Confident Tsitsipas to clash vs. Monfils before possibly facing Djokovic and Nadal. DRAW

Stefanos Tsitsipas will play his first competitive match in the 2020 pre-season against Gael Monfils at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.

The upcoming Greek is full of confidence after winning the recent ATP Finals and he enjoyed a prolonged break in Iceland, Greece, Cyprus, and Oman. Stefanos will commence his run at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship on the 19th of December against the world no.10 Gael Monfils.

H2H Tsitsipas vs. Monfils

The official head to head is 2-1 for Tsitsipas that defeated Monfils the last time in the semifinals in Dubai this year. (H2H details).

The draw

If Stefanos defeats Monfils, he will face Novak Djokovic in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi. On the other side of the draw, Chung was the last player to complete the line-up despite the news that Raonic would have been the one. The South Korean will face Daniil Medvedev and the winner will take on Rafael Nadal.

John Lickrish, CEO of Flash Entertainment (the organizer of the event), commented: “The 12^th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship is fast shaping up to be the most exciting in the event’s history. We are looking forward to providing our spectators with a dynamic combination of world-class tennis and family fun in what is an unmissable event,”

Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.6, Stefanos played his last match on the 17^th of November when he beat Dominic Thiem 6-7⁶ 6-2 7-6⁴ in the final in London to win his 4^th career title.

This year Stefanos has a 53-25 win-loss record. Tsitsipas conquered 3 titles in 2019 in Marseille, in Estoril and in London. Stefanos was the finalist in Dubai, in Madrid and in Beijing.

Gael Monfils’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.10, the French Player played his last match on the 1^st of November when he had to bow to Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Paris.

This year the French Player has a 37-18 win-loss record. The French Player conquered 1 title in Rotterdam. The French Player won his maiden career title in Rotterdam.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Gael Monfils played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Tsitsipas.

The last time that they played each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 4-6 7-6⁴ 7-6⁴ in the semifinal in Dubai on the 01^st March 2019.