- 2013 - He returned to the Top 50 after falling to No. 119 in May. Reached QF at least 8 events, including late at Nice (l. to Montanes) and Winston-Salem (ret. with a left hip injury vs Melzer) ... In Grand Slams (5-3) came to 3R Australia open (l. to Simon in 5 sets) and Roland Garos (p. No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets in 1R, p. Robredo in 5 sets, had 4 MP) and 2 at the U.S. open (l. to Isner). He did not play Wimbledon. In Ab. of Australia, in win over Lu 2R, achieved career-high 29 aces and 23 double faults (1st pl. in Ab. Australia with Bryan Shelton from 20 to 20 in '94) ... Also SF in Umag (p . with Fognini) and Auckland (l. to Ferrer) and QF in Doha (l. to Brands), Halle (l. to Haas), Stuttgart (l. to Kohlschreiber) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. No. 7 Federer , p. Djokovic) ... Compiled marks of 16-12 on hard, 15-9 on clay and 2-1 on grass. He was 2-6 vs. Top 10 opponents ...
2012 - The French finished outside the Top 20 for 1st time since 2007 after suffering an injury to his right knee in preseason and during the season. He missed 3 1/2 weeks before returning the week of 7 spetiembre (played 3 events) ... His best results were vicecampeonatos in Doha (l. to Tsonga) and Montpellier in January (l. to Simon) ... in his only Grand Slam came to Australia 3R Open (l. to Kukushkin in 5 sets) ... Reached 16-7 record on hard and 3-3 on clay. He was 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents being only victory over No. 2 Nadal in Doha SF ...
2011 - No. 3 in France (behind Tsonga, Simon) finished in Top 15 for 4th straight year, highlighting his 4th ATP World Tour title in Stockholm (d. Nieminen) ... also a finalist in Washington DC (With P. Stepanek) in his first final at U.S. .. QF came at least 11 times, including Roland Garros ... He was in the Top 10 most of the season, 32 weeks in a row, 4th April to November 7 ... in February came to SF to San Jose where he retired (vs. Raonic) by an injury to his left wrist (off for 2 months) ... Also SF in June in Halle (l. to eventual champion Kohlschreiber) and Bangkok (l. to Young) ... After he retired from Bangkok Beijing and Shanghai by a knee injury ... Went 1-4 vs.. Top 10 opponents still only win over No. 7 Ferrer at Roland Garros and brands 22-8 on hard, 11-6 on clay and 5-2 on grass ...
2010 - The Best Top 15 French finished 3rd straight year with career-high 46 wins ... Helped France to reach the Davis Cup final (p. 3-2 Serbia), beating Tipsarevic in 1st pt. and then losing to Djokovic ... It came to SF at least six times and was 1-3 in finals, including vicecampeonatos in Paris for the second straight year (v. Verdasco, Murray, Federer, p. Soderling), Stuttgart (ret. vs. Mountaineer w / right ankle injury) and Tokyo (l. to Nadal) ... Won title of Montpellier (d. Ljubicic) ... Two months of March to May was lost with left hand injury ... Reached U.S. Open QF (l. to Nadal) ... Went 36-14 on hard and 8-4 on clay ... Awards money U.S. $ 1,303,546.
2009 - No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 10 Tsonga) finished in Top 15 for second straight year ... Personal branding of 42 wins and won 2nd title in Metz (d. Kohlschreiber) ... Reached the 1st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Djokovic) ... opened season with SF in Doha, defeating world No. 1 Nadal in QF before losing to Roddick ... he retired in the 4th RD at Australia open with a left wrist injury ... he entered the Top 10 for the 1st time on February 23 ... he was 14 weeks in the Top 10 ... Finalist in Acapulco (l. to Almagro), followed his sixth runner-up finish. 4R .. Reached in Miami, 2MP with Safin saving before losing to Roddick ... He lost 1 month knee injury before QF at Roland Garros (l. to Federer) ... injured left wrist Queen's in London and had to withdraw from Wimbledon 3R and ... he returned to Montreal ... Reached 4R U.S. Open (l. to Nadal) ... Finished the year with QF in Kuala Lumpur and Vienna in SF Tokyo and end in Paris ... Brand 33-15 on hard, 8-4 on clay and 1-0 on grass ... Personal branding prize money U.S. $ 1,290,794.
2008 - Frenchman finished in Top 20 for 1st time and won matches career-high with 30, reaching a 1a and SF Grand Slam final sixth ATP ... Missed first 2 months with a right knee injury and was 5-7 in Roland Garros where he reached SF (d. No. 5 Ferrer, p. Federer) ...
On grass, reached SF in Nottingham (l. to Karlovic) but then withdrew from Wimbledon because of injury to the right shoulder ... In August reached QF in Beijing Olympics (l. to Djokovic) and then the U.S. Open 4R (p. with Fish) ... he beat Nalbandian in both Top 10 ... Finished 10-4 in indoor tour, coming to SF in Bangkok (l. to Tsonga), finalist in Vienna (l. to Petzschner), QF at AMS Madrid (d. No. 10 Gonzalez, No. 8 Roddick, p. Murray) and 3R in AMS Paris (l. to Nadal) ...
He was 5-7 vs. Top 10 opponents and scores 18-11 on hard, 9-5 on clay and 3-1 on grass ... In only Challenger in Marrakech in May won the title (d. Chardy) ... Personal branding of U.S. $ 889.581.
