Tallon Griekspoor and Gael Monfils will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the Citi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.9
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Gael Monfils

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

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 37, Griekspoor reached the 3^rd round after beating Liam Broady 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-4 6-2). During the match, Griekspoor scored 69 points vs Broady’s 48. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Griekspoor struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tallon Griekspoor was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Broady 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Griekspoor has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (327-181). 10-4 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Griekspoor has a composed113-51 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Pune where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi in the final 4-6 7-5 6-3 and in Hertogenbosch where he defeated Jordan Thompson in the final 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3.

Tallon has a compiled 24-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Griekspoor has never competed in this tournament before.

Gael Monfils

Ranked no. 323, the French player got to the 3^rd round after defeating Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-3 6-4). During the match Monfils scored 77 points vs Bublik’s 63. Gael was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Monfils made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Bublik 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Monfils has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Griekspoor	Monfils
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	18	38
Pts	69-48	142-110
Total Points	117	252
Winners	26	61
%Winners	38%	43%

Griekspoor played 1 match while Monfils competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Griekspoor has played 2 set(s) less than Monfils (2 vs 4). Therefore, Griekspoor played 20 games less than Monfils. Griekspoor scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gael recorded 61 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Griekspoor	Monfils
Aces	9	11
Avg per match	9	5.5
1st in	29/43	75/126
%1st in	67%	60%
1st pts	26/29	61/75
%1st pts	90%	81%
2nd pts	10/14	28/51
%2nd pts	71%	55%

Griekspoor managed to score 9 aces . Monfils bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Griekspoor won 90% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Griekspoor	Monfils
Won	3	5
Converted	3/10	5/17
% Converted	30%	29%
Conceded	0	8
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	88%
Times Broken	0	1

Tallon broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Dutch pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gael broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Griekspoor
	R2 Broady	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	69-48	69-48
Total points	117	117
Winners	26	26
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	29/43	29/43
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	26/29	26/29
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	10/14	10/14
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Monfils
	R1 Fratangelo	R2 Bublik	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	19	38
pts	65-47	77-63	142-110
Total points	112	140	252
Winners	29	32	61
%Winners	45%	42%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	11
Double Faults	1	3	4
1st in	33/51	42/75	75/126
% 1st in	65%	56%	60%
1st pts	29/33	32/42	61/75
% 1st pts	88%	76%	81%
2nd pts	12/18	16/33	28/51
% 2nd pts	67%	48%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/7	3/10	5/17
Converted %	29%	30%	29%
Conceded	2	6	8
Saved	2/2	5/6	7
Saved %	100%	83%	183%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jeff WolfWolf – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction