Ugo Humbert and Gael Monfils will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ugo Humbert who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ugo Humbert is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Humbert -> 1.43
Gael Monfils -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Ugo Humbert vs. Gael Monfils

This will be the 5th time that Ugo Humbert and Gael Monfils square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Humbert won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2024.

Highlights Ugo Humbert vs Gael Monfils – Dubai 27-February-2024

Ugo Humbert

Ugo Humbert

33 - 21win/loss

Hard
18-8
I Hard
5-2
Clay
5-7
Grass
5-4
Rank
15
High
13
WLWWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-21 18-8 5-7 5-2 5-4 0-0
2023 49-26 17-11 13-5 16-6 3-4 0-0
2022 33-29 16-11 3-7 11-6 3-5 0-0
2021 19-20 6-7 1-6 4-5 8-2 0-0
2020 25-14 11-7 4-3 10-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 15, Ugo got to the 3rd round after beating Arthur Cazaux 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Humbert had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-3 6-2). During the match, Humbert scored 65 points vs Cazaux’s 50. Humbert was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Humbert fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ugo Humbert conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Humbert put 65% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Humbert broke Cazaux 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Humbert has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (335-214). 18-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Humbert has a composed 141-74 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Dubai where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 6-4 6-3.

Ugo has an aggregate 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Humbert's Record

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
14-10
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-6
Grass
5-2
Rank
46
High
6
WWLLWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-20 14-10 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, the French player got to the 3rd round after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-3 and Sebastian Baez 6-3 4-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Gael defeated Baez (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Monfils scored 98 points vs Baez’s 90. Gael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Gael broke Baez 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Gael’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.

Monfils has an overall 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2013. See his history.

Shanghai
Monfils's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

U.Humbert
G.Monfils
1h:22
1h:22
Time on court​
!
3h:33
3h:33
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
!
2h:12
2h:12
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
17
17
Games Played​
48
48
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
65
65
Total points​
166
166
65
65
Avg point​
83
83
31
31
Winners
76
76
31
31
Avg Winners​
38
38
48%
48%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
19
19
7
7
Avg Aces
9.5
9.5
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4
4
31/37
31/37
1st won total​
76/109
76/109
!
84%
84%
1st won %
70%
70%
9/20
9/20
2nd won total​
25/49
25/49
45%
45%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
8/22
8/22
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
38%
38%
Won
36%
36%
1
1
Conceded
21
21
1
1
Avg Conceded
10.5
10.5
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Humbert Monfils
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 17 48
Pts 65-50 166-147
Total Points 115 313
Winners 31 76
%Winners 48% 46%

Humbert played 1 match while Monfils competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Gael Monfils conceded 1 set while Ugo Humbert hasn’t dropped a set so far. Humbert has played 3 set(s) less than Monfils (2 vs 5). Therefore, Humbert played 31 games less than Monfils. Humbert scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Monfils struck 76 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Humbert Monfils
Aces 7 19
Avg per match 7 9.5
1st in 37/57 109/158
%1st in 65% 69%
1st pts 31/37 76/109
%1st pts 84% 70%
2nd pts 9/20 25/49
%2nd pts 45% 51%

Humbert bagged 7 aces . Monfils bagged 19 aces (9.5 per match). Humbert won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Humbert Monfils
Won 3 8
Converted 3/8 8/22
% Converted 38% 36%
Conceded 1 21
Saved 1 17
% Saved 100% 81%
Times Broken 0 4

The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ugo had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Gael broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Humbert
R2
Cazaux
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 65-50 65-50
Total points 115 115
Winners 31 31
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 37/57 37/57
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 31/37 31/37
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 9/20 9/20
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Monfils
R1
Dzumhur
R2
Baez
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 29 48
pts 68-57 98-90 166-147
Total points 125 188 313
Winners 31 45 76
%Winners 46% 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 15 19
Double Faults 2 6 8
1st in 46/63 63/95 109/158
% 1st in 73% 66% 69%
1st pts 31/46 45/63 76/109
% 1st pts 67% 71% 70%
2nd pts 10/17 15/32 25/49
% 2nd pts 59% 47% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/7 4/15 8/22
Converted % 57% 27% 36%
Conceded 8 13 21
Saved 7/8 10/13 17
Saved % 88% 77% 165%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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