Gael Monfils vs Ben Shelton, Australian Open 2025, Round of 16
Final score
Final · Retired
Shelton won · Retired · 2h 59m
1–2
Set 16–73
Set 27–63
Set 36–72
Set 40–1
Venue and conditions
Melbourne ParkMelbourne, AUSMargaret Court Arena
Outdoor hardCourt speed1.1 vs last year103.3Fast
What is court speed?
How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.
- Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
- Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
- Average97–103US Open, Dubai
- Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
- Very fast108+Basel
Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.
How court speed worksConditionsHistorical daily weather
Set statistics
Final statisticsService
12Aces7
9Double faults3
78/12861%1st serve %69%83/120
41/5082%2nd serve %92%34/37
61/7878%1st serve points won81%67/83
23/5046%2nd serve points won54%20/37
2/450%Break points saved83%5/6
19Service games played18
Return
16/8319%1st serve return points22%17/78
17/3746%2nd serve return points54%27/50
1/617%Break points converted50%2/4
18Return games played19
Points
117Total points won127
84Service points won87
33Receiver points won40
6Max points in a row8
Games
19Games won21
17Service games won17
2Max games in a row2
1Tiebreaks2
Errors
21backhandErrors13
46errorsTotal37
25forehandErrors24
46groundstrokeErrors37
0overheadStrokeErrors0
0returnErrors0
Unforced errors
13backhandUnforcedErrors7
0dropShotUnforcedErrors0
8forehandUnforcedErrors25
21groundstrokeUnforcedErrors32
0lobUnforcedErrors0
30unforcedErrorsTotal35
0volleyUnforcedErrors0
Winners
11backhandWinners6
0dropShotWinners0
19forehandWinners33
30groundstrokeWinners39
0lobWinners0
0overheadWinners0
0returnWinners0
0volleyWinners0
42winnersTotal46
Point by point
Monfils0
Shelton1
015030040
Monfils0
Shelton1
015030153030303040
Monfils6
Shelton7
101121222324252627
P3 · AceP7 · Double fault
Monfils6
Shelton6
15030030154015
P3 · Double fault
Monfils5
Shelton6
015151515301540
Monfils5
Shelton5
150151530154015
P2 · Double fault
Monfils4
Shelton5
150151515301540
Monfils4
Shelton4
15030030154015
Monfils3
Shelton4
0150300401540
Monfils3
Shelton3
1503004004015
Monfils2
Shelton3
0151515153030304030404040A
Monfils2
Shelton2
0151515153030303040
Monfils2
Shelton1
15015151530303030404040A404040A40
Monfils1
Shelton1
150300400
P1 · Ace
Monfils0
Shelton1
015030040
Monfils7
Shelton6
10203031414243536373
P4 · Double fault
Monfils6
Shelton6
150151515301540
P4 · Ace
Monfils6
Shelton5
15030030154015
Monfils5
Shelton5
150151515301540
P3 · Ace
Monfils5
Shelton4
01515153015401540304040A40404040A404040A4040A404040A40
P6 · Double faultP7 · Ace
Monfils4
Shelton4
15030040040154030404040A
Monfils4
Shelton3
0151515301540154030
P3 · AceP4 · Ace
Monfils3
Shelton3
015151515301540
P1 · Ace
Monfils3
Shelton2
015151530154015
P1 · Double fault
Monfils2
Shelton2
015030153015403040
Monfils2
Shelton1
015151530154015
Monfils1
Shelton1
015151515301540
Monfils1
Shelton0
1503004004015
P3 · Ace
Monfils6
Shelton7
10202122233334353637
P6 · AceP9 · Ace
Monfils6
Shelton6
015151530154015
Monfils5
Shelton6
015030040
Monfils5
Shelton5
150300301530304030
Monfils4
Shelton5
015030040
Monfils4
Shelton4
15030030154015
Monfils3
Shelton4
015030153030303040
P1 · AceP3 · Double fault
Monfils3
Shelton3
150300301540154030
Monfils2
Shelton3
0150300401540
P4 · Double fault
Monfils2
Shelton2
150300400
P1 · AceP3 · Ace
Monfils1
Shelton2
01503004015403040
P4 · Double fault
Monfils1
Shelton1
15030040040154030
Monfils0
Shelton1
1501515301530303040
Head to head
0Monfils
1Shelton
1 meeting- Australian OpenRound of 16 · 20 Jan 2025HardThis matchBen SheltonSets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 63Set 3: 7Set 4: 1Gael MonfilsSets won: 1Set 1: 63Set 2: 7Set 3: 62Set 4: 0
Gael Monfils · Retired
Match research
ProEverything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.
- Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
- Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
- Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
- Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.