Gael Monfils and Gianluca Mager will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.32
Gianluca Mager -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Gianluca Mager
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 20, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Ilya Ivashka w/o.
In the 2nd round, Monfils defeated Ivashka (w/o). During the match, Monfils and Ivashka scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 20 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Regarding the service games, Monfils couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Gael Monfils conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Monfils has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (289-156). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Monfils has a compiled 72-32 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Gael’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Metz.
The French player has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Gianluca Mager
Ranked no. 78, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-2 and Miomir Kecmanovic 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mager had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (7-63 6-3). During the match Mager scored 81 points vs Kecmanovic’s 63. Gianluca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gianluca Mager was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gianluca started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Marbella Challenger where he defeated Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 2-6 6-3 6-2.
The Italian has a compiled 28-23 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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