Gaël Monfils (French pronunciation: [ɡaɛl mɔ̃ˈfis]) (born September 1, 1986) is a French professional male tennis player. He is currently the third highest ranked French tennis player, and number 13 in the world.
He has won two ATP singles finals, the first in 2005 at Sopot, and the second at Metz.
In 2002, Monfils finished as runner-up at the Dutch Junior Open. In the same year, he won the German Junior Open (d. Bayer). Monfils ended the year ra...
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Gaël Monfils (French pronunciation: [ɡaɛl mɔ̃ˈfis]) (born September 1, 1986) is a French professional male tennis player. He is currently the third highest ranked French tennis player, and number 13 in the world.
He has won two ATP singles finals, the first in 2005 at Sopot, and the second at Metz.
In 2002, Monfils finished as runner-up at the Dutch Junior Open. In the same year, he won the German Junior Open (d. Bayer). Monfils ended the year ranked the 44th junior in the world. He also represented France in the junior Davis Cup.
2003 got off to a positive start as Monfils earned his first career ATP point at the France Futures #13 by reaching the second round. He also reached the second round at France #14, Egypt #2, and Spain #28. In that year, he played a total of nine Futures events. This included a showing in the doubles final at Spain #27. In junior events, he was the runner-up at Orange Bowl (l. to Marcos Baghdatis) and USTA International Winter Championships (l. to Sebastian...
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