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Open 13 Marseille: all-French finals match with Tsonga-Pouille

By Harry Floyd

Sep 8, 2015; New York, NY, USA; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France serves to Marin Cilic of Croatia on day nine of the 2015 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 8, 2015; New York, NY, USA; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France serves to Marin Cilic of Croatia on day nine of the 2015 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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Open 13 Marseille 2017 to be decided in an all-French finals match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille. Tsonga is the favorite to win.

Open 13 Marseille 2017 concludes with a showdown between two of the top French professional tennis players in the sport.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the higher ranked player and a former champion at Marseille. He is the 2009 and 2013 champion. Tsonga is also the current world No. 11.

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The French tennis player is looking to break back into the ATP singles top 10, and a win at the Open 13 Marseille could help him do just that.

Tsonga will have to defeat fellow countryman, Lucas Pouille.

Pouille is the younger of the two players. At 23-years-old, Pouille is the current world No. 17. He has one singles title to his name so far in his career. His sole title came in 2016 on his home soil at the Moselle Open in Metz, France.

Regardless of who comes out on top at the Open 13 Marseille, the fans in attendance will be thrilled.

Along with being the higher seeded player, Tsonga also has scoreboard when it comes to the career head-to-head between he and Pouille. With a 1-0 record over Pouille, the sole meeting between the two came last year in Monte Carlo where Tsonga won in straight sets.

The finals match is a chance for Pouille to mount his 2017 campaign. With a slow start to his tour this year, a title win in Marseille could get him back on track. Tsonga, on the other hand, is off to a strong overall start in 2017. The French tennis player already took home a title, winning in Rotterdam earlier this month.

Stay tuned to see who comes out on top at the Open 13 Marseille.

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