Biography
Gael Montfis is known as a professional French tennis player, leading bright matches. Athlete has a lot of regalia, among whom the title of the sixth racket of the world in a single discharge. The player also spoke in the semifinals of the two tournaments of the Grand Slam as a single one. Tennis player growth - 193 cm, weight - 85 kg.Childhood and youth
Montfis was born on September 1, 1986 in the French city of Bobiny. Boy's parents are not indigenous French - Father Rod from Guadeloupe, mother from Martinique. In addition to Gael, in the family there is another child Daryl, the younger brother of tennis player. Since childhood, Montfis was fascinated by sports and even wanted to make a career in football. This is not surprising, since the boy's father professionally engaged in this sport. However, interest in tennis won up.
Personal life
In the personal life athlete gives preference to women tennis players. The player was attributed to the novel with French Aliza root. Then Montfis had a serious relationship with the Dominicovka Dominicovka word, with which he played in a mix at Roland Garros.Now the athlete is associated with tender feelings with the Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina. The pair often appears in secular and sporting events, publishes joint photos in "Instagram".
Tennis
The guy began to act as a junior since 2002. After 2 years, a talented young athlete has already demonstrated obvious success - won 3 of the 4 Tournaments of the Grand Slam in the discharge for juniors. Competitions passed in 2004 became successful for tennis players. The guy won not in all of them, but received the experience, "felt" the court and showed himself as a player's suggestive.
In 2005, the Frenchman spent fully spent the season by participating in many matches. Competitions were held in Australia, United States, Africa. Good luck, I smiled with a young man, I left him. The athlete has achieved weighty results, beat several popular tennis players. The victory over Fabriz Santoro allowed the guy to enter the first hundred of world players.
The next year passed for an athlete not so successfully, victories alternated with defeats. The beginning of the season has become bright in the sports biography of Montfis - at competitions in Doha, he came out in the final on the court with Roger Federer himself. Later, the athlete was injured, which did not allow to continue the competition with the former force. Injury was serious - in 2007, the tennis player was forced to miss tournaments, including the US Open Championship.
Restoration was delayed - the player was able to fully compete only from mid-2008. So, impressive results guy showed at Roland Garros, where he beat experienced athletes. An important event of this year for tennis player was to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing. Here the Frenchman managed to reach the 1/4 final, which at that time it was for him a worthy indicator.
The 2009 season began for Gaelo successfully - in the quarterfinel of the championship in Doha, the guy managed to beat the Rafael Nadal himself, who was at that time the first racket of the world. During the year, the tennis player demonstrated a professional game, however, due to the injury, several tournaments again missed. Without taking the right form, in 2010 the young man lost Rafael Nadal and Fabio Famini. Despite these losers, the tennis player continues to test the skill that they celebrate sports critics.
In the period from 2012 to 2014, the player's career was confidently. Montfish became a great achievement in the Davis Cup - thanks to the game Gael, the France national team went to the final. In 2016, after a brilliant game in Tokyo, the athlete was able to rise to the 6th line in the world ranking. 2018 turned out to be less successful - according to the general results of the matches Gael sank to the 29th place.
Gael Montfis now
In 2019, the tennis player continued to participate in the world championships. In the autumn, the Frenchman met at the tournament in Vienna with Italian Yannik Sinner and Pole Khubert Hurkach. Montfis lost in these fights.