Gael Monfils and Kevin Anderson will square off in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.7
Kevin Anderson -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Kevin Anderson
This will be the 7th time that Gael Monfils and Kevin Anderson play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Anderson won 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 5-7 7-6(4) in the 4th round in at the Wimbledon back in 2018.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 18, Monfils reached the 3rd round after beating Gianluca Mager 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-4 6-2). During the match, Monfils scored 58 points vs Mager’s 44. Gael was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Monfils scored 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Mager 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Monfils has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (292-157). 7-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Monfils has an overall 123-58 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in Sofia.
The French player has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.
Kevin Anderson
Ranked no. 67, the South African got to the 3rd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 7-5 6-2 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-67 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Anderson had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-67 7-63). During the match Anderson scored 85 points vs Sonego’s 74. The South African was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Anderson made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kevin Anderson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Anderson broke Sonego twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anderson started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Newport where he beat Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(8) 6-4.
The South African has an overall 18-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Anderson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 46 |
| Pts | 58-44 | 154-127 |
| Total Points | 102 | 281 |
| Winners | 23 | 69 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Monfils played 1 match while Anderson competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Monfils has played 2 set(s) less than Anderson (2 vs 4). Therefore, Monfils played 28 games less than Anderson. Gael scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The South African struck 69 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Anderson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 84/138 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 69/84 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 31/54 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Monfils scored 5 aces . Anderson bagged 20 aces (10 per match). Monfils won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Anderson won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Anderson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Monfils broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Anderson broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The South African conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | |||
| R2 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 58-44 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Anderson | ||||
| R1 Thompson |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-67 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 85-74 | 154-127 | |
| Total points | 122 | 159 | 281 | |
| Winners | 31 | 38 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 50/82 | 84/138 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/34 | 38/50 | 69/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 20/32 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/5 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 40% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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