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Gael Monfils vs Roberto Bautista Agut: ATP Mallorca – Quarterfinal
Two veterans Gael Monfils and Roberto Bautista Agut will face each other in the quarterfinal of the ATP Mallorca.
Gael Monfils Profile
Gael Monfils is currently 40th in the ATP rankings, and his career high was No. 6 in the world. The Frenchman is 15-13 for the season and 2-0 on grass.
Monfils is coming off a 6-3, 6-4 win over Roberto Carballes Baena in the round of 16 after defeating Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6 in the opener.
Monfils’ best result this season was the semifinal in Doha, and he also reached the round of 16 in Indian Wells and Rotterdam.
This is his first appearance in Mallorca.
Roberto Bautista Agut Profile
Former world No. 9 Roberto Bautista Agut is currently 122nd in the ATP rankings. The Spaniard is 21-17 for the season and 4-2 on grass.
He is coming off a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 round of 16 win over Ugo Humbert that followed after a 6-1, 6-0 win over Taro Daniel in the opener.
Last week, Bautista Agut failed to qualify for the main draw in Halle, and the week before, he lost in the second round in S-Hertogenbosch to Milos Raonic.
Bautista Agut reached two quarterfinals this season in Hong Kong and Bordeaux.
Head-to-Head – Monfils leads 4-1
- Monfils vs Bautista Agut 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2019 ATP Montreal, quarterfinal)
- Bautista Agut vs Monfils 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 (2017 ATP Montreal, round of 16)
- Monfils vs Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-2 (2015 ATP Marseille, semifinal)
- Monfils vs Bautista Agut 7-5, 7-6 (2015 ATP Rotterdam, round of 16)
- Monfils vs Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-1 (2014 ATP Cincinnati, second round)
Prediction and Conclusion
The two veteran players will face each other ten years after their first and five years after their last match. Both of them are still pretty solid, and that is especially the case with Monfils, who is hanging on among the top 40 players in the rankings while Bautista Agut has dropped out of the first 100. Both of them have huge experience in playing on grass and have winning records on this grass. Monfils is the better player at the moment, but the Spaniard will hold on, and this match will go over 2.5 sets in total.
