Wimbledon: Monfils upsets 18th seed Humbert to add to carnage of seeds in round one

Monfils will play Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in the second round

Gael Monfils, Wimbledon 2025 (Image Credit: Action Plus Panoramic)

Haresh Ramchandani

July 1, 2025

Wimbledon •First round • Completed

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G. MonfilsvsU. Humbert

Gael Monfils defeated No 18 seed Ugo Humbert 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday evening.

Humbert’s loss means that 13 seeded players have already lost in the first round of Wimbledon, the most in the tournament’s history at this stage (previous record was 11 on four different occasions), and tying the record for most at any Grand Slam along with the 2024 Australian Open.

That number could become 14 with 29th seed Brandon Nakashima still to complete his first round match against Yunchaokete Bu (Nakashima was leading two sets to one when play was suspended on Tuesday evening).

The list of seeded players to lose in the opening round on the men’s side is as below:

Alexander Zverev (3)
Lorenzo Musetti (7)
Holger Rune (8)
Daniil Medvedev (9)
Francisco Cerundolo (16)
Ugo Humbert (18)
Alexei Popyrin (20)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (24)
Denis Shapovalov (27)
Alexander Bublik (28)
Alex Michelsen (30)
Tallon Griekspoor (31)
Matteo Berrettini (32)

With 10 women’s seed also bowing out in the first round, this year’s Wimbledon Champions equals the highest total of seeds lost at any Grand Slam event since the 32-seed system was introduced in 2001.

The list of women’s seeds to exit in the first round is as below:

Coco Gauff (2)
Jessica Pegula (3)

Zheng Qinwen (5)
Paula Badosa (9)
Karolina Muchova (15)
Jelena Ostapenko (20)
Magdalena Frech (25)
Marta Kostyuk (26)
Magda Linette (27)
McCartney Kessler (32)

Monfils, aged 38 and ranked No 48, will play Hungarian lucky loser Marton Fucsovics for a spot in the third round. Wimbledon is the only Slam that the French veteran has never made the quarter-finals at.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53,500,000):

Marcos Giron beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-3
Jack Draper (4) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-2, 2-1 ret.
Jack Pinnington Jones (WC) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-5
Rinky Hijikata beat David Goffin: 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Marton Fucsovics beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Reilly Opelka beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
Ben Shelton (10) beat Alex Bolt (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
Marin Cilic beat Raphael Collignon: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Jakub Mensik (15) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Beibit Zhukayev (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-1
Arthur Rinderknech beat Alexander Zverev (3): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
Tomas Machac (21) beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
August Holmgren (Q) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
Taylor Fritz (5) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
Corentin Moutet beat Francisco Comesana: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 7-5
Daniel Evans (WC) beat Jay Clarke (WC): 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
Botic van de Zandschulp beat Matteo Arnaldi: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-4
Pedro Martinez Portero beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Sebastian Ofner beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-6 (8), 3-1 ret.
Jannik Sinner (1) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
Jaume Munar beat Alexander Bublik (28): 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
Mariano Navone beat Denis Shapovalov (27): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Jesper De Jong beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (7): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Fabian Marozsan beat James McCabe (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Miomir Kecmanovic beat Alex Michelsen (30): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
Arthur Cazaux (Q) beat Adam Walton: 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-1
Alex De Minaur (11) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
Lorenzo Sonego beat Jaime Faria (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Tommy Paul (13) beat Johannus Monday (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Aleksandar Vukic beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
Gabriel Diallo beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Jenson Brooksby beat Tallon Griekspoor (31): 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Brandon Holt: 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Kamil Majchrzak beat Matteo Berrettini (32): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Jan-Lennard Struff beat Filip Misolic (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Andrey Rublev (14) beat Laslo Djere: 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 7-6 (6)
Cristian Garin (LL) beat Chris Rodesch (Q): 7-6 (8), 6-4, 6-4
Karen Khachanov (17) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Billy Harris beat Dusan Lajovic (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Ethan Quinn beat Henry Searle (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (11), 6-2
Joao Fonseca beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (25) beat James Duckworth: 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4
Nuno Borges beat Francisco Cerundolo (16): 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
Luciano Darderi beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1
Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Valentin Royer (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (24): 6-3, 6-2 ret.
Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Holger Rune (8): 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Lloyd Harris beat Zizou Bergs: 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-2
Arthur Fery (WC) beat Alexei Popyrin (20): 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Cameron Norrie beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Elmer Moller: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Benjamin Bonzi beat Daniil Medvedev (9): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Mattia Bellucci beat Oliver Crawford (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Jiri Lehecka (23) beat Hugo Dellien: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
Learner Tien beat Nishesh Basavareddy: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
Jordan Thompson beat Vit Kopriva: 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1
Oliver Tarvet (Q) beat Leandro Riedi (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Brandon Nakashima (29) vs. Yunchaokete Bu
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