Gael Monfils became the second-oldest player in more than 30 years to reach the final of an ATP Tour event after beating American Nishesh Basavareddy 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the semifinals at Auckland on Friday.

In the end, pure star power elevated the 2025 ASB Classic to a new level. That will be the overriding conclusion, when people reflect on this tennis fortnight. The past two weeks have been an unqualified success,

Ivo Karlovic is the oldest, having won through to final in Pune, India in 2019 at the age of 39 years, 311 days. Monfils edges Stan Wawrinka who was aged 38 years and 124 days when he reached the final at Umag, Croatia in 2023.

In the ASB Classic Round of 16 on Tuesday, we have a matchup featuring No. 52-ranked Gael Monfils against No. 42 Jan-Lennard Struff.In Struff’s last competition, he lost to Laslo Djere 7-6,

Frenchman Monfils has been breaking records steadily in his winning run at Auckland. When he beat Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the quarterfinals, he became the oldest player in the professional era ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Gael Monfils became the second oldest player since 1990 to reach a final on the men's elite tennis tour after beating American Nishesh Basavareddy 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the ...