

What Time Will Gael Monfils Play Against Roman Safiullin?
Monfils and Safiullin are on the Day 3 Schedule at Us Open 2025 on Tuesday 26 August 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?
Gael Monfils (FRA) and Roman Safiullin are set to face each other for the first time.
Gael Monfils, a former World No. 1 junior, reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in 2016. In 2021, he married former WTA No. 3 Elina Svitolina. Monfils has won 13 ATP Tour titles, including ATP 500s in Washington in 2016 and Rotterdam in 2019 and 2020. At the age of 38 years and 4 months, he became the oldest champion in ATP Tour history in 2025 when he won in Auckland. He has reached finals in 20 different seasons, securing victories over top-ranked players like Nadal and Medvedev.
Monfils has had success at Grand Slam events, reaching the semifinals of the French Open and Wimbledon in 2004. He has had a strong record in Grand Slam 1st rounds, with a 13-match winning streak since the 2021 Australian Open 1st round. Monfils aims to become the oldest men’s singles match winner since Connors in 1992.
In contrast, Roman Safiullin, a former World No. 2 junior, broke into the Top 100 in August 2022 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 36 in January 2024. He had notable victories in 2023, including reaching his first ATP Tour final in Chengdu and defeating Alcaraz at ATP Masters 1000 Paris. Safiullin made a mark in Wimbledon in 2023 by becoming the lowest-ranked quarter-finalist since Kyrgios in 2014.
He has posted impressive results, defeating Tsitsipas to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal in Marseille and advancing to the semifinals in Tel Aviv in 2022. Safiullin had a successful junior career, winning the 2015 Australian Open. In his previous Grand Slam appearance, Safiullin defeated Forbes in the 1st round to secure his first Grand Slam match wins of the season.
The match between Monfils and Safiullin is scheduled to take place on Court 6.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Monfils will win.
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Matchstat.com Gael Monfils vs Roman Safiullin prediction.