2007 - Finished in Top 50 and reached an ATP final for 3rd straight year ... Advanced to the Open 3R in Australia for 1st time (v. Bracciali, Baghdatis, Gasquet p with.) ... In March he won title Sunrise Challenger (d. Seppi) and 2 months later in Poertschach, beating Querrey, Lee, No. 3 Roddick and Hewitt to reach ATP final to 5a (l. to Monaco) ...
In July reached QF in Gstaad (l. to Mathieu) and SF in Washington (l. to Isner will) ... In September came to SF in Bucharest (l. to Hanescu) ... Went 3-2 vs.. Top 10, including wins over No. 5 Davydenko and Robredo Gstaad and No. 7 in Stuttgart.
2006 - Finished in Top 50 for 2nd straight year despite suffering injuries in the year ... He retired with injury back in QF of Queen's European tour was lost in Euopa by injury to right foot, retired on tour Asian stress fracture in left foot and then his right ankle twisted in October in Madrid ... opened season with finals in Doha (l. to Federer) and in May became SF at AMS Rome (d. Roddick, p. with Nadal) ...
His best Grand Slam was at Roland Garros with 4R (v. Blake, p. Djokovic) ... In the Queen's lawn achieved the 3rd win of the season over a Top 10 in 4 tournaments, beating No. 4 Ljubicic on track QF ... was removed before Blake with back injury ... lost in 1R Wimbledon and was following two months out with injury to the right foot ... returned to August at AMS Cincinnati, beating Safin before losing to No. 10 Baghdatis ... at the U.S. Open he lost to Moodie in 2R ... then suffered a stress fracture and missed a month before returning in mid-October in Madrid where sprained right ankle ... Had record 3-5 vs. Top 10 opponents ...
2005 - climbed 200 places to finish No. 3 of France (behind No. 16 Gasquet, No. 26 Grosjean) ... Won the Challenger Benancon (v. C. Rochus) and Tunis (v. Santoro). 4R .. Reached at AMS Miami (l. to Hrbaty) and 3R Wimbledon (l. to Ancic) ... Won first ATP title in Sopot (d. Mayer) ... Finalist in Metz (d. Gasquet, Hrbaty, p. Ljubicic) and Lyon (v. Gaudio, Grosjean, p. Roddick) ...
2004 - Increased their ranking in over 700 positions ... ATP debut as a wild card in Metz and reached QF (d. Malisse, Patience, p with Gasquet.) ... Passed AMS qualifier in Paris and came to 2R (v. Enqvist, p. Hewitt with No. 3) ... Went 14-6 with 1 titles in Futures and 3-5 in Challenge ... In doubles end made in France # 7 (c / Ouanna name Gael Sebastien Monfils - Nicknamed "Lamonf"
- His father, Rufin, a former soccer player, comes from island of Guadeloupe
- He is an agent for France Telecom
- His mother, Sylvette, comes from island of Martinique and is a nurse
- Also has one younger brother, Daryl, who partnered Gael at 2012 Montpellier
- Considers Arthur Ashe to be his favourite player
- Off court walks around with his iPod listening to music, in particular R&B
- If he didn't play tennis he would play basketball
- Fan of NBA team Detroit Pistons and favourite basketball player is Carmelo Anthony. Finished as world's No. 1 junior in 2004 with titles at Australian Open (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (d. Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (d. Kasiri)
- Did not drop a set in Australia and lost only one set each in Paris and Wimbledon
- In 2003, was runner-up at Orange Bowl (l. to Baghdatis) and USTA Winter International Championships (l. to Rieschick)
- Best friends are countrymen and former juniors Josselin Ouana, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Paterne Mamata
- Named ATP Newcomer of Year in 2005.
His full name is Gael Sebastien Monfils ... His nickname is "Lamonf" ... His father, Rufin, was a football player from the island Guadalupe ... He is an agent of France Telecom ... His mother, Sylvette, comes from the island of Martinique and is a nurse ... Has one younger brother, Daryl ... Considers Arthur Ashe as his favorite player ... Outside the courts walks with his iPod listening to music, particularly R & B ... If there were would practice tennis played basketball ... Fan NBA team Detroit Pistons and his favorite basketball player is Carmelo Anthony ...
Finished as No. 1 junior in the world with 2004 Open titles Australia (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (a Kasiri) ... not lost a set in Australia and lost just one in Paris and Wimbledon ... in 2003, was shortlisted for the Orange Bowl (l. to Baghdatis) and USTA International Winter Championships (with Rieschick) ... his best friends are his fellow former co-juveniles, Josselin Ouana, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Paterne Mamata ... Named ATP Newcomer of the Year 2005. full name is Gael Sebastien Monfils ... His nickname is "Lamonf" ... His father, Rufin, was a football player from the island Guadalupe ... He is an agent of France Telecom ... His mother, Sylvette, comes from the island of Martinique and is a nurse ... Has one younger brother, Daryl ... Considers Arthur Ashe as his favorite player ... Outside the courts walks with his iPod listening to music, particularly R & B ... If there were would practice tennis played basketball ... Fan NBA team Detroit Pistons and his favorite basketball player is Carmelo Anthony ...
Finished as No. 1 junior in the world with 2004 Open titles Australia (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (a Kasiri) ... not lost a set in Australia and lost just one in Paris and Wimbledon ... in 2003, was shortlisted for the Orange Bowl (l. to Baghdatis) and USTA International Winter Championships (with Rieschick) ... his best friends are his fellow former co-juveniles, Josselin Ouana, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Paterne Mamata ... Named ATP Newcomer of the Year 2005.
