Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon will play each other in the 2nd round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament for the 10th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.28
Gilles Simon -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Gilles Simon
This will be the 10th time that Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon play each other. The head to head is 7-2 for Simon (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Simon won 0-6 6-0 7-60 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2017.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 9, Monfils reached the 1st round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Monfils had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-3 6-2). During the match Monfils scored 63 points vs Sousa’s 44. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gael Monfils lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Gael broke Sousa 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Monfils has a a solid record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (407-161). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has a 301-153 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Montpellier where he overcame Vasek Pospisil in the final 7-5 6-3.
Gael has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rotterdam
Gael didn’t compete in Rotterdam in 2019.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 57, the French Player reached the 1st round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-63 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gilles defeated Kukushkin (7-63 3-6 6-3).-99) than Kukushkin. In fact, the world no. 9 won 99 points vs Kukushkin’s. That means that Simon was more focused during the important points. Simon was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Simon blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gilles Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The French Player broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Simon has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (387-275). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Simon has a 300-225 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
Simon has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rotterdam
The French Player didn’t compete in Rotterdam in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 63-44 | 99-100 |
| Total Points | 107 | 199 |
| Winners | 23 | 35 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Monfils and Simon played 1 matche. At the moment, Gilles Simon conceded 1 set while Gael Monfils hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monfils has played 1 sets less than Simon (2 vs 3). Therefore, Monfils played 14 games less than Simon. Monfils scored 23 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, Gilles blasted 35 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 47/94 |
| %1st in | 68% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 35/47 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 24/47 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 51% |
Monfils blasted 5 aces . Simon blasted 9 aces . Monfils won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 27% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Gael broke his opponent 4 times with 44% conversion rate. The French Player conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gilles broke his opponent 3 times with 27% conversion rate. The French Player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | |||
| R1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Simon | |||
| R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-100 | 99-100 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/94 | 47/94 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gilles SimonSimon (2-7) – See H2H details
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – See H2H details
- Jannik SinnerSinner – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – See H2H details
