

What Time Will Pedro Martinez Play Against Gael Monfils?
Martinez and Monfils are on the Day 2 Schedule at Asb Classic 2025 on Tuesday 7 January 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Pedro Martinez from Spain and Gael Monfils from France have faced each other twice in their careers, with the series currently tied 1-1. The first encounter took place at the 2021 Wimbledon tournament on grass, where Martinez came out victorious in a four-set match, winning 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5). The second match occurred at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal on hard court, with Monfils winning in three sets, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-2.
Pedro Martinez, who is 27 years old, is currently ranked world number 43. He achieved his career-high ranking of 39th in October 2024. Martinez holds a career record of 69 wins and 92 losses, with one ATP Tour title to his name. He made his debut at the Auckland tournament with a 0-0 record.
Martinez’s breakthrough into the top 50 came after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2022 Santiago tournament in February. He continued his rise in the rankings, reaching the top 40 in May 2022. Notable wins in his career include defeating number 16 player Roberto Bautista Agut at the 2021 Kitzbuhel tournament, where he reached his first semifinals and final appearances, and defeating number 8 player Casper Ruud en route to the 2024 Estoril final. In 2020, Martinez qualified for six tour-level events, including the Australian Open, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Roland Garros. He also earned his first tour-level win at the Australian Open, his first ATP Masters 1000 win at Rome, and reached the third round of a Grand Slam at Roland Garros. The majority of Martinez’s career Challenger finals have been on home clay in Spain, with notable achievements including titles at Marbella, Seville, Maspalomas, Girona, and Valencia.
Magdalena Frech
Jessica Pegula
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Zizou Bergs
Diego Dedura-Palomero
Elina Svitolina
Anhelina Kalinina
Jule Niemeier
Jasmine Paolini
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andrey Rublev
Linda Fruhvirtova
Olga Danilovic
Ugo Humbert
Fabian Marozsan
Suzan Lamens
Linda Noskova
Luciano Darderi
Ben Shelton
David Goffin
Mariano Navone
Moyuka Uchijima
Lois Boisson
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Karen Khachanov
In the 2025 season, Martinez began with a second-round appearance at the Hong Kong tournament, defeating number 108 player Marco Trungelliti in the first round before losing to number 50 player Zhang Zhizhen. He is currently seeking his first top 100 win since defeating number 28 player Michael Lehecka in the first round of Basel in October.
Gael Monfils, aged 38, is ranked world number 52. He reached a career-high ranking of 6th in 2016 and has a successful career with 12 ATP Tour titles to his name. Notable achievements include winning ATP 500 tournaments in Washington in 2016, Rotterdam in 2019, and Rotterdam again in 2020. Monfils has consistently reached at least one final in 19 consecutive seasons, from 2005 to 2023, including ATP Masters 1000 finals at Paris in 2009 and 2010, and Monte Carlo in 2016. Throughout his career, Monfils has earned 566 victories, including significant wins over number 1-ranked players Rafael Nadal in 2009 at Doha and Daniil Medvedev in 2022 at Indian Wells. He also had impressive win streaks of 12 matches and 25 sets in 2020. In terms of Grand Slam performances, Monfils reached the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2008 and the US Open in 2016. He had previously won junior titles at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon in 2004.
This is Monfils’ fourth appearance at the Auckland tournament, with his best performance being a semifinal appearance in 2013, where he lost to David Ferrer. Monfils aims to become the oldest man to win a match in Auckland since T. Ulrich in 1971, who achieved the feat at the age of 42. In 2024, Monfils secured 25 wins, including semifinal appearances in Doha and Mallorca, marking the first year since 2004 that he did not reach a final.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Martinez will win.
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