Gaël Monfils (born September 1, 1986) is a professional male tennis player from France. On August 22, 2005 Monfils reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 42. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
In his career he has won one ATP singles final: 2005 Sopot (beat Florian Mayer of Germany). Florian Mayer (born October 5, 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Germany. ...
In 2004 he finished the year as world's no. 1 junior. He won three of the four Grand slam titles (Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon) but failed to join Stefan Edberg as the only player to win the "Junior Grand Slam" when he lost at the thirth round of the U.S. Open to Viktor Troicki of Serbia & Montenegro (4-6, 2-6). 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Country: Sweden Residence: Vaxjo, SWE Height: 62 (187 cm) Weight: 170 lbs. ...
GaelMonfils, an 18-year-old Frenchman who has yet to compete in a Grand Slam event, beat the French Open champion Gaston Gaudio in straight sets to signal himself as a high class player of the present rather than the future.
Monfils stunned Gaudio with the pace of his hitting, especially from the forehand, and also with the speed with which he covered the court both in containment and in preparation for spectacular counter-hitting assaults.
Monfils also managed to contain his urge to showboating perhaps aware of the steady gaze of his new coach Thierry Champion which has sometimes disturbed his focus in the past, and he stuck to the task right to the end.
Monfils' success in the tournament of a sport that's new to him continues to draw audiences and create buzz on the grounds of the Stacy and Amanda Memorial Darling Center, and is just another piece of what makes The Tennis Channel Open an event like nothing else...
Monfils, ranked in the top 20 and a rising star on the ATP tour, appeared to be bound for his native France earlier this week after his first-round loss to Jonas Bjorkman in the Las Vegas men's pro tennis tournament Monday.
But for Monfils, among the collection of tennis' many young and talented stars, for Monfils there appears to be no end to what his tennis athleticism can accomplish, and, moving into his next match in the paddle tennis quarterfinals, you'd be surprised if he told you he didn't believe in begginer's luck...
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