Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils is a French tennis player turned Davis Cup captain who shares life around the sport through vlogs, live streams and conversations with fans.
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Gaël’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
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- Born
- 1 September 1986, Paris, France
- Turned professional
- 2004
- Career-high singles ranking
- World No. 6, 7 November 2016
- Now
- France’s Davis Cup captain, appointed November 2026
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Paris, Gaël began playing tennis at two and a half in La Courneuve. In 2004 he became the world’s top junior, winning the boys’ singles titles at the Australian Open, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon. He turned professional that year and won his first ATP title in Sopot in 2005.
The career fans grew up with.
He reached the Roland-Garros semifinals in 2008 and the US Open semifinals in 2016, the year he climbed to world No. 6. His sliding defence and jumping forehands became familiar sights to tennis fans. His career brought 13 tour-level singles titles.
Beyond the baseline.
His own channels bring fans into training, injury recovery and tournament travel. He also launched the Twitch tennis discussion programme CatchUp with Elina Svitolina in 2020, using match highlights supplied by Tennis TV.
The next chapter.
After his 2026 farewell season, the FFT named him France’s Davis Cup captain on November 7. It is a new way to stay close to the sport he has played since childhood.
Creditschronological, newest first
Tennis
- 2026France Davis Cup teamCaptain, appointed November 7
- 2025ASB Classic, AucklandSingles champion
- 2020RotterdamSingles champion, successfully defended his 2019 title
- 2016US OpenSingles semifinalist
- 2008Roland-GarrosSingles semifinalist
Video and live streams
- 2020CatchUpCo-host with Elina Svitolina on Twitch
Awards
Quotes
To enjoy every minute, and to play each match like it’s my last.Gaël Monfils, retirement announcement quoted by ATP Tour
His goal for his final season, shared with fans on October 1, 2025.
Trivia
- His nicknames include La Monf and Sliderman.
- Arthur Ashe is his favourite tennis player.
- He supports the Detroit Pistons and names Carmelo Anthony as his favourite basketball player.
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