![]() ![]() Mauresmo, who won Wimbledon in 2006 before retiring in 2009, will initially work with the Scot for his grass-court campaign, which gets under way at Queen's Club this week in the build-up to his defence of the Wimbledon crown. So from that standpoint, I think it's a great choice and I hope they're going to be a successful team together." Murray parted ways with Lendl in March after a two-year partnership with the multiple Grand Slam winner. "I always enjoyed watching her play and she is a true professionnal. "I remember being at the Champion's dinner with her at one of my Wimbledon victories. I think she is very sweet," said the world number four. "But Andy has always been open to try out things or go in a different direction with (Ivan) Lendl, with Brad Gilbert as well and now with Amelie Mauresmo. I think it's great and only time will tell if it is going to be successful or not. "There were rumours in Paris about them working together," said record 17-time Grand Slam winner Federer. And he said Wimbledon champion Murray's surprise decision to hire Mauresmo was "interesting". Former world number one Federer will defend his only title of the 2013 season in the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event at Halle this week. Notably, the Frenchman also has a website: lucaspouille.Swiss tennis star Roger Federer on Monday hailed Andy Murray's "great choice" of Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach. Pouille also has a Twitter account, followed by 60k fans, and a Facebook page, liked by 60k people. He is rather active on the network, publishing posts and stories regularly. He is followed by 189k people there, as of May 2020. He was ranked a career-high world No 10 in March 2018. ![]() He has won five singles titles on the ATP Tour. ![]() He won the deciding match of the Davis Cup final for France against Belgium in 2017, beating Steve Darcis. He also reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2016. Lucas Pouille notably reached the semi-finals of the 2019 Australian Open where he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. His biggest win came in 2016 against Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 of the US Open (6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6). From 2012 to 2018, he was coached by Emmanuel Planque. Pouille is coached by Amélie Mauresmo, 2006 Wimbledon champion and former coach of Andy Murray, since the beginning of 2019. Then the Frenchman broke into the Top 100 in April 2015. He played his first Grand Slam qualifying rounds in 2013 at the Australian Open as a wildcard and made his first Grand Slam main draw appearance at Roland-Garros in 2013, again as a wildcard. One might remember their live practice session in Dubai, broadcast by Federer in December 2016. He notably faced Federer in his early career in the third round of the Rolex Paris Masters in 2014, losing with honours (6-4 6-4) and sharing an interview with him at the end of the match. Lucas Pouille’s favourite player before he became professional was Roger Federer. A tennis hall had been built behind our house, we knew the person who worked there and one day she offered to come and hit the ball.” Who is Pouille’s idol? “We started playing tennis together, a bit by chance since nobody played in the family. Nicolas, Lucas’s older brother, told Tennis Magazine in 2016 how he started tennis: ![]() Lucas Pouille started playing tennis at age 8. The French star has two brothers: Nicolas and Jonathan. Pouille’s mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn. The parents of Lucas Pouille are Pascal and Lena. Pouille is 6ft 1in (1.85m) tall, according to his profile on ATP official website. Lucas Pouille was born on February 23, 1994, in Grande-Synthe, in the north of France. ![]()
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