Gael Monfils and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the quarter of the Moselle Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines 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 -> 1.61
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Monfils won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2018.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 20, Gael got to the quarter after beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Kohlschreiber (7-62 6-4). During the match, Monfils scored 76 points vs Kohlschreiber’s 66. Gael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Monfils managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 61% of his first serves in, winning 88% (38/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Gael broke Kohlschreiber 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Monfils has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (288-155). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has an overall 71-31 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Monfils has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Metz
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2009. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 36, Basilashvili got to the quarter after beating Gianluca Mager 6-3 7-65 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 0-6 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Davidovich Fokina, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-64).-121) than Davidovich Fokina. In fact, the world no. 20 won 121 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s. That means that Basilashvili was more focused during the important points. Basilashvili was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 72% (48/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (25/60) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Davidovich Fokina twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Doha where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he overcame Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Nikoloz has a compiled 29-22 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 51 |
| Pts | 76-66 | 195-189 |
| Total Points | 142 | 384 |
| Winners | 38 | 80 |
| %Winners | 50% | 41% |
Monfils played 1 match while Basilashvili competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 1 set while Gael Monfils hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monfils has played 3 set(s) less than Basilashvili (2 vs 5). Therefore, Monfils played 28 games less than Basilashvili. The French player scored 38 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili struck 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 9 |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 104/193 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 38/43 | 80/104 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 44/89 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 49% |
Monfils bagged 8 aces . Basilashvili made 18 aces (9 per match). Monfils won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 25% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Monfils broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gael dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | |||
| R2 Kohlschreiber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 76-66 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 43/71 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/43 | 38/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||
| R1 Mager |
R2 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 0-6 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 121-128 | 195-189 | |
| Total points | 135 | 249 | 384 | |
| Winners | 32 | 48 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 67/127 | 104/193 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 48/67 | 80/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 25/60 | 44/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 42% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 2/8 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 10/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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