Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 21st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.119
Gael Monfils -> 6.25
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 21st time that Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils play each other. The head to head is 19-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 13-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Gael Monfils – Cincinnati 17-August-2023
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Djokovic reached the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-3 6-3). During the match, Djokovic scored 61 points vs Hijikata’s 40. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic made 12 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Djokovic has an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 85% of his matches (439-76). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a compiled 188-28 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Novak has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 55, Monfils got to the 2nd round after defeating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Gael defeated Basavareddy (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Monfils scored 84 points vs Basavareddy’s 67. Monfils was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils struck 18 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gael Monfils was very effective on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Monfils broke Basavareddy 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Gael has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 84-67 |
| Total Points | 101 | 151 |
| Winners | 25 | 40 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Djokovic and Monfils played 1 match. At the moment, Gael Monfils surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Monfils (2 vs 3). Therefore, Djokovic played 9 games less than Monfils. The Serbian scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gael scored 40 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 18 |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 52/77 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 40/52 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 52% |
Djokovic bagged 12 aces . Monfils recorded 18 aces . Djokovic won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 71% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Novak pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gael broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Monfils | |||
| R1 Basavareddy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 84-67 | 84-67 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/77 | 52/77 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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