Gaël Monfils is French tennis player, born in Paris in 1986.
📜 Gaël Monfils History
Monfils began playing tennis as a child, but was also a prodigious track athlete, winning multiple youth-category competitions.
As a junior, Monfils won Grand Slam boys singles titles at the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, and Wimbledon, as well as reaching the number 1 spot in the junior rankings in 2004. Monfils made his ATP singles debut in the same year. Monfils has since won more than 10 singles titles, and has reached the fourth round or further at all 4 Grand Slams. His best result at his hometown Grand Slam, Roland-Garros, came in 2008, when he reached the semifinals.
Monfils is perhaps most famous for his unique style of play, which sees him combine his powerful, accurate groundstrokes with unconventional slides, stretches, and trick shots. Monfils is a high-risk player, and one of the most entertaining athletes currently playing the game. Although he often opts to play at the baseline, Monfils regularly throws in drop-shots, and can come to the net too, where he isn't afraid to dive through the air to stay in rallies. Despite his reputation as a showman, Monfils also manages to be quite a consistent player: he has reached an ATP singles final in every calendar year since 2005.
