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Monfils competed at the Monte Carlo Masters, losing in the first round to Janko Tipsarević with the score, 3 – 6, 1 – 6.
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Monfils competed in the main draw of this Paddle tennis tournament and surprised everyone when he ousted world no.
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" I need a little more pop ... I need it if I'm going to play some tennis ," he said after playing Gael Monfils in an exhibition at the SAP Open.
At the French Open he defeated Spaniard Nicolás Almagro in four sets in the second round, to become the last remaining American man at the French, then was beaten by Frenchman Gaël Monfils in five sets.
Baghdatis was the eleventh seed at the Australian Open but could not match his success from the previous year, losing a second-round match to Gaël Monfils 6 – 7, 2 – 6, 6 – 2, 0 – 6.
Unfortunately, his run ended at the hands of compatriot and eventual champion of the tournament, Gaël Monfils 4 – 6, 3 – 6.
Berdych won his first ATP tournament of 2012 at the 2012 Open Sud de France, defeating third seed Gael Monfils, 6 – 2, 4 – 6, 6 – 3.
7 and top seed Gaël Monfils at the MercedesCup, after saving two match points in the second-set tiebreaker.
He also reached the quarterfinals at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, losing to Gaël Monfils, and the semifinal in Hamburg, losing to eventual champion Andrey Golubev.
In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the Dutch Junior Open.
Monfils got off to a positive start in 2003 and earned his first career ATP point at the France Futures No. 13 by reaching the second round.
In doubles, Monfils reached the final at France No. 7 ( with Ouanna ).
As a result of his progress at the French Open, Monfils moved up five positions to reach a career high of no.
Monfils returned to competition at the 2009 Montreal Masters.
Monfils made the quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open held in Kuala Lumpur, despite suffering from jetlag, losing 3 – 6, 3 – 6 to Nikolay Davydenko.
Monfils began his season at the Brisbane International, where he was seeded third.
Monfils was the first seed at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, where he lost in the semifinals to Feliciano López, 6 – 3, 1 – 6, 6 – 7.
Monfils was the third seed at the 2010 Open 13 in Marseille, France where, in the quarterfinals, he lost to Julien Benneteau in straight sets.
Starting his grass-court season, Monfils lost in the second round at the 2010 AEGON Championships to Rainer Schüttler in three sets 3 – 6, 7 – 6, 2 – 6.
Monfils was runner-up at the Rakuten Japan Open, losing to Rafael Nadal 1 – 6, 5 – 7.
Monfils then won his fourth ATP career title in October at the 2011 If Stockholm Open by beating Jarkko Nieminen in the final.
Monfils was considered an athletics prodigy at school and won the French under-13 and under-14 100m championships.
Monfils and Monte
Only once in his ATP career has he failed to hit an ace during a match, which was in the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters against Frenchman Gaël Monfils.
Monfils and Masters
Söderling then saved three match points in beating Michaël Llodra to reach his first Masters 1000 final, and won the championship by defeating Gaël Monfils ( who had also saved match points in his semi-final against Roger Federer ) in the final 6 – 1, 7 – 6 ( 1 ).
At the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000, Gasquet advanced to the third round, defeating Ernests Gulbis and compatriot Gaël Monfils, before losing to Novak Djokovic, 1 – 6, 1 – 6.
Later on in 2006, Monfils reached the semifinals of the Rome Tennis Masters Series, before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
At the Paris Masters, Monfils was defeated the final by Novak Djokovic, 2 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 7.
Monfils withdrew from three consecutive Masters 1000 events, the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, and the 2010 Internazionali BNL d ' Italia in Rome.
Monfils was seeded 12th in the BNP Paribas Masters, where he lost to Robin Söderling 1 – 6, 6 – 7, in the final.
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Ljubičić then traveled to Queen's Club, defeating Răzvan Sabău 7 – 6, 6 – 2, before losing to Gaël Monfils 6 – 7, 5 – 7, in the round of 16.
As well as reaching the third round of the Australian Open for the first time defeating Gaël Monfils before losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu and winning his second doubles title with Martín García in Palermo.
* Reached his eleventh career ATP final in Stockholm, losing to Gaël Monfils.
Monfils won the first set, but ended up losing the next three, 7 – 5, 6 – 7, 3 – 6, 4 – 6.
Monfils made it to the semifinals of the 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, before losing to American John Isner in a 7 – 6, 6 – 7, 6 – 7 match.
Monfils was selected to play in the Olympics in Beijing by France, losing to third seed Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, 6 – 4, 1 – 6, 4 – 6.
In the Thailand Open, Monfils reached the semifinals, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 0 – 6, 3 – 6.
Monfils lost to finalist Andy Roddick in three sets, 6 – 7, 6 – 3, 3 – 6, being up a break in the first set 5 – 4 and losing it.
At the Japan Open, Monfils reached the semifinal stage, losing to eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Monfils reached the final, losing to Tomáš Berdych in three sets.
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He then participated in the Davis Cup to represent France with compatriots Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Gaël Monfils against the Czech Republic in the first round.
He lost his first rubber 6 – 7, 2 – 6, 6 – 4, 7 – 5, 4 – 6, to Gaël Monfils of France.
In the French Open, Monfils reached a semifinal berth for the first time in any Grand Slam, becoming the first Frenchman in the semifinals since 2001.
Monfils played in Doha as his first tournament and caused an upset in the quarterfinals against Nadal, 6 – 4, 6 – 4.
At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, seeded 12th, after receiving a bye in the first round, Monfils lost to Simon Greul in three sets.
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