadal in 5 sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) to reach the quarterfinals where he was defeated by his compatriot Gaël Monfils.

Next, at the Moselle Open, Pouille (the 3rd seed of the tournament) reached the final after defeating countrymen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Julien Benneteau, along with the 2nd seed, David Goffin. During the final, Pouille defeated number one seed Dominic Thiem 7-6(7-5), 6-2, winning his first ATP title ever. As a result, Pouille achieved a career-high ATP ranking of 16 on September 26, 2016, surpassing Richard Gasquet to become French No. 3.

Pouille kicked off the Asian leg of the tour at the China Open. Despite being the no. 6 seed of the tournament, Pouille lost in the second round to eventual finalist Grigor Dimitrov. Next, Pouille competed in the Shanghai Masters, in which he was seeded no. 13. He defeated Fernando Verdasco and Nicolás Almagro before falling to eventual champion Andy Murray. Pouille would face off against Murray two weeks later in the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters, and Murray would win again.

At the end of the season, Pouille received the ATP World Tour Award for Most Improved Player of the Year. He ended the year with a career-high ranking of 15.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 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 (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 April 2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco 3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 25 September 2016 Moselle Open, Metz, France Hard (i) Austria Dominic Thiem 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through 2016 US Open.

Tournament2013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 1R 1R 1R 0–3
French Open 2R 1R 1R 2R 2–4
Wimbledon A Q1 1R QF 4–2
US Open Q2 A 1R QF 4–2
Win–Loss 1–1 0–2 0–4 9–4 10–11
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 2R 1–1
Rome Masters A A A SF 3–1
Canada Masters A A A 2R 1–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R 0–1
Shanghai Masters A A Q1 3R 2–1
Paris Masters A 3R 1R 3R 3–3
Win–Loss 0–0 2–1 1–2 9–7 12–10
Career statistics
2013201420152016Career
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
Overall Win–Loss 1–4 2–4 12–14 25–17 40–39
Year-end Ranking 204 133 78 15

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2016 Total
Wins 5 5
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Pouille
rank
2016
1. Spain David Ferrer 8 Miami, United States Hard 3R 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5 88
2. France Richard Gasquet 10 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 82
3. Spain David Ferrer 9 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–4, 6–1 52
4. Spain Rafael Nadal 5 US Open, New York, United States Hard 4R 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) 25
5. Austria Dominic Thiem 10 Moselle Open, Metz, France Hard (i) F 7–6(7–5), 6–2 18

Personal life

Pouille's mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Grigor Dimitrov savours taking on Novak Djokovic at French Open", The Guardian, 30 May 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.morningnewsusa.com/lucas-pouille-net-worth-girlfriend-facts-french-tennis-player-beat-rafael-nadal-23102456.html
  3. ↑ "Rome : Lucas Pouille en demie sans jouer, il sera tête de série à Roland-Garros", L'Équipe, 13 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tomas Berdych v Lucas Pouille Wimbledon tennis live: Big opportunity for Berdych against surprise quarter-finalist", www.livetennis.com, 6 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tenniksen maailman paras teinipelaaja on puoliksi suomalainen". hs.fi. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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Awards
Preceded by
South Korea Hyeon Chung		 ATP Most Improved Player
2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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