Gael Monfils and Zizou Bergs will play each other in the final of the ASB Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.69
Zizou Bergs -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Zizou Bergs

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Gael Monfils

Ranked no. 52, Monfils reached the final after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 1-6 7-6(5) 6-3, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 7-6(5), Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-3 6-1 and Nishesh Basavareddy 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Basavareddy (7-6⁵ 6-4).During the match, Monfils scored less points (1) than Basavareddy. In fact, the world no. 52 won 73 points vs Basavareddy’s. That means that Monfils was more focused during the important points. Gael was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Monfils struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gael Monfils was quite effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Basavareddy once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Monfils has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (229-138). 5-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Monfils has an aggregate 125-62 match record in the last years on hard.

Gael’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Monfils has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 66, Zizou got to the final after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4, Francisco Comesana 3-6 6-4 6-3, Isaac Becroft 6-3 7-5, Luca Nardi 6-1 6-4, Roberto Carballes Baena 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Nuno Borges 6-2 3-6 7-5.

In the semifinal, The Belgian defeated Borges (6-2 3-6 7-5). During the match Bergs scored 92 points vs Borges’s 89. Zizou was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Bergs made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Bergs broke Borges 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bergs started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Zizou’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Zizou has an overall 7-1 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Monfils	Bergs
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	9	16
Tot Games	88	150
Pts	285-261	501-444
Total Points	546	945
Winners	139	195
%Winners	49%	39%

Monfils played 4 matches while Bergs competed in 6 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Monfils had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gael Monfils lost 1 set, while Zizou Bergs dropped 4 sets. Monfils has played 7 set(s) less than Bergs (9 vs 16). Therefore, Monfils played 62 games less than Bergs. Monfils scored 139 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 195 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Monfils	Bergs
Aces	33	40
Avg per match	8.3	6.7
1st in	173/288	272/457
%1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	139/173	195/272
%1st pts	80%	72%
2nd pts	56/115	93/185
%2nd pts	49%	50%

Monfils bagged 33 aces (8.3 per match). Bergs struck 40 aces (6.7 per match). Monfils won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Monfils	Bergs
Won	9	26
Converted	9/16	26/59
% Converted	56%	44%
Conceded	14	42
Saved	10	24
% Saved	71%	57%
Times Broken	4	18

Monfils broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponents 26 times with a 44% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 18 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Monfils
	R1 Martinez Portero	R2 Struff	1/4 Diaz	1/2 Basavareddy	Total
Score	1-6 7-65 6-3	6-1 7-65	6-3 6-1	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	29	20	16	23	88
pts	82-87	67-51	63-49	73-74	285-261
Total points	169	118	112	147	546
Winners	38	37	28	36	139
%Winners	46%	55%	44%	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	8	14	4	7	33
Double Faults	3	4	1	2	10
1st in	51/86	41/62	33/52	48/88	173/288
% 1st in	59%	66%	63%	55%	60%
1st pts	38/51	37/41	28/33	36/48	139/173
% 1st pts	75%	90%	85%	75%	80%
2nd pts	17/35	10/21	7/19	22/40	56/115
% 2nd pts	49%	48%	37%	55%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4	1	9
Converted	2/5	2/2	4/7	1/2	9/16
Converted %	40%	100%	57%	50%	56%
Conceded	5	1	3	5	14
Saved	1/5	1/1	3/3	5/5	10
Saved %	20%	100%	100%	100%	80%
Times Broken	4	0	0	0	4

Bergs
	Q1 Carreno-Busta	Q3 Comesana	R1 Becroft	R2 Nardi	1/4 Carballes Baena	1/2 Borges	Total
Score	2-6 7-66 6-4	3-6 6-4 6-3	6-3 7-5	6-1 6-4	1-6 6-2 6-3	6-2 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	3	3	16
Tot Games	31	28	21	17	24	29	150
pts	105-104	92-85	69-54	70-46	73-66	92-89	501-444
Total points	209	177	123	116	139	181	945
Winners	49	36	32	21	26	31	195
%Winners	47%	39%	46%	30%	36%	34%	39%
SERVE
Aces	11	5	9	7	2	6	40
Double Faults	1	3	2	2	2	1	11
1st in	71/107	52/81	38/70	26/47	37/65	48/87	272/457
% 1st in	66%	64%	54%	55%	57%	55%	60%
1st pts	49/71	36/52	32/38	21/26	26/37	31/48	195/272
% 1st pts	69%	69%	84%	81%	70%	65%	72%
2nd pts	17/36	15/29	16/32	12/21	13/28	20/39	93/185
% 2nd pts	47%	52%	50%	57%	46%	51%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	5	5	6	26
Converted	3/9	4/10	3/4	5/12	5/11	6/13	26/59
Converted %	33%	40%	75%	42%	45%	46%	44%
Conceded	15	6	4	5	5	7	42
Saved	11/15	3/6	3/4	3/5	1/5	3/7	24
Saved %	73%	50%	75%	60%	20%	43%	80%
Times Broken	4	3	1	2	4	4	18

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