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What Time Will Gael Monfils Play Against Roberto Carballes Baena?
Monfils and Baena are on the Day 3 Schedule at Mallorca Championships 2024 on Tuesday 25 June 2024. 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?
2R: [6] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)
Roberto Carballes Baena leads head to head 1-0.
In their previous meeting at Belgrade 2 (Serbia) on clay, Carballes Baena won 6-1 3-6 7-6(4).
Gael Monfils is 37 years old and currently ranked World No. 40. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in 2016. In the 2024 season, he has a record of 14-13, including a semi-final appearance in Doha. He also has a 1-0 record at Mallorca.
Monfils achieved the top ranking in the junior world and reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in 2016. He married former WTA No. 3 Elina Svitolina in 2021. He has won 12 ATP Tour titles, including ATP 500s at Washington in 2016, Rotterdam in 2019, and Rotterdam again in 2020. He has reached at least one final in 19 consecutive seasons, including ATP Masters 1000s at Paris in 2009 and 2010, and Monte Carlo in 2016. Monfils has a total of 554 career victories, with notable wins over No. 1-ranked players Nadal in 2009 at Doha and Medvedev in 2022 at Indian Wells. He also had win streaks of 12 matches and 25 sets in 2020. As a junior, Monfils won titles at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon in 2004. He reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros in 2008 and the US Open in 2016.
Note: Monfils recently defeated Thiem in the first round for his first grass win since 2021. He is aiming to reach his 118th tour-level quarter-final and his first on grass since the 2018 Antalya, where he lost to Mannarino in the semi-finals. Monfils has reached 8 grass ATP Tour quarter-finals in his career, with his best result being a run to the final at Eastbourne in 2017.
Roberto Carballes Baena is 31 years old and currently ranked World No. 65. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 49. In the 2024 season, he has a record of 16-14, including a final appearance in Marrakech. He has a 2-2 record at Mallorca from 2023-24.
Carballes Baena also reached the top ranking in the junior world and entered the top 50 at the age of 30, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 49. He won his second ATP Tour title at Marrakech in 2023 after rallying from a set down three times in five matches. He became the first Spanish qualifier to win an ATP Tour title since Almagro in 2006 at Quito. Carballes Baena has notable wins over No. 11-ranked Shapovalov at Roland Garros in 2020 and No. 4-ranked Rune at the 2023 US Open. He also won his first ATP Tour match en route to the semi-finals at Casablanca in 2014 as a qualifier. In the Challenger circuit, he has a record of 233-151, including clay-court titles at Seville in 2022 and 2023.
Note: Carballes Baena is aiming to reach his 20th career ATP Tour quarter-final and his first on grass. He has a 0-4 record against Top 50 players on grass. If he reaches the quarter-finals, he would become the first Spaniard to reach tour-level quarter-finals on all three surfaces this season, previously reaching the quarter-finals in Auckland on hard courts and the final in Marrakech on clay. The match will take place on the Grandstand court.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Monfils will win.
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