There isn’t any longer any doubt (and maybe there by no means was!) that Novak Djokovic is Gael Monfils’ worst nightmare, in the course of the Frenchman’s complete profession.
The info is unequivocal: Gael has suffered 20 defeats – from 2005 to 2025, in twenty years – in 20 matches performed in his profession on the ATP Tour towards the Serbian champion. In these confrontations, the 24-time Slam champion has at all times been a sentence for his rival and has maintained a formidable and doubtless inimitable streak of successes.
The final problem and victory of the participant from Belgrade got here on Thursday 2 January 2025 on the Pat Rafter Enviornment in Brisbane, a match wherein Nole gained entry to the quarterfinals, the place the subsequent opponent will probably be Reilly Opelka. The Frenchman gave in after a double 6-3, thus not stopping the stream of defeats suffered.
No rivalry in historical past has been as unequal as that between Djokovic and Monfils, who reached a 20-0 report in head-to-head matches. Rafael Nadal solely got here shut with one other Frenchman, Richard Gasquet, with an general 18-0 that can not be improved as a result of Rafa withdrew from the Davis Cup Finals 2024 whereas Richard will accomplish that on the French Open 2025.Different duels as a substitute stopped at 17-0: Borg-Gerulaitis, Federer-Ferrer and once more Roger with Youzhny.
There may be additionally an exception between the Serbian and the Frenchman that the ATP doesn’t contemplate within the whole calculation: the truth is, Monfils has overwhelmed Djokovic as soon as in an official match, proper of their very first assembly. In 2004, Gael gained 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in an ITF Futures performed in Italy. A peculiarity additionally current within the H2H of Nadal and Gasquet, who gained a match in a Challenger match earlier than struggling 18 consecutive defeats.
Por mucho que busquen NO hay en la historia del tenis una rivalidad tan DESIGUAL como la de Djokovic y Monfils.
En las 20 veces que se han enfrentado, las 20 veces ha ganado Novak.
El francés tuvo 3 match factors en Dubái 2020. Fue lo más cerca que estuvo de ganar al serbio. pic.twitter.com/KV8z5Vri3N
— José Morón (@jmgmoron) January 2, 2025
