“Don’t care about gender”- Choosing Andy Murray’s ex-coach Amelie Mauresmo was “right,” says Lucas Pouille; Frenchman hopes for more women on ATP Tour
French tennis player Lucas Pouille recently addressed the lack of women coaches on the ATP Tour. He also spoke about his partnership with Andy Murray’s ex-coach, Amelie Mauresmo.
Pouille is one of the very few men’s tennis players who have worked with a female coach. The 30-year-old hired his compatriot, Amelie Mauresmo, in 2019 after splitting from his long-time coach, Emmanuel Planque. Mauresmo, who presently serves as the French Open director, coached Pouille through 2020.
Interestingly, just days into his collaboration with the two-time Grand Slam champion, Lucas Pouille earned his best Grand Slam result, reaching the semifinals of the 2019 Australian Open. Here, he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.
The Frenchman recently spoke about his decision to work with a female coach in an exclusive for CLAY. He also said that Mauresmo was the “right person” for him.
“I don’t know why it’s not common, for me it doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman. It’s only about knowledge, and for me, Amelie was the right person at that time,” he said.
