Lucas Pouille – Thomaz Bellucci

Thomaz Bellucci (61 ATP)

The Brazilian player comes to this tournament after a series of 3 consecutive defeats suffered on the clay. Two of them were recorded at the same tour, the Masters in Rome, where Thomaz came to the main painting as “lucky loser”. In the first round, he succumbed to Belgian David Goffin (12 ATP), 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

This season, Bellucci has a record of 16 wins and 15 defeats (14-10 on clay). The most important result was achieved on the Houston slag, where it was defeated in the last act by American Steve Johnson (26 ATP) with the score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6.

At Roland Garros, Thomaz achieved the most important result in 2010 when the Brazilian qualified for the 4th tour, this being the longest run he had in a big slam tournament.

Lucas Pouille (17 ATP)

The host representative crosses an excellent season, one in which he has already managed to award an ATP title to the Budapest slag, where Aljaz Bedene (52 ATP) scored the last 6-3, 6- 1. That was Lucas’s second title in his career, the first being in Metz in the previous season.

In 2017, the Frenchman has a score of 18 wins and 10 defeats (10-7 on clay). In addition to the success in Hungary, Pouille also played a final in Marseille (defeat to Jo Wilfried Tsonga), and two semi-finals in Dubai and Monte Carlo.

In the first round of Roland Garros, Lucas managed to defeat Julien Benneteau (98 ATP) with the score of 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

At this season’s grand slam season in Paris, Lucas has the opportunity to surpass his most important tour at the second round, which he achieved in the 2013, 2016 and 2017 seasons. The greatest achievements at a Such a tournament came in 2016, at Wimbledon and the US Open, where Pouille reached the quarterfinals.