Jan-Lennard Struff and Gael Monfils will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the ASB Classic for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday 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 Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.74
Gael Monfils -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Gael Monfils

This will be the 3^rd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Gael Monfils fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Monfils won 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Doha back in 2018.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 42, Jan-Lennard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (6-3 6-4). During the match, Struff scored 71 points vs Yunchaokete’s 52. Jan-Lennard was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Struff made 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jan-Lennard Struff was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jan-Lennard broke Yunchaokete 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Struff has winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (293-232). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Struff has an aggregate 80-82 match record in the last years on hard.

Struff has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Gael Monfils

Ranked no. 52, Monfils reached the 2^nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 1-6 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Martinez Portero, Gael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-3).During the match Monfils scored less points (5) than Martinez Portero. In fact, the world no. 42 won 82 points vs Martinez Portero’s. That means that Monfils was more focused during the important points. Gael was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Monfils recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Gael broke Martinez Portero twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

The French player has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Struff	Monfils
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	29
Pts	71-52	82-87
Total Points	123	169
Winners	26	38
%Winners	37%	46%

Both Struff and Monfils played 1 match. At the moment, Gael Monfils lost 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t dropped a set so far. Struff has played 1 set(s) less than Monfils (2 vs 3). Therefore, Struff played 10 games less than Monfils. Jan-Lennard scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 38 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Struff	Monfils
Aces	13	8
Avg per match	13	8
1st in	31/50	51/86
%1st in	62%	59%
1st pts	26/31	38/51
%1st pts	84%	75%
2nd pts	12/19	17/35
%2nd pts	63%	49%

Struff blasted 13 aces . Monfils bagged 8 aces . Struff won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Struff	Monfils
Won	3	2
Converted	3/11	2/5
% Converted	27%	40%
Conceded	1	5
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	20%
Times Broken	1	4

Struff broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jan-Lennard conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Gael broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Gael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.

Struff
	R1 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	71-52	71-52
Total points	123	123
Winners	26	26
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/50	31/50
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	26/31	26/31
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Monfils
	R1 Martinez Portero	Total
Score	1-6 7-65 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	82-87	82-87
Total points	169	169
Winners	38	38
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	51/86	51/86
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	38/51	38/51
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	17/35	17/35
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	1/5	1
Saved %	20%	20%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Auckland

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-6⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-6⁵ 2-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus – Santiago Gonzalez/Lucas MiedlerGonzalez/Lucas Miedler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Isaac BecroftBecroft (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Sumit NagalNagal (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Christian Harrison/Rajeev RamHarrison/Rajeev Ram – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction