Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils Sebastien ( born September 1, 1986 in Paris ) is a French tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual 3.1.1 Tournament Win 3.1.1.1 ATP World Tour
- 3.1.1.2 ATP Challenger Tour
- 3.1.2.1 ATP World Tour
- 4.1 Single
- 4.2 double
Personal
Gaël Monfils was born in 1986 in Paris and spent his childhood with his younger brother Daryl in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. His father, Rufin, who comes from the French island of Guadeloupe, was an employee at a French telecommunications company and an active soccer player. His mother, Sylvette, comes from the French Caribbean island of Martinique, was a nurse.
The sport of tennis, he discovered at the age of four years. In addition, he was enthusiastic about basketball and football, in his youth he also played in youth football teams. Although he was considered a great basketball talent, he decided early for a career as a tennis player.
Monfils has his residence in the Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud Trélex. He is a supporter of the English football club Chelsea FC and the U.S. basketball team Detroit Pistons.
Tennis career
2004-2007: The first successes
At the age of 16, he gave his 2004 ATP debut. He won the Australian Open against Frenchman Josselin Ouanna ( 6:0, 6:3 ) in the junior competition. At the finals of the French Open, he won 6-2, 6-2 against American Alex Kuznetsov. Also from the Wimbledon Championships he was the winner, he won the final against the British Miles Kasiri 7-5, 7-6. He thus won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the junior category. This was in front of him last Stefan Edberg succeeded. At the end he was with 2082.5 points, the number one of the ITF world rankings.
Monfils won his first ATP title on 20 February 2005 in Besançon Belgian Christophe Rochus against the 6:3, 2:6 and 6:3. He defeated on 1 May 2005 at the ATP tournament in Tunis Fabrice Santoro in three sets ( 7:5, 3:6, 7:6 ). On 1 August 2005 he triumphed at the ATP tournament in Sopot, where he could defeat in the final of the German Florian Mayer 7-6, 4:6 and 7:5.
At the beginning of the year, he failed in the final of the ATP tournament in Doha in straight sets to Roger Federer. At the French Open he reached the second round where he lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets. At the end of the season he was ranked 46 in the world rankings.
2007-2009: Moving into the Top Ten
Another tournament win was against the Italian Andreas Seppi Monfils on March 18 in Sunrise. He won the final with 6:3, 1:6 and 6:1. In the first three Grand Slam tournaments he reached the third round, respectively. At the U.S. Open, he was unable to attend due to a thigh injury.
His best result at a Grand Slam tournament he achieved at the 2008 French Open, when he pushed forward with a win over David Ferrer reached the semifinals, where he lost in four sets against the then world number one Federer. At the Olympics he reached the quarterfinals, where he was eliminated in three sets against Djokovic. He finished the season off to World No. 14.
In 2009, Monfils moved in with a warm-up tournament at the Wimbledon Championships, the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club to a wrist injury and therefore had to cancel his participation at Wimbledon. Monfils reached the final of the Paris Masters, but these lost with 2:6, 7:5 and 6:73 against Djokovic. In the course of the season he was able to keep four weeks Rank 9 in the world rankings, fell to the end of the year but on rank 13 back.
2010-2012: Top- placement and injury woes
The 2010 season started slowly. Especially at the French Open, he fell short of expectations, as he did not make it past the second round. At the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the U.S. Open he reached his hitherto best result by reaching the quarter-final against his compatriot Richard Gasquet. As early as 2009 he again reached the final of the Paris Masters, where this time he failed to Robin Soderling.
At the beginning of 2011 he lost at the Australian Open in round three against Stanislas Wawrinka. At the French Open in Paris, he reached the quarter-finals on home soil. At Wimbledon Monfils came again not on the third round in which he was defeated by Łukasz Kubot of Poland, also. In preparation for the U.S. Open in 2011 he played with the Cincinnati Masters and the Canada Masters. In both tournaments he reached the quarterfinals, where he respectively against the number one world tennis rankings, Serbia's Novak Djokovic the lost. On July 3, 2011, he reached rank 7 his best to date ranking in the world rankings. At the end of the season he was ranked 16th
At the start of the 2012 season, he was met with the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in front to the finals. In the semifinals, he defeated previously Rafael Nadal in straight sets. The final he played against his friend Jo -Wilfried Tsonga, he lost to in straight sets. Monfils failed in the third round of the Australian Open on Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhs, after he had lain with two sets of forwards. In February, he lost the final of the ATP tournament in Montpellier in three sets against Czech Tomas Berdych.
From this point on, the year 2012 was marked Monfils of injury. Due to a knee injury he had to cancel almost all tournaments. Also taking part in the Olympic Games in London because of the injury does not he could. He was represented by Julien Benneteau. In November 2012, he parted with his coach Patrick Chamagne. A successor, he was initially not known.
2013 to today: the case of the top 100 and comeback
After Monfils had survived his knee injury, he played his first warm-up tournament in Doha, where he reached the quarter-finals. At the tournament in Auckland, he made the jump to the semifinals, but lost to David Ferrer in straight sets significantly. Then he began preparations for the Australian Open. After victories over Alexander Dolgopolov Lu Yen - hsun and he was in the third round against his compatriot Gilles Simon, he lost to the nearly in five sets. After recurring knee problems Monfils dropped out of the top 100 in the world rankings.
In March, Eric Winogradsky new coach of Monfils. This had previously worked with Jo -Wilfried Tsonga. In April, the Frenchman was again recovered and launched at the ATP tournament in Houston, reaching the knockout stages. Monfils celebrated in mid-May as a wildcard participant in his fifth Bordeaux Challenger title. He won in straight sets against his compatriot Michaël Llodra. Also at the ATP tournament in Nice, he showed a good performance and reached the final, where he lost in straight sets against Albert Montanes. At the French Open, where he started as a wildcard participant, he had to play in the first round against the set at position five Czechs Tomáš Berdych. Monfils decided the match in five sets for itself. He failed in the third round to Spaniard Tommy Robredo said, after he had lain with two sets lead.
The grass season started Monfils at the ATP tournament in Halle. There he reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to German Tommy Haas in three sets. For the Wimbledon Championships, he was not set. After initially it was unclear whether he will receive a wild card, he explained at the edge of the ATP tournament in Halle that he will refrain from personal reasons to participate. When ATP tournament in Stuttgart, he reached the quarterfinals, where he failed in two sets to Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The end of July he took part in Umag (Croatia ) at the ATP tournament. He reached the semifinals, where he defeated Fabio Fognini in the three sets. He scored another success in early October at the Shanghai Masters, where he lost in three sets 7:6, 2:6 and 4:6 in the quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic First - seedings after 2 hours and 22 minutes. Previously, in the second round, Monfils had the Swiss Roger Federer surprisingly defeated 6-4, 6:7 and 6:3. After the tournament, Monfils moved up eleven positions on World No. 31.
Coach
- September 2004-September 2006: Thierry Champion
- May 2007 to early 2008: Tarik Benhabiles
- Beginning of 2008 to 2011: Roger Rasheed
- 2011 to November 2012: Patrick Chamagne
- Since March 2013: Eric Winogradsky
Achievements
Singles
Tournament Win
ATP World Tour
ATP Challenger Tour
Finals
ATP World Tour
Statistics
Singles
Doubles
Indicated is the round reached.