Frances Tiafoe vs. Gael Monfils Match Preview & Odds to Win Erste Bank Open

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Frances Tiafoe vs. Gael Monfils Match Preview & Odds to Win Erste Bank Open

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.