Frances Tiafoe and Gael Monfils will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Erste Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.8
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Gael Monfils clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tiafoe and Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Monfils won 6-1 7-6(2) in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2021.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs Frances Tiafoe – Toronto 12-August-2021
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Tiafoe got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Evans 1-4 ret..
In the 1st round against Evans, Francis had a free pass after Evans retired on a 1-4 . scoreline.
Tiafoe has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (340-231). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has an aggregate 50-44 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6) and in Stuttgart where he overcame Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8).
Tiafoe has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 7-3 | 0-3 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, Gael reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-4 6-4). During the match Monfils scored 65 points vs Altmaier’s 58. Monfils was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Monfils blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gael Monfils conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Monfils broke Altmaier twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Stockholm where he overcame Pavel Kotov in the final 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3.
Monfils has a composed 16-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2008. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 20 |
| Pts | 15-24 | 65-58 |
| Total Points | 39 | 123 |
| Winners | 9 | 37 |
| %Winners | 60% | 57% |
Both Tiafoe and Monfils played 1 match. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe conceded 1 set while Gael Monfils hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Monfils have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tiafoe played 15 games less than Monfils. The American scored 9 winners (60% of the total points). On the other side, Monfils blasted 37 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 15/22 | 45/68 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 9/15 | 37/45 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 1/7 | 9/23 |
| %2nd pts | 14% | 39% |
Tiafoe made 3 aces . Monfils managed to score 8 aces . Tiafoe won 60% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 14% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 2 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 0% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Tiafoe hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Tiafoe conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Gael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-4 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 15-24 | 15-24 | |
| Total points | 39 | 39 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 60% | 60% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 14% | 14% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Monfils | |||
| R1 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-58 | 65-58 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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