Gael Monfils and Alexander Shevchenko will square off in the 1st round of the Chengdu Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.25
Alexander Shevchenko -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Alexander Shevchenko

This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Alexander Shevchenko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Shevchenko won 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in 2023.

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils

18 - 14win/loss

Hard
14-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-3
Grass
1-3
Rank
68
High
6
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-15 14-9 3-3 0-0 1-3 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, the French player will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 to Safiullin in the 1st round on the 26th of August.

Gael has a composed 18-14 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Auckland where he defeated Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Monfils has an overall 679-379 record. He has a positive 264-148 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.

Chengdu
Monfils's Record

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko

28 - 29win/loss

Hard
8-10
I Hard
1-1
Clay
19-16
Grass
0-2
Rank
97
High
45
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-34 11-12 19-16 2-4 0-2 0-0
2024 22-35 8-13 6-12 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 45-34 16-15 19-13 10-5 0-1 0-0
2022 50-33 2-4 41-23 7-6 0-0 0-0
2021 49-27 8-4 33-17 8-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 96, will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in 1 where he beat 6-4 6-3 to Chung in the Rubber 1 on the 12th

of September.

Alexander has a composed 28-29 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shevchenko’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Sumter Challenger.

In terms of his career, Alexander has an overall 280-200 record. He has a positive 56-51 record on hard.

Chengdu
Shevchenko's Record

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

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