Who Will Win: Monfils Vs Popyrin? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Gael Monfils Play Against Alexei Popyrin?

Monfils and Popyrin are on the Day 3 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Wednesday 14 August 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?

1R: Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS) – This is their first meeting.
Gael Monfils is 37 years old and currently ranked 46th in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of 6th in 2016. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 18-17 with 2 semifinal appearances. In Cincinnati, his record is 14-11, with his best result being a quarterfinal finish in 2011. He has won a total of 12 ATP Tour titles, including ATP 500 titles in 2016 and 2019 in Rotterdam, as well as in 2020 in Rotterdam. Monfils has reached at least one final in 19 consecutive seasons from 2005 to 2023, including ATP Masters 1000 finals in 2009 and 2010 in Paris, as well as in 2016 in Monte Carlo. He has achieved 558 career victories, with notable wins over No. 1 ranked players Rafael Nadal in 2009 and Daniil Medvedev in 2022. Monfils also holds the record for his career-long win streaks of 12 matches and 25 sets in 2020. In his junior career, he won the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon titles in 2004. Monfils has participated in the Cincinnati tournament 13 times, making him the leader in appearances for 2024. He has an 8-4 record in opening rounds, with his debut in 2005 as a wildcard entry and his best result being a quarterfinal finish in 2011, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

Alexei Popyrin is 25 years old and currently ranked 23rd in the world, which is his

career-high. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 20-15, including a title win in Montreal. Popyrin achieved his career-high ranking after winning his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Montreal in August 2024. He reached his first ATP Tour semifinal, final, and won his first title in Singapore in 2021. In 2019, he qualified for tour-level events 10 times, tying the single-season record set by M. Zverev in 2016. Popyrin’s biggest career win came against No. 3 ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas, who retired during their match at the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Paris, enabling Popyrin to reach the third round as a lucky loser. He has also defeated highly ranked players such as No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2023 Adelaide-1 quarterfinals as a qualifier, No. 9 Taylor Fritz in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open as a wildcard, and No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the fourth round of the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome as a qualifier. In his junior career, Popyrin reached a ranking of No. 2 and won the boys’ singles title at Roland Garros in 2017. He is currently on a 6-match winning streak, having won the biggest title of his career at the ATP Masters 1000 Montreal tournament. Popyrin made his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal appearance in Cincinnati in 2023, where he lost to Hubert Hurkacz.

The match between Gael Monfils and Alexei Popyrin will take place on Court 4.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Monfils will win.
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