Frances Tiafoe vs. Gael Monfils Match Preview & Odds to Win Erste Bank Open
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In the Round of 16 of the Erste Bank Open on Thursday, Frances Tiafoe (ranked No. 14) meets Gael Monfils (No. 89).
Monfils is favored (-120) in this Round of 16 match against Tiafoe (+100).
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- Tournament: Erste Bank Open
- Round: Round of 16
- Date: Thursday, October 26
- Court Surface: Hard
- In 12 tournaments on hard courts this year, Tiafoe has gone 18-11 in matches.
- Tiafoe has gone 300-for-354 in service games when playing on hard courts (84.7% winning percentage), and 96-for-381 in return games (25.2%).
- Tiafoe’s 79 break points won on 207 total break points on hard courts (38.2% win percentage) ranks 131st.
- In his most recent tournament, the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tiafoe lost in the round of 32 to No. 50-ranked Aslan Karatsev, 3-6, 6-7 on October 17.
- Monfils, who has a 13-7 record in eight tournaments on hard courts so far this year, has clinched one tournament victory on that surface.
- On hard courts, Monfils has won 24.4% of his return games and 82.7% of his service games.
- Monfils is 151st in break points won on hard courts, converting 56 of 136 (41.2%).
- Monfils was the last one standing in his previous tournament, the Stockholm Open, as he advanced to the title match and took down No. 109-ranked Pavel Kotov 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 on October 22.