The 40-year-old is set to retire at the end of this season. Monfils finished his professional career at the US Open with a 33-17 record. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
His first match was a Round 1 five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in 2005. His best result was a semifinal run in 2016, once again losing to Djokovic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Frenchman tallied a 34-18 match record across 18 main-draw appearances at the season\u2019s final major.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Paris native tied his career-best Slam result in New York in 2016, when he reached the semi-finals. That same year, Monfils reached a career-high No. 6 in the PIF ATP Rankings. The 13-time ATP Tour titlist first reached the semi-finals of a major in 2008 at his home Slam, Roland Garros.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Monfils was honoured with an on-court ceremony, during which USTA CEO Craig Tiley and US Open tournament director Eric Butorac presented Monfils with a special framed picture. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Monfils also revealed what his plans for his future. \"\u201cI have a new chapter coming next year. I will work in finance\u201d Monfils said \u201cI already sign to work in wealth management in a Swiss company. So my next chapter working in office and working in finance\u201d. So who knows maybe New York will see him again, this time on Wall Street.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tien, 20, also defeated Monfils in Montreal last month, and even asked for a signature from his childhood idol after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tien continues a career year. Making the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and a semifinal run this summer at the ATP Masters 1000 in Canada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tien, 20, also defeated Monfils in Montreal last month, and even asked for a signature from his childhood idol after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Next up is the big Czech No. 17 seed Jakub Mensik. <\/p>\r\n\r\n