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Novak Djokovic #63 def. Gael Monfils #28

7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Gael Monfils
Aces	7	6
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	58	48
First serve points won %	75	73
Second serve points won %	67	55
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Gael Monfils
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 1, 1986
Age	19	19
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	63	28
Ranking points (entering)	627	1,100
Elo (entering)	1,804	1,816
Career W-L	1,122–223	569–356
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 1 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Tommy Haas	7-5 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Luis Horna	6-3 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Rafael Nadal	4-6 4-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	James Blake	6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Dick Norman	4-6 6-3 6-7(4) 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Andy Murray	6-4 6-7(2) 1-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data