Pedro Martinez Portero and Gael Monfils will fight against each other in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.35
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 3rd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Gael Monfils face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Monfils won 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Montreal back in 2022.
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Martinez Portero will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Shang in the 2nd round on the 2nd of January.
Martinez Portero has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Martinez Portero has an overall 442-283 record. He has a positive 68-63 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Martinez Portero has never competed in this tournament before.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 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. 52, Monfils will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Djokovic in the 2nd round on the 2nd of January.
Monfils has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Monfils has an overall 662-366 record. He has a positive 251-141 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LW
LW Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Sumit NagalNagal (6-78 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zizou BergsBergs – Isaac BecroftBecroft (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
