Gael Monfils was once ranked as high as number six. Unfortunately for Monfils, he has been plagued by a lot of injuries. The interesting thing about Monfils is that he has struggled to capitalize on his final opportunities. He has been in thirty-four finals; yet, he has only won twelve titles.
Gael Monfils Wins Title Number 12
At thirty-seven, the Frenchman still has game. Although it was not a tournament packed with top ten players, he still had to play good ball to get to the final and win the BNP Paribas Nordic Open. Still, it was not an easy victory. The qualifier, Pavel Kotov, won the first set and forced the second set to a tiebreaker. Perhaps nerves prevented the Russian from capitalizing on the opportunity. This was his first ATP singles final.
Can Monfils Still Win Big?
What does this mean for Gael Monfils? Perhaps because he has been injured often, he still has reserves in his body. It would be nice to see him win a big tournament before he retires.
Embed from Getty ImagesTop 100 ATP & WTA Ranking Changes
| ATP | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Gael Monfils (FRA) | UP 51 | 89 |
| Pavel Kotov (RUS) | UP 28 | 81 CAREER HIGH |
| Matteo Berrettini (ITA) | DOWN 27 | 90 |
| Marcos Giron (USA) | UP 22 | 57 |
| Aslan Karatsev (RUS) | UP 13 | 37 |
| Dominic Thiem (AUT) | DOWN 13 | 99 |
| Flavio Cobolli (ITA) | UP 11 | 95 CAREER HIGH |
| WTA | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Tamara Korpatsch (GER) | UP 34 | 71 CAREER HIGH |
| Katerina Siniakova (CZE) | UP 14 | 46 |
| Taylor Townsend (USA) | UP 14 | 66 |
| Bianca Andreescu (CAN) | DOWN 14 | 92 |
| Clara Burel (FRA) | UP 13 | 61 |
| Diana Shnaider (RUS) | UP 12 | 60 CAREER HIGH |
| Yue Yuan (CHN) | UP 11 | 95 |
| Magdalena Frech (POL) | DOWN 10 | 79 |
| Caroline Garcia (FRA) | DOWN 10 | 20 |
| Sloane Stephens (USA) | DOWN 10 | 49 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Ranking Changes
ATP: there were a few positional changes in the top ten members. Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev traded places to #9 and #10, respectively. The current top four players are: [1] Novak Djokovic; [2] Carlos Alcaraz; [3] Daniil Medvedev; and [4] Jannik Sinner.
WTA: there were lots of shuffling the top ten following last week’s events. Rybakina and Jessica Pegula traded places to #4 and #5, respectively. Marketa Vondrousova moved up two spots to #6. Karolina Muchova moved up one spot to #8. Maria Sakkari fell three spots to #9 and Barbora Krejcikova climbed three spots back into the top ten at #10. The current top four players are: [1] Aryna Sabalenka; [2] Iga Swiatek; [3] Coco Gauff; and [4] Elena Rybakina.
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