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Gaël Monfils
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Gaël Monfils

b. 1986

French tennis player (born 1986)

Born
1 Sept 1986 · Paris

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 46 years
  1. 1 Sept 1986BornBorn in Paris
  2. 2008Took part2008 Summer Olympics
  3. 2021Took part2020 Summer Olympics

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1986 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  13. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  14. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  15. 20112011 Norway attacks
  16. 2011Libyan civil war
  17. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  18. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  19. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  21. 2015Paris Agreement
  22. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  24. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  25. 2023Gaza war
  26. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  27. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Gaël Sébastien Monfils (French pronunciation: [ɡaɛl mɔ̃fis]; born 1 September 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 6 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in November 2016. Monfils won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, out of 35 finals contested. His best singles results at the majors are two semifinals, at the 2008 French Open and the 2016 US Open.

Monfils was named the ATP Newcomer of the Year in 2005. He reached at least one ATP Tour singles final every year for 19 consecutive seasons from 2005 to 2023, and is one of five players in the Open Era to do so for 19 or more seasons. In 2025, Monfils became the oldest ATP Tour champion since the Tour's establishment in 1990. He retired from the sport in 2026.

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