Carlos Alcaraz and Gael Monfils will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on Center Court. 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 Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.067
Gael Monfils -> 8.7
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Gael Monfils face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2024.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Gael Monfils – Miami 25-March-2024
Carlos Alcaraz
38 - 7win/loss
3
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-7 | 13-2 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 39-7 | 10-0 | 29-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, Carlos will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(2) to Djokovic in the final on the 4th of August.
Carlos has a compiled 38-7 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Indian Wells where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and at the French Open where he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 and at the Wimbledon where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-2 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, Alcaraz has an overall 271-70 record. He has a positive 88-22 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
Gael Monfils
19 - 17win/loss
46
6
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 10-7 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 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, Monfils reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (7-5 6-3). During the match Monfils scored 65 points vs Popyrin’s 50. Monfils was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was quite effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Popyrin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gael’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.
Gael has an aggregate 19-17 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2011. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-76 7-67 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneRune – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur Fils/Nicolas JarryFils/Nicolas Jarry – Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden (6-4 6-75 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-64 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction