HOW NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND LUCAS POUILLE MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING):
1-NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v v 28-LUCAS POUILLE (FRA) - first meeting
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
Age: 31
Ranking: 1
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US125,847,879 ($A174.62 million)
Career titles: 72
Grand slam titles: 14 (Australian Open 2008, 2011-2013, 2015-16;
French Open 2016; Wimbledon 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018; US Open 2011,
2015, 2018)
Australian Open win-loss record: 66-8
Best Australian Open results: champion 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
LUCAS POUILLE
Age: 24
Ranking: 31
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US5,858,752 ($8,189,539 million)
Career titles: 5
Grand slam titles: 0
Australian Open win-loss record: 5-5
Best Australian Open result: semi-finalist 2019
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