AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — French veteran Gael Monfils became the oldest player to win an ATP Tour title after beating Zizou Bergs, 6-3, 6-4, in Auckland on Saturday.
Monfils claimed his 13th tour title 20 years after his first and at the age of 38 years, 132 days. He took over from Roger Federer, who was 38 years, 74 days old when he won the final tour title of his career, the Swiss Indoor title at Basel in 2019.
Monfils currently is ranked 52 and is the oldest player in the history of the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 100.
Pancho Gonzalez was 44 years, 7 months and 4 days old when he won a Kingston, Jamaica singles title in 1972, prior to the formation of the ATP Tour in 1990. (Editor’s Note: Per the ATP, Monfils is the oldest man to win a tour-level title since a 43-year-old Ken Rosewall at Hong Kong in 1977).
