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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Gael Monfils #16

7-5 5-7 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2016*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 5-7 6-0
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Aces	1	4
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	71	64
First serve points won %	70	52
Second serve points won %	29	40
Break points saved %	62	62
Break points converted %	38	38
Service points won %	58	48
Return points won %	52	42
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 1, 1986
Age	29	29
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,955	2,220
Elo (entering)	2,203	2,062
Career W-L	1,045–225	569–356
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 11 – 2 Gael Monfils

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	SF	Andy Murray	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2016	R16	Dominic Thiem	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2016	R32	Aljaz Bedene	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	QF	Marcel Granollers	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2016	R16	Jiri Vesely	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2016	R32	Paolo Lorenzi	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2016	R64	Gilles Muller	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data