Gael Monfils vs Thiago Seyboth Wild Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 26/05/2024, 15:52  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 26/05/2024 at 16:52 in ATP French Open Predictions

Gael Monfils is up against Thiago Seyboth Wild in round one of the French Open and both are unseeded. Monfils is 38 in September but hasn't indicated whether or not this might be his last appearance in his home Grand Slam. For the winner of this match, the opponent in round two will be either 28th seed Lorenzo Musetti or unseeded Daniel Elahi Galan. Monfils (37th in the live rankings) first played in this Grand Slam 20 years ago and his best performance was a semi-final in 2008, Since then he's reached two quarter-finals in 2011 and 2014 but has only won two of his last six matches at Roland Garros. This year has seen him fail to make much of an impression on clay. He comes into this tournament having lost his last three matches, all in straight sets. He leads Wild 1-0 in previous meetings, that being a straight sets win on clay three years ago.

Thiago Seyboth Wild is at 58th in the live rankings and that's his career-high. The Brazilian failed to win a match in his first three visits to Roland Garros, all in the qualifying rounds. Last year went much better with a run to the third round and that included a win over second seeded Daniil Medvedev. He's had a busy time on clay this year and this is his tenth tournament of the year. His best performance has been a quarter-final in Rio and getting to the last 16 in Bucharest and Lyon. The latter is his most recent tournament and he had to retire in his second round defeat. He's won one ATP Tour clay court title and eight at lower levels. We go for Wild to get the win here.