Gael Monfils and Francisco Cerundolo will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.21
Francisco Cerundolo -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Francisco Cerundolo

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
68
High
6
LLLLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-15 14-9 3-3 0-0 1-3 0-0
2024 25-21 15-11 3-6 2-2 5-2 0-0
2023 16-15 8-8 2-4 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 14-7 13-5 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-7 2-4 7-3 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 24, Gael reached the 3rd round after beating Oscar Otte 7-69 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Otte (7-69 6-1). During the match, Monfils scored 75 points vs Otte’s 58. Monfils was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Monfils struck 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Gael Monfils was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Monfils broke Otte twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Monfils has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (288-153). 11-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Monfils has a compiled 128-59 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in in Adelaide where he overcame Karen Khachanov in the final 6-4 6-4.

The French player has an aggregate 11-4 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Monfils's Record

Francisco Cerundolo

Francisco Cerundolo

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
21
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-25 12-8 21-11 5-4 0-2 0-0
2024 35-31 5-10 21-13 9-5 0-3 0-0
2023 39-26 10-10 19-12 4-2 6-2 0-0
2022 36-28 7-8 25-10 3-7 1-3 0-0
2021 44-24 3-2 39-21 0-0 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 103, Francisco got to the 3rd round after beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 4-6 6-3 and Reilly Opelka 6-1 3-1 ret..

In the 2nd round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-1 3-1 ret.). During the match Cerundolo scored 41 points vs Opelka’s 24. Francisco was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.

About the serving games, Cerundolo blasted 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francisco Cerundolo was very effective on serve to win 78% (14/18) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cerundolo broke Opelka 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Cerundolo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.

Francisco has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Miami
Cerundolo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Monfils
F.Cerundolo
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
!
3h:06
3h:06
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
!
0h:43
0h:43
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
20
20
Games Played​
42
42
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
75
75
Total points​
145
145
75
75
Avg point​
72.5
72.5
32
32
Winners
57
57
32
32
Avg Winners​
28.5
28.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
8
8
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
32/38
32/38
1st won total​
57/80
57/80
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
17/27
17/27
2nd won total​
27/47
27/47
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
8/18
8/18
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
50%
50%
Won
44%
44%
0
0
Conceded
11
11
0
0
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Monfils Cerundolo
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 20 42
Pts 75-58 145-122
Total Points 133 267
Winners 32 57
%Winners 43% 39%

Monfils played 1 match while Cerundolo competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo lost 1 set while Gael Monfils hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monfils has played 4 set(s) less than Cerundolo (2 vs 6). Therefore, Monfils played 22 games less than Cerundolo. Monfils scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 57 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Monfils Cerundolo
Aces 8 9
Avg per match 8 4.5
1st in 38/65 80/127
%1st in 58% 63%
1st pts 32/38 57/80
%1st pts 84% 71%
2nd pts 17/27 27/47
%2nd pts 63% 57%

Monfils blasted 8 aces . Cerundolo struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Monfils won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 71% of the points behind 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 Cerundolo
Won 2 8
Converted 2/4 8/18
% Converted 50% 44%
Conceded 0 11
Saved 0 9
% Saved 0% 82%
Times Broken 0 2

Monfils broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Monfils extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Monfils
R2
Otte
Total
Score 7-69 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 75-58 75-58
Total points 133 133
Winners 32 32
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 38/65 38/65
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 32/38 32/38
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 17/27 17/27
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Cerundolo
R1
Griekspoor
R2
Opelka
Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-1 3-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 31 11 42
pts 104-98 41-24 145-122
Total points 202 65 267
Winners 43 14 57
%Winners 41% 34% 39%
SERVE
Aces 7 2 9
Double Faults 7 0 7
1st in 62/100 18/27 80/127
% 1st in 62% 67% 63%
1st pts 43/62 14/18 57/80
% 1st pts 69% 78% 71%
2nd pts 20/38 7/9 27/47
% 2nd pts 53% 78% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/11 4/7 8/18
Converted % 36% 57% 44%
Conceded 9 2 11
Saved 7/9 2/2 9
Saved % 78% 100% 178%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Tennis Scores in Miami

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