Ruben Bemelmans #117 def. Lucas Pouille #18

6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(6)

Ruben Bemelmans defeated Lucas Pouille 6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(6) in the 2018 Australian Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 17, 2018*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2018
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 3h 11m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ruben Bemelmans	Lucas Pouille
Aces	11	14
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	65	62
First serve points won %	68	72
Second serve points won %	66	56
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	67	66
Return points won %	34	33
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Ruben Bemelmans	Lucas Pouille
Country	BEL	FRA
Birth date	Jan 14, 1988	Feb 23, 1994
Age	30	23
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	117	18
Ranking points (entering)	488	2,235
Elo (entering)	1,702	1,954
Current career W-L	23–49	137–131
Current career earnings	$2,236,131	$8,834,022

Pre-match H2H

Ruben Bemelmans #117 0 – 1 Lucas Pouille #18

Path

Ruben Bemelmans's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Duckhee Lee #195	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2018	Q3
Viktor Galovic #179	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2018	Q2
Kamil Majchrzak #199	7-5 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 2018	Q1

Ruben Bemelmans's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikoloz Basilashvili #61	5-7 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2018	R64

Lucas Pouille's path

No prior matches in this tournament.