Alexei Popyrin and Gael Monfils will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on HOLCIM STADIUM 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.
Gael Monfils -> 1.909
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Gael Monfils
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
22 - 16win/loss
24
23
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 23 (career-high), Popyrin will start his run in Cincinnati after he won the title in Montreal after beating 6-2 6-4 Rublev in the final.
Popyrin has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Montreal where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.
Alexei won his last 6 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Alexei has an overall 265-206 record. He has a positive 132-95 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Gael Monfils
19 - 17win/loss
55
6
| 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. 46, Gael will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Kokkinakis in the 1st round on the 7th of August.
Monfils has an overall 18-17 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.
In terms of his career, Monfils has an overall 654-361 record. He has a positive 244-136 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2011. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 5-7 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-1 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 7-65 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 4-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur Fils/Nicolas JarryFils/Nicolas Jarry – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Lloyd Glasspool/Ugo HumbertGlasspool/Ugo Humbert (3-6 6-3 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur FilsArthur – Brandon HoltBrandon (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-5) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H and prediction