Gaël Monfils will end his long tennis career at the end of 2026, the 39-year-old Frenchman announced on social media on Wednesday. The Former World Number Six Wants To Win Another Tournament and Thus Improve His Own Record.
“When you love something, it never feels like the right time to stop,” writes monfils, who will celebrate His fortieth birthday on September 1 next year. “Forty Feels like the right time to say goodbye.”
The Paris-Born Monfils is very popular because of his spectacular style, eSpeciate Among French Tennis fans. “I’ve Been Called ‘The Showman,’ But I want to Emphasize That it was never just a show for the public. What you see with me is joy, pure joy.”
Monfils’ Best Performance At Roland Garros is a semi-final Place in 2008. In 2016, he also Reached the Last Four at the US Open, but a Final Place at a Grand Slam Tournament was never in the cards.
This year, The Fourth Round at the Australian Open was Monfils’ Best Grand Slam Performance. At Roland Garros, he was eliminated in the second round.
‘That would be be truly incredible’
Monfils won Twelve ATP Titles and Reached His Highest Ranking Ever in November 2016: Sixth. In recent years, he dropped in the world rankings, but in January of this year he still won an ATP Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand.
Monfils Thus Became The Oldest Tournament Winner Ever at ATP Level at 38 years and 4 months, Succeding Roger Federer. “Winning Another Tournament in My Last Year would be truly incredible,” Monfils writes on Monday. He Currently Occupies the 53rd Position in the World Rankings.
Monfils also had some success in the Netherlands. In 2019 and 2020 he won the Title at the ABN AMRO Open. It is Still Unclear Whether he will also participate in The Tournament in Rotterdam in His Farewell Year.
If he is fit, Monfils Will Participate in Roland Garros Anyway. It will be his nineteunth participation on the gravel in Paris.