Gaël Monfils

Gaël Monfils: Biography in Details

Who is Gaël Monfils?

Gaël Monfils is a French professional tennis player. On November 7, 2016, he reached a career-high ATP world No. 6 singles ranking.

Additionally, he has reached two Grand Slam singles semifinals and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles finals. He has won 7 ATP World Tour singles titles.

Gaël Monfils: Age, Parents, Siblings, Education, Ethnicity

Monfils was born as Gaël Sébastien Monfils in Paris, France on September 1, 1986. He was born to parents Sylvette Caresse and Rufin Monfils.

His father is a former football player and his mother is a nurse. Additionally, he has a younger brother named Daryl who also plays tennis. Gaël is of French nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to the French-Caribbean ethnic background.

Talking about his education, there are no details available about Monfils’ educational background.

Gaël Monfils: Professional Life, Career

Monfils initially compiled a singles win-loss record of 83–22 as a junior. Additionally, he finished 24th at the Dutch Junior Open in 2002 and also won the German Junior Open. He was No. 21 in junior rankings in 2003. His first ATP title came in 2005 after he climbed 200 ranking spots captured his first ATP title.

In addition, he also reached two additional finals in the same year. Monfils reached the semifinals of the Rome Masters in 2006 but lost with eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets. In 2009, he reached the semifinal stage at the Japan Open.

Furthermore, Monfils lost in the second round at the Aegon Championships and lost to the defending champion, Czech Radek Štěpánek at the Brisbane International. He lost to Australian and former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt at the AAMI Kooyong Classic in 2011.

Additionally, in the same year, he defeated seventh seed David Ferrer in five sets to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open. More recently, Monfils won his seventh ATP World Tour singles title at the 2018 Qatar Open.

Gaël Monfils: Net Worth, Salary

This player has not revealed his current salary. However, he has an estimated net worth of around $ 10 million as of 2022.

Gaël Monfils: Rumors and Controversy

Monfils became part of a controversy in 2016 after he was accused of not being ‘in’ the pair’s semi-final match after his defeat with Novak Djokovic.  At present, there are no rumors concerning Monfils and his career.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Talking about his body measurement, Gaël Monfils has a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m). Additionally, he weighs around 80 kg or 176 lbs.

Furthermore, his hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Monfils is active over social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has more than 722k followers on Twitter.

In addition, he has over 524k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 383.2k followers.

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