In 2011, Monfils parted ways with Rasheed and announced that his fitness coach, Patrick Chamagne would take the reins as his new full-time coach.

At the 2011 US Open, he lost in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero after a hard-fought match five set match. In the first week of October, Monfils entered and was seeded second at the 2016 Japan Open, another ATP World Tour 500 Series tournament, where he also reached the semifinals without dropping a set, after again beating Ivo Karlović in the quarterfinals to set up a tie against eventual champion Nick Kyrgios, whom he lost to in two very competitive and entertaining sets. He was once again beaten by Nadal in the third round of the 2014 Australian Open. At the 2010 MercedesCup, he reached his first final of the year by beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver in three sets. Chosen options need to be adjusted to the daylight saving time manually. [25] It was his first quarterfinals at a major besides the French Open. This year marked his debut at the season-ending event. He eventually lost a controversial match to Djokovic in four sets. 5 seed Kei Nishikori at the 2017 Canadian Masters, Monfils saved four match points in the final set tie-break to advance to the third round; he lost his third round match against No. He described this run as a marathon. [61] His ability to go from defense to offense quickly can take his opponents by surprise. During the match, Monfils had four match points, but couldn't win any of them. Monfils withdrew from three consecutive Masters 1000 events – the Sony Ericsson Open, the 2010 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2010 Rome Masters. He was forced to retire in the final against Albert Montañés. This also made him the No. Gael Monfils tennis player, ranking, net worth, family, wife, age and height.

Monfils was considered an athletics prodigy at school and won the French under-13 and under-14 100m championships. 3 Lleyton Hewitt. In the final, he lost in straight sets to Radek Štěpánek. Current ranking for Gael Monfils is ATP 9 CoreTennis : 79,892 tournaments covered - 150,799 player profiles - 2,823,203 tennis match results ... and counting. Click here for a full player profile. [34] Monfils then won his fourth ATP career title in October at the Stockholm Open by beating Jarkko Nieminen in the final. He has a younger brother, Daryl, who plays tennis. 4. The fourth round was Monfils' last, as he lost to Novak Djoković in straight sets. He received a wildcard into Rotterdam, but was defeated in the first round by Juan Martín del Potro. He said after the match he got disturbed when the crowd started to whistle at his opponent. In the last three months, he went 15–8, highlighted by his first ATP clay title at the Idea Prokom Open in Sopot, defeating Florian Mayer in the final. For the whole of 2017, Monfils only managed to progress beyond the round of 16 of the singles main draw in just three ATP World Tour tournaments – the 2017 Open 13 (losing in the quarterfinals to Richard Gasquet), the 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (losing in the quarterfinals to Fernando Verdasco) and the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne (losing in the final to Novak Djokovic). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window), Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window), Born: 1 September 1986 (age 33 years), Paris, France, Prize money: US$ 19,076,271: 26th all-time leader in earnings. Monfils reached his third final in Doha and lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets. His career highlights include reaching two Grand Slam singles semifinals at the 2008 French Open and 2016 US Open and three ATP Tour Masters 1000 singles finals – two at the Paris Masters (2009, 2010) and the other at the Monte Carlo Masters (2016). Monfils competed in the main draw of this paddle tennis tournament and surprised everyone when he ousted world No. Monfils considers Arthur Ashe to be his favourite player. He reached the third round at the US Open (losing to Viktor Troicki). Birth Place. He made it to the third round of the 2013 Australian Open, but was defeated there by compatriot Gilles Simon. 3 Marin Čilić in a match that stretched over two days due to inclement weather. Monfils proceeded to lose the final in straight sets. His next tournament was the Shanghai Masters, losing against Ivan Ljubičić in the third round. Best doubles ranking.

Gael MONFILS. Monfils got off to a positive start in 2003 and earned his first career ATP point at the France Futures No. This viral infection ultimately saw Monfils withdraw from the 2016 French Open as well.

He reached a career-high ATP world No. Main Info. [24] He then played in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, where he fell in the quarterfinals to the eventual runner-up, Russian Mikhail Youzhny in three sets. The loss resulted in his ranking dropping down one spot, back to No. In March, Monfils reached the quarterfinals of two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments – Indian Wells and Miami, losing to Raonic and Kei Nishikori respectively. 13 by reaching the second round. Number of titles in singles. Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. [18], His recent knee injury, caused by Osgood-Schlatter disease, resulted in his withdrawal from both the Rome Masters and the Madrid Masters. Monfils won his second title of the year at the 2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final. 6. He finished the year as the No. [37][38] 28. Tournament Info.
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Monfils is well known for his athleticism and his court coverage, regularly using slides to retrieve balls, even on hard courts.

At Wimbledon, Monfils reached the third round without dropping a set, where he lost to Nikolay Davydenko, the sixth seed, in straight sets.