Aleksandar Vukic and Gael Monfils will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.78
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Gael Monfils
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-33 | 9-17 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62 (career-high), the Australian got to the 3rd round after defeating Dan Martin 6-3 6-4, Borna Coric 6-2 6-3 and Sebastian Korda 6-3 4-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar defeated Korda (6-3 4-6 7-65). During the match, Vukic scored 101 points vs Korda’s 97. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vukic scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (47/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aleksandar broke Korda twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (275-193). 31-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has an overall134-95 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Busan Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-4 1-0 ret..
Aleksandar has a composed 45-25 win-loss record in 2023, 31-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 12-9 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-7 | 13-5 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 7-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 7-3 | 0-3 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 276, Gael reached the 3rd round after beating Christopher Eubanks 7-63 6-74 6-1 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-4 6-3). During the match Monfils scored 65 points vs Tsitsipas’s 60. Gael was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils fired 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Gael Monfils conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 56% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Tsitsipas 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Monfils has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gael has an overall 6-9 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 52 |
| Pts | 222-189 | 184-168 |
| Total Points | 411 | 352 |
| Winners | 101 | 73 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Vukic played 3 matches while Monfils competed in 2 matches. Vukic started his run from the qualifications while Monfils had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Vukic lost 1 set, while Gael Monfils lost 1 set. Vukic has played 2 sets more than Monfils (7 vs 5). Therefore, Vukic played 16 games more than Monfils. Aleksandar scored 101 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 73 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 122/199 | 88/160 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 101/122 | 73/88 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 42/77 | 38/72 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Vukic scored 22 aces (7.3 per match). Monfils struck 19 aces (9.5 per match). Vukic won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/28 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 29% | 32% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gael broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Monfils conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Schwartzman |
R1 Coric |
R2 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 88 | |
| pts | 60-51 | – | 61-41 | 101-97 | 222-189 | |
| Total points | 111 | 0 | 102 | 198 | 411 | |
| Winners | 25 | 29 | 47 | 101 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | 0% | 48% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 30/53 | / | 34/47 | 58/99 | 122/199 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 72% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | / | 29/34 | 47/58 | 101/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 0% | 85% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | / | 8/13 | 22/41 | 42/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 62% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 3/9 | / | 3/11 | 2/8 | 8/28 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 0% | 27% | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/ | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 100% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Monfils | ||||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Tsitsipas |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-74 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 52 | |||
| pts | 119-108 | 65-60 | 184-168 | |||
| Total points | 227 | 125 | 352 | |||
| Winners | 45 | 28 | 73 | |||
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 40% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 14 | 5 | 19 | |||
| Double Faults | 8 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 1st in | 55/101 | 33/59 | 88/160 | |||
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 55% | |||
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 28/33 | 73/88 | |||
| % 1st pts | 82% | 85% | 83% | |||
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 13/26 | 38/72 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 50% | 53% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Converted | 4/18 | 3/4 | 7/22 | |||
| Converted % | 22% | 75% | 32% | |||
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/3 | 8 | |||
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 46% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLLWW Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-62 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Hubert Hurkacz/Mate PavicHurkacz/Mate Pavic – Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski (6-72 7-62 10-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Holger RuneRune (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-67 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Fabrice Martin/Andreas MiesMartin/Andreas Mies (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Max PurcellPurcell (7-62 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6(2) 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Holger RuneRune (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 4-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6(2) 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Milos RaonicRaonic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Marcos GironGiron (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
