Gaël Monfils ( ) (born on September 1, 1986 in Bobigny (near Paris), France) is a professional male tennis player from France. In January 2008, he was ranked 49th in the world.
In his career, he has won one ATP singles final: 2005 Sopot (beat Florian Mayer of Germany). Two months later, he reached the final in Metz, but lost to Croat Ivan Ljubičić.
In 2004, he finished the year as the world's no.1 junior. He won three of the four junior Grand slam titles (Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon) but failed to join Stefan Edberg as the only player to win the "Junior Grand Slam" when he lost in the third round of the U. S. Open to Viktor Troicki of Serbia and Montenegro (4-6, 2-6).
In his first tournament of 2006, in Doha, he reached the final but lost 3-6, 6-7 to World Number 1 Roger Federer.
