Learner Tien and Gael Monfils will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 PM on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.25
Gael Monfils -> 3.9
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 2nd time that Learner Tien and Gael Monfils fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Tien won 6-3 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in August 2026.
Highlights Learner Tien vs Gael Monfils – Montreal 05-August-2026
Learner Tien
28 - 15win/loss
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WLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-16 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-26 | 26-13 | 3-7 | 10-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Nuno Borges 6-4 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-4 6-1 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 88 points vs Borges’s 59. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tien scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Borges 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Tien has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 70% of his matches (175-76). 16-8 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall123-44 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Geneva where he beat Mariano Navone in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5.
The American has a compiled 27-15 win-loss record in 2026, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. See his history.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-15 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-21 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 311, Gael reached the 2nd round after defeating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round against Daniel Vallejo, Gael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2 6-0). During the match Monfils scored 114 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 82. Gael was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Monfils recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Daniel Vallejo 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).
Gael has an aggregate 5-9 win-loss record in 2026, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tien | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 |
| Pts | 88-59 | 114-82 |
| Total Points | 147 | 196 |
| Winners | 31 | 41 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Tien and Monfils played 1 match. At the moment, Gael Monfils surrendered 1 set while Learner Tien hasn’t lost a set so far. Tien has played 1 set(s) less than Monfils (3 vs 4). Therefore, Tien played 4 games less than Monfils. Learner scored 31 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 41 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tien | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 52/91 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 41/52 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 21/39 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 54% |
Tien blasted 1 ace . Monfils also made 5 aces . Tien won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tien | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 38% | 37% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gael broke his opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Monfils conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tien | |||
| R1 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-59 | 88-59 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Monfils | |||
| R1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 114-82 | 114-82 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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