Gael Monfils is a Professional Tennis player on the ATP Tour. He was born on September 1, 1986 in Paris, France. Monfils turned professional in 2004 and through the 2009 season has two career professional titles.

Gael Monfils finished his amateur career as the number one ranked junior in the world in 2004 after he won at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Gael-Monfils.aspxHe finished in the top 50 from 2005 to 2007. Gael Monfils had his best career finish in a major championship at the 2008 French Open, where he reached the semifinals. He won 30 matches in 2008 and finished in the top 20 for the first time in his career.http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Gael-Monfils.aspx On November 15, Monfils made the finals of the Masters 1000 in Paris, France, but lost to Novak Djokovic.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jDUPZqGCpRZfEB4wVu4xWfKcqSLw Monfils lost in the third round of the 2010 Australian open to John Isner. At the 2010 Open 13, Monfils lost in the quarterfinals to Julien Benneteau.

Australian Open

• January 19, 2010: First round - defeated Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• January 20, 2010: Second round - defeated Antonio Veic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• January 22, 2010: Third round - lost to John Isner 1-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/cmatch/10ms.html
  
  

• 2005: Won the Orange Warsaw Openhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Warsaw_Open#Past_champions

• 2009: Won the Open de Mosellehttp://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqKbTE1JRB7sVFaU3V75wmAohUtw

Singles

• Australian Open: Lost in fourth round in 2009
• French Open: Lost in semifinals in 2008
• Wimbledon: Lost in third round in 2005
• US Open: Lost in fourth round in 2008 and 2009
  
  

Doubles

• Australian Open: Lost in first round in 2006
• US Open: Lost in first round in 2005
• French Open: Lost in second round in 2007

"I think I have an inflammation, and I am injured since last week in the tournament in Brisbane. It was getting worse and worse. I had little hope to be a bit better, but I think it's gonna be -- if I'm keep going playing on it, it's gonna turn into something chronic I think." - Gael Monfils, on shoulder injury which made him withdraw from the Medibank Internationalhttp://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=30225

Singles

• 2004: 3 wins, 2 losses, 0 titles
• 2005: 25 wins, 22 losses, 1 titles
• 2006: 20 wins, 22 losses, 0 titles
• 2007: 21 wins, 21 losses, 0 titles
• 2008: 30 wins, 17 losses, 0 titles
• 2009: 42 wins, 19 losses, 1 title