Gael Monfils surprises Altmaier in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Tiafoe. HIGHLIGHTS – VIENNA RESULTS

ERSTE BANK OPEN - VIENNA DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils stuns Altmaier to compete against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Daniel Altmaier

Gael Monfils upsets Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Vienna on Wednesday. Monfils will face Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2008. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils
Vienna
Monfils's Record

Gael added to his prize money € 16,450 after winning this match. He has already won € 35,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add € 30,780 to his earnings to get in total € 66,025 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Daniel Altmaier Erste Bank Open – Vienna

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Altmaier
Gael Monfils
6-4 6-4
1h:26
Daniel Altmaier
65
65
Total points
58
58
37
37
Winners
26
26
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
66%
66%
1st in
69%
69%
82%
82%
1st won
68%
68%
37/45
37/45
1st won
26/38
26/38
39%
39%
2nd won
59%
59%
9/23
9/23
2nd won
10/17
10/17
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
0/5
0/5
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Gael scored 65 points vs. Daniel’s 58.

Monfils

The French player served very well to win 82% of the points (37/45) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 39% points (9/23) on his second serve. The French player was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).

Altmaier

On the other side, Altmaier wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Monfils and Altmaier is 1-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats

Monfils will fight against Tiafoe in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Gael Monfils and Frances Tiafoe face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Monfils and Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 7-67 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Gael Monfils Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Monfils 6-4
MonfilsAltmaier
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MonfilsAltmaier
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MonfilsAltmaier
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MonfilsAltmaier
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MonfilsAltmaier
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MonfilsAltmaier
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MonfilsAltmaier
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MonfilsAltmaier
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MonfilsAltmaier
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MonfilsAltmaier
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MonfilsAltmaier
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French player clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Monfils converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).

They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Monfils won just 2 points more than Altmaier (35-33). Monfils conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).

2nd Set -
Monfils 6-4
MonfilsAltmaier
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MonfilsAltmaier
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MonfilsAltmaier
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MonfilsAltmaier
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MonfilsAltmaier
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MonfilsAltmaier
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MonfilsAltmaier
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MonfilsAltmaier
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MonfilsAltmaier
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Monfils conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Gael was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Altmaier was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 53 points. The French player won 5 more points than Altmaier (29-24). The French player lost 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

1st
Monfils
Altmaier
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Monfils
Altmaier
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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