The French tennis player has been planted in the final of the Bulgarian tournament, in Sofia. Monfils with this new final is at the height of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in a curious statistic of the men’s circuit. Gael continues at a high level and giving a show despite the fact that injuries have diminished him a lot in recent years.
Gael Monfils He is not one of the most regular players in recent seasons. Despite having exceptional physical conditions for tennis, he has not become that star that was expected. Instead he has always been in the elite of world tennis. Despite his comings and goings, he is one of those players who has at least one good tournament per year to ensure he reaches a final and fight for a title. Thanks to this final en2 021 he has managed to surpass Djokovic and reach the height of the `Big 3´ in an ATP circuit statistics.
Record in consecutive ATP finals
Gael already has 32 finals with Sofia’s. In addition, after reaching this in 2021, it is close to a record that it owns Roger Federer, the one with the most seasons playing at least one ATP final. The leader is the Swiss with 20, being the last in 2019. Behind it appears Connors with 19 seasons in a row and then Nadal with 18. The fourth place is already for Monfils who has 17 seasons. Novak Djokovic It is the next with 16 consecutive years playing an ATP final. It seems like a complicated milestone, but Monfils is with these records at the level of the ‘Big 3’ in these terms and who knows if it will continue to reach the finals in the years to come.
- Roger Federer: 20
- Jimmy Connors: 19
- Rafael Nadal: 18
- Gael Monfils: 17
- Novak Djokovic: 16
His path in the ATP Sofía
In the bulgarian capital My son He arrived as the second seed. The previous week left good feelings at ATP Metz and only Carreno could stop him in the semifinals. The Frenchman in Sofia had defeated Ivashka, Mager y Giron. The latter even endorsed a donut showing that he is very confident and wants to add another ATP trophy to his extensive record. A beautiful final between the top seed and the second seed to win the trophy in Bulgaria. Whatever happens, Monfils is close to Federer’s record and in the midst of a fight with the ‘Big 3’.
