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Gael Monfils #10 def. Ernests Gulbis #256

7-6(2) 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2020*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	7-6(2) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	9	9
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	69	58
First serve points won %	78	65
Second serve points won %	60	50
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	72	59
Return points won %	41	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Ernests Gulbis
Country	FRA	LAT
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Aug 30, 1988
Age	33	31
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	256
Ranking points (entering)	2,565	179
Elo (entering)	1,940	1,656
Career W-L	569–356	221–232
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 2 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Ivo Karlovic	4-6 7-6(8) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2020	R16	Dominic Thiem	2-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Aljaz Bedene	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Felix Auger-Aliassime	7-5 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2020	Q3	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2020	Q2	Federico Coria	6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2020	Q1	Maxime Cressy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data