Gael Monfils and Facundo Diaz Acosta will fight against each other in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 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 -> 1.27
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Facundo Diaz Acosta since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 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 got to the quarter after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 1-6 7-6(5) 6-3 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, Gael had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-1 7-65). During the match, Monfils scored 67 points vs Struff’s 51. The French player was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Monfils scored 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gael Monfils conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 66% of his first serves in, winning 90% (37/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Struff twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Monfils has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Monfils has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (227-138). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has an aggregate 123-62 record in the last years on hard.
Monfils has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Ajeet Rai 6-4 6-2, Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3 and Sebastian Baez 6-4 7-6(1).
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-4 7-61). During the match Diaz scored 82 points vs Baez’s 72. Diaz was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Diaz fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Diaz broke Baez 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
The Argentine has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 58 |
| Pts | 149-138 | 202-160 |
| Total Points | 287 | 362 |
| Winners | 75 | 86 |
| %Winners | 50% | 43% |
Monfils played 2 matches while Diaz competed in 3 matches. Diaz started his run from the qualifications while Monfils had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Gael Monfils conceded 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monfils has played 1 set(s) less than Diaz (5 vs 6). Therefore, Monfils played 9 games less than Diaz. Monfils scored 75 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 86 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 92/148 | 117/180 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 75/92 | 86/117 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 31/63 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Monfils struck 22 aces (11 per match). Diaz fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Monfils won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 74% 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 | Monfils | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Monfils broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Monfils dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Diaz conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | ||||
| R1 Martinez Portero |
R2 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-65 6-3 | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 82-87 | 67-51 | 149-138 | |
| Total points | 169 | 118 | 287 | |
| Winners | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 55% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 14 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/86 | 41/62 | 92/148 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 37/41 | 75/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 90% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 10/21 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/2 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 100% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Diaz | ||||||
| Q1 Rai |
Q3 Nardi |
R1 Norrie |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-72 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 17 | 23 | 91 | |
| pts | 60-44 | – | 60-44 | 82-72 | 202-160 | |
| Total points | 104 | 0 | 104 | 154 | 362 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 32 | 86 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | 0% | 47% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 1st in | 33/47 | / | 40/54 | 44/79 | 117/180 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 0% | 74% | 56% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | / | 28/40 | 32/44 | 86/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 0% | 70% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | / | 5/14 | 18/35 | 31/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 0% | 36% | 51% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 4/7 | / | 5/10 | 4/9 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 0% | 50% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 3/5 | 4/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 60% | 57% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
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