Gael Monfils surprises Humbert in the 3rd round – SHANGHAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils upsets Humbert

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Luke Meyer
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Gael Monfils upsets Ugo Humbert 7-6(7) 2-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Shanghai on Tuesday in what was an all-French player match. Monfils will play Carlos Alcaraz in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils
Shanghai
Monfils's Record

Monfils added to his prize money $ 41,900 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gael will add $ 84,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Humbert
Gael Monfils
7-67 2-6 6-1
2h:15
Ugo Humbert
90
90
Total points
90
90
47
47
Winners
36
36
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
66%
66%
1st in
60%
60%
75%
75%
1st won
72%
72%
47/63
47/63
1st won
36/50
36/50
45%
45%
2nd won
59%
59%
15/33
15/33
2nd won
20/34
20/34
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
3/9
3/9
38%
38%
Won
33%
33%
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Gael won this contest even if he conquered the same amount of points of Humbert (90 vs. 90).

Monfils

Gael served pretty well to win 75% of the points (47/63) behind his first serve. However he won only 45% points (15/33) on his second serve. Gael struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Monfils won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Humbert

On the other side, Humbert was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Monfils and Humbert is 2-3 for Ugo.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

Monfils will square off with Alcaraz in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Gael Monfils and Carlos Alcaraz square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Monfils won 4-6 7-65 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Monfils 7-6
MonfilsHumbert
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
7
MonfilsHumbert
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MonfilsHumbert
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MonfilsHumbert
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MonfilsHumbert
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MonfilsHumbert
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MonfilsHumbert
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MonfilsHumbert
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MonfilsHumbert
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MonfilsHumbert
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Monfils won the set after he broke Ugo in the 9th (5-4) game. Humbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Gael didn’t lose the lead to win the set 7-6.

Gael failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

Monfils was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Ugo converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, Monfils won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Humbert (47-48). Monfils conceded 27 points on serve (40-27). on the other side of the court, Humbert conceded 7 points on serve (21-7).

2nd Set -
Humbert 6-2
HumbertMonfils
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
HumbertMonfils
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
HumbertMonfils
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
HumbertMonfils
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
HumbertMonfils
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
HumbertMonfils
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
HumbertMonfils
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
HumbertMonfils
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Humbert in this set was too strong for Gael and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Monfils in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Humbert won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Humbert was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Gael was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 46 points. Humbert was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Monfils (29-17). Humbert surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Monfils conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

3rd Set -
Monfils 6-1
MonfilsHumbert
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MonfilsHumbert
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MonfilsHumbert
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MonfilsHumbert
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MonfilsHumbert
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

Monfils won the set after he broke Humbert in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

Ugo was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Monfils converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Monfils didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. Gael conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Ugo (25-14). Gael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Ugo conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

1st
Monfils
Humbert
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Monfils
Humbert
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
3rd
Monfils
Humbert
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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