Gael Monfils (11 ATP)

A season without important results for “La Monf”. It began 2017 Australian Open, where he defeated in the final phase 8 heights, score 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6 against Rafael Nadal, finalist in that edition. For French followed during the brief from Marseille, where he failed to advance beyond the quarterfinals, being eliminated Richard Gasquet (ATP 19) 7-6, 4-6, 2-6.

Dubai nor I could watch a learned Monfils at the highest level. It lost seven games in his debut match in front of a very modest player, Mohamed Safwat (199 ATP) for the next round to lose a set against Briton Daniel Evans (ATP 41). In the quarterfinals, Gael got no response before game excellent skills of Fernando Verdasco (ATP 29), and was defeated 6-3, 7-5.

In tournaments category Masters 1000, Monfils won the best results in 2009 and 2010, when it reached to the last acts of Paris, and in 2016, at Monte Carlo, where he was defeated in the last act of Rafael Nadal .

John Isner (ATP 22)

Without notable results this season, John came to Indian Wells with a balance of 5 wins and 5 defeats recorded in 2017. The best results were obtained at Auckland and Memphis, where the athlete in the United States reached the quarterfinals finals. In New Zealand, Isner succumbed to a compatriot, Steve Johnson (ATP 27), who defeated him in the last match that I played it before Indian Wells, Acapulco.

The best result in the competition in California was obtained in 2012, when “Big John” to qualify for the finals, where he would succumb to Roger Federer, 7-6, 6-3. That was only one of the three finals that Isner has played in his career Masters 1000 tournaments category.

This season’s edition of the tournament in Indian Wells, John passed the first round of Mikhail Kukushkin (ATP 90) 7-6, 7-6 match that lasted one hour and 38 minutes and the two players have not created even one opportunity to make a break.

Head to Head

The two players have met 8 times so far. All these matches were played on hard surface this and Indian Wells. In 2009, Insert managed to establish itself with the score 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round at Indian Wells, that is the only meeting that took place between the two in competition in California. Last duel took place in 2014 in Paris, where Gael has not had major problems with the Americans, whom eliminated 6-4, 7-6 in the final 16-heights. In 7 of the 8 direct duels, Monfils and Isner have played at least a tiebreak.