Gael Monfils and Marcos Giron will square off in the semifinal of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.61
Marcos Giron -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Marcos Giron
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Marcos Giron since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 20, Monfils got to the semifinal after beating Ilya Ivashka w/o and Gianluca Mager 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-2 6-2). During the match, Monfils scored 57 points vs Mager’s 26. Gael was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Monfils blasted 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gael Monfils was extremely efficient on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gael broke Mager 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Monfils has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (290-156). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has an aggregate 73-32 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Metz.
The French player has a compiled 12-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Marcos Giron
Ranked no. 67, the American reached the semifinal after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-72 6-1 6-4, Alex De Minaur 7-65 7-62 and John Millman 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Marcos had a good straight sets win against Millman (6-4 6-2). During the match Giron scored 59 points vs Millman’s 43. Giron was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Giron made 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marcos Giron was very effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marcos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Millman 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giron started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 28-20 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 74 |
| Pts | 57-26 | 260-223 |
| Total Points | 83 | 483 |
| Winners | 26 | 109 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Monfils played 1 match while Giron competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Marcos Giron dropped 1 set while Gael Monfils hasn’t lost a set so far. Monfils has played 5 set(s) less than Giron (2 vs 7). Therefore, Monfils played 58 games less than Giron. Monfils scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Giron managed to score 109 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3 |
| 1st in | 28/39 | 146/249 |
| %1st in | 72% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 109/146 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 60/103 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Monfils made 13 aces . Giron scored 9 aces (3 per match). Monfils won 93% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Giron won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gael broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Giron conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | ||||
| R2 Ivashka |
1/4 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | w/o | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | – | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | – | 57-26 | 57-26 | |
| Total points | – | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | – | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | – | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | – | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | – | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st in | – | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | – | 26/28 | 26/28 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | – | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | – | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | – | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Giron | |||||
| R1 Munar Clar |
R2 De Minaur |
1/4 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 7-62 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 18 | 74 | |
| pts | 114-102 | 87-78 | 59-43 | 260-223 | |
| Total points | 216 | 165 | 102 | 483 | |
| Winners | 54 | 27 | 28 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 31% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 74/116 | 37/78 | 35/55 | 146/249 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 47% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 54/74 | 27/37 | 28/35 | 109/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 25/41 | 12/20 | 60/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 61% | 60% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/9 | 3/3 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 22% | 100% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Jannik SinnerSinner – James DuckworthDuckworth (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gianluca MagerMager (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – James DuckworthDuckworth (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gianluca MagerMager (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
