Lucas Pouille | Bio | ATP Tour

Started playing tennis at age 8.
Wife, Clemence; daughter, Rose; father, Pascal; mother, Lena, is Finnish; brothers, Nicolas and Jonathan.
Admires Roger Federer, whom he used to occasionally train with in Dubai.
Dream opponent is Yannick Noah.
Favourite surface is hard and shot is forehand.
Received 2016 ATP Most Improved Player of the Year Award (voted by players).
Completed his baccalaureate degree at INSEP.
Enjoys basketball,shopping, fashion and hanging out with friends and family.
Favourite movie is Man onFire, TV showis Friends andactor is Leonardo DiCaprio.
Favorite food is lasagna made by his mother.
Supports Paris Saint-Germain football club and says that if he wasn't a tennis player, he'd be a football player.
Lists impatience as his worst quality.
During COVID-19 pandemic, launched a business that produced hydroalcoholic geldispensers and donated part of the profits to the Foundation for Hospitals in Paris.
Limited to 1 Challenger match in 2020 due to right elbow injury. Underwent surgery on elbow in July 2020.

(UPDATED 22 MAY2023)

Broke into Top 10 for 2 weeks in 2018, but fell out of Top 100 in 2021 following right elbow surgery.
Won 3 of his 5 ATP Tour titles after saving match point: 2017 Budapest (2 MPs vs. Vesely in 2R), 2017 Stuttgart (1 MP vs. Struff in 2R) and 2018 Montpellier (2 MPs vs. Tsonga in SF).
Advanced to 1st Grand Slam SF at 2019 Australian Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) after reaching back-to-back QFs at Wimbledon (l. to Berdych) and US Open (d. No. 5 Nadal in 4R, l. to Monfils) in 2016.
Earned 3 victories in 5 sets at 2016 US Open, including biggest win of career over No. 5 Nadal.
Clinched 2017 Davis Cup for France by defeating Darcis 6-3 6-1 6-0 (FRA d. BEL 3-2).