MY SON. Via social networks this Monday, May 16, Gaël Monfils announced his package for the next French Open at Roland-Garros.
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 the Open Parc de Lyon and from Roland Garros next week. I have been hampered since Monte Carlo by a heel spurs in my right heel which prevents me from moving on the court. So I made the decision to make a small intervention to deal with the problem so that I could resume the tournaments as soon as possible. I will keep you informed of my recovery date as soon as possible.” A hard 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.
A few days ago, in an interview with Parisian, Gaël Monfils had explained that he had missed only two Roland-Garros since the start of his career, so this will be the third this year. “I only missed two, because of the knee in 2012 and when I was sick in 2016. It’s cool, because it’s the tournament I’ve managed to play the most. I hope go to 20. I want to play at least until 40 years old if my body leaves me alone. I also have my wife (Elina Svitolina) who is still on the circuit, lots of things that hang up on me and make me feel good.”
Despite this injury which could undermine the morale of the “Monf”, the latter had explained, still to the Parisian, that he is not ready to retire. “I had a bit of a hard time in 2015 when I was between 30th and 35th and I had trouble coming back well from injury. Then I had my best season in 2016 and I climbed to 6th in the world. There, a new period difficult after the Masters where I had played with a broken rib, then Achilles tendon problems in Indian Wells. I had revived myself by meeting my wife. Then the pandemic really hurt me, especially as a that no one more than sporty. But she managed to find the words to hold me to what I love, the simple things. I like to play, exercise myself, train without calculation, tournaments…
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Biography Gael 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 won 12 titles, the latest being Adelaide (Australia) in 2022. Here are the other trophies of “La Monf”: Sopot (Poland) in 2005, Metz (France) in 2009, Montpellier (France ) in 2010, 2014 and 2020, Stockholm (Sweden) in 2011, Washington (United States) 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 ways in February 2021, the Frenchman got married on Friday July 16, 2021 to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in Geneva, Switzerland. Many stars were among the guests like Matt Pokora and his wife Christina Milian or former basketball player Tony Parker.