MY SON. A hard blow for the French fans since the number 1 tricolor announced his package for the French Open.
Hard blow for the “Monf”. As Roland-Garros begins on Sunday May 22, the Frenchman, 22nd in the world in the ATP ranking, must forfeit the French Open. It was via social media that the player broke the bad news to his fans due to a right heel injury. “Hello everyone, I regret to announce my withdrawal from Open Parc de Lyon and Roland Garros next week. I have been hampered since Monte-Carlo by a calcaneal spur in my right heel which prevents me from moving on the court. I have therefore made the decision to make a small intervention in order to deal with the problem so that I can resume the tournaments as soon as possible. I will let you know my date of resumption as soon as possible.” A blow for the public of Roland-Garros and the French clan because it is difficult to see who will be able to ignite the Porte d’Auteuil in the tricolor ranks.
Very different emotions for Gaël Monfils since this weekend, the French number 1 and his wife, Elina Svitolina, announced the imminent arrival of their first child who will be a little girl.
Biography Gaël Monfils Gaël Monfils was born on September 1, 1986 in Paris. Son of a Guadeloupean father and a Martinican mother, he has a younger brother named Daryl and a younger sister named Maélie. The fluent Creole speaker started playing tennis at the age of four at the La Courneuve club in the Paris region. If he has been athletic since a very young age, Gaël Monfils quickly distinguished himself with the yellow ball and began competitions. At 11, the native of Paris is 15/3. Five years later in 2002, he became French champion in the 15/16 year old category. After winning the title of Junior World Champion in 2004, he decided to turn professional and embark on a high-level sporting career.
Known for his energy, his crazy moves and his broad smiles, Gaël Monfils is one of the best players in the history of French tennis, even if he has never done better in the Grand Slam tournaments than a semi-final at Roland-Garros in 2008 and another semi-final at the US Open in 2016 against Novak Djokovic. The 1m93 right-hander now resides in Switzerland in Trelex, a town located in the district of Nyon.
During his career, Gaël Monfils has won 12 titles, the latest being Adelaide (Australia) in 2022. Here are the other “La Monf” trophies: Sopot (Poland) in 2005, Metz (France) in 2009, Montpellier (France ) in 2010, 2014 and 2020, Stockholm (Sweden) in 2011, Washington (USA) in 2016, Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and Doha (Qatar) in 2018, Rotterdam in 2019 and 2020. Two lost Davis Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 are added to the list of the native of Paris as well as 10 finals lost in ATP tournament.
Around the 900th place in the world (nldr: 925) when he turned professional in 2004, Gaël Monfils currently occupies the 28th place in the ATP ranking. The best ranking achieved by the Frenchman dates from November 2016 when he was 6th.
On the professional circuit for nearly 20 years, Gaël Monfils has played a lot of tournaments where he amassed more than 20 million dollars (20,690,696m $) in winnings obtained thanks to his performances during competitions.
In a relationship with tennis player Dominika Cibulkova a few years ago, Gaël Monfils seems to have a weakness for tennis players.
After parting in February 2021, the Frenchman married on Friday July 16, 2021 with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in Geneva, Switzerland. Many stars were among the guests such as Matt Pokora and his wife Christina Milian or former basketball player Tony Parker.
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