Taylor Fritz and Gael Monfils will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.111
Gael Monfils -> 6.5
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Gael Monfils face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-3 6-7(8) 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-8 | 13-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Taylor got to the 3rd round after defeating Jenson Brooksby 6-2 6-0 6-3 and Cristian Garin 6-2 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-2 6-1 6-0). During the match, Fritz scored 79 points vs Garin’s 43. Fritz was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taylor Fritz was very effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taylor broke Garin 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 64% of the points he played.
Fritz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (368-220). 6-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an overall 215-110 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(4).
Fritz has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Gael Monfils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-6 | 14-5 | 2-1 | 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. 41, Gael got to the 3rd round after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(7) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-7(5) 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier 7-5 6-3 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Monfils had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (7-5 6-3 7-63). During the match Monfils scored 109 points vs Altmaier’s 89. Gael was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Monfils blasted 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (47/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Monfils broke Altmaier 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gael has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where he overcame Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 6-4.
Monfils has a compiled 8-1 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 92 |
| Pts | 174-98 | 292-261 |
| Total Points | 272 | 553 |
| Winners | 71 | 133 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Fritz and Monfils played 2 matches. At the moment, Gael Monfils dropped 2 sets while Taylor Fritz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fritz has played 2 set(s) less than Monfils (6 vs 8). Therefore, Fritz played 48 games less than Monfils. Fritz scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 133 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 15 |
| 1st in | 87/130 | 159/273 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 71/87 | 133/159 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 63/114 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Fritz bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Monfils recorded 30 aces (15 per match). Fritz won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 7 |
| Converted | 13/16 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 81% | 32% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 13 times with a 81% conversion rate. The American extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Gael broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Gael conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | ||||
| R1 Brooksby |
R2 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 95-55 | 79-43 | 174-98 | |
| Total points | 150 | 122 | 272 | |
| Winners | 39 | 32 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 40/60 | 87/130 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/47 | 32/40 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 12/20 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 7/9 | 13/16 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 78% | 81% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monfils | ||||
| R1 Mpetshi |
R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 6-76 6-75 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 58 | 34 | 92 | |
| pts | 183-172 | 109-89 | 292-261 | |
| Total points | 355 | 198 | 553 | |
| Winners | 86 | 47 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| 1st in | 102/174 | 57/99 | 159/273 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 86/102 | 47/57 | 133/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 42/72 | 21/42 | 63/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 5/10 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 50% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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