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Lucas Pouille

Lucas Pouille
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Pouille at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)  France
Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 23)
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 $2,519,113
Singles
Career record 50–46 (52.08% 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 (27 February 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
French Open 2R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon QF (2016)
US Open QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record 9–16
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 79 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 354 (30 January 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2016)
French Open 2R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2016)
US Open 2R (2016)
Last updated on: 30 January 2017.

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

Since December 2016, he is managed by Ion Țiriac.

Pouille's mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn.

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.

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 Roger Federer.

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.


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