In the final, Pouille defeated top seed Dominic Thiem (7–6(7–5), 6–2), winning his first ATP World Tour singles title.
Frenchman Lucas Pouille announced Tuesday on social media that he will undergo right elbow surgery later this month in Paris. In the second half of the year, Pouille managed to advance beyond the round of 16 of the singles main draw in two ATP World Tour tournaments, in St. Petersburg (in September) and Moscow (in October), losing to Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals in both tournaments and both times in straight sets.
8 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4–6, 4–6) in the third round. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand), 4th frenchman since the beginning of the Open Area who has won a title on 3 different surfaces (indoor, clay and grass), 2017: 3 titles won this year
Lucas has 2 brothers, Nicolas and Jonathan. Pouille defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López in the second round and saved one match point in beating 8th seed David Ferrer in the third round to reach the round of 16 of the Miami Open, where he fell to the No. After winning both singles matches (he defeated Andreas Seppi and Fabio Fognini) in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie against Italy, he suffered a mini slump and lost his opening singles match in three consecutive clay court tournaments – Monte Carlo, Budapest and Madrid. padding-left: 0px; 1 Rafael Nadal (6–4, 6–7(6–8), 5–7), with Pouille failing to convert two match points when he was leading 6–4 in the second-set tie-break. Pouille lost his opening singles match in his next five tournaments (Montpellier, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Barcelona).
He received for his 2016 season the ATP World Tour Award of the most improved player. } 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. [9][16], Pouille then participated at the Rotterdam Open. 1 in his career) lost in the first round of the China Open to top seed and world No. .tourney-details.action-buttons a[href*="watch-live"] { See you all soon.”, It’s never an easy decision to take, but I will get surgery on my right elbow this month in Paris. } At the Italian Open in Rome, Pouille reached his first career Masters 1000 singles semifinal (after wins over Ernests Gulbis, David Ferrer and Juan Mónaco in the second round, third round and quarterfinals respectively), where he lost to the No. Lucas Pouille. In 2008, he won the 17/18 years old French Championship. 2 seed and eventual champion Andy Murray. 11, he defeated four lower-ranked players (Ryan Harrison, Paolo Lorenzi, Adrian Mannarino and Pablo Cuevas) before losing his semifinal to the No. 12 seed David Goffin in the first round of the main draw before losing to Sam Querrey in three sets in the second round.[9]. Seeded 8th, he lost in the first round to Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets. 2 seed Andy Murray (2–6, 1–6). © Copyright 1994 - 2020 ATP Tour, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [2] His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. .tourney-details.action-buttons a[href*="560/live-scores"] {
Seeded No. Pouille then competed at the third Grand Slam event of the year at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships as the 32nd seed.
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He joined the Pole France at Poitiers and then the INSEP at Paris. At the Miami Open, Lucas Pouille defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López and eighth seed David Ferrer to reach the round of 16 just a few weeks before the Monte Carlo Masters where he defeated Nicolas Mahut and Richard Gasquet to reach the round of 16 as well.
[17] Pouille (seeded No. “After new medical exams, it appeared it was the best solution in order to finally be able to play pain-free.