{"id":94755,"date":"2026-04-04T17:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=94755"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:42:28","slug":"monfils-reflects-i-have-come-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/monfils-reflects-i-have-come-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Monfils Reflects: &#8216;I Have Come A Long Way&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for his 13th and final appearance at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, French showman Gael Monfils had little trouble recalling who he played in his debut as a wild card more than 20 years ago in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played Rafa first round,&#8221; Monfils told ATP Media. &#8220;It was straight sets for him. I&#8217;ve played a lot of fun matches here. I played Roger, I played Jo-Wil (Tsonga). A lot of matches where I played some great tennis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Monfils, 39, lost his first three matches at the tournament before building a solid 15-12 record over his career. He pushed Nadal to three sets in the 2016 final, the year after he beat Roger Federer en route to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first time I came here was 2005, so I have come a long way. I am happy and honoured to play my last match here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying my best to be competitive and I want to start the clay season well. I want to get as much rhythm as I can and definitely be ready for Paris.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After 18 wins in 2025, Monfils is a modest 2-4 on the season and 15 wins shy of reaching the 600-wins milestone. He has won 13 titles during his career.<\/p>\n<p>Monfils plays Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frenchman made his debut against Nadal in 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monfils Reflects: &#039;I Have Come A Long Way&#039; - Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gael Monfils readies for his 13th and final appearance at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/monfils-reflects-i-have-come-a-long-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monfils Reflects: &#039;I Have Come A Long Way&#039; - 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