Gaël Monfils and Moïse Kouamé complete wild card line

The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters has announced its final two wild cards for the 2026 edition, with Gaël Monfils and 17-year-old Moïse Kouamé joining Stan Wawrinka and Matteo Berrettini in the main draw of the tournament, which runs from 4th to 12th April at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.

The two selections span three decades of French tennis — one a farewell, the other a beginning.

For Gaël Monfils, the appearance will carry particular weight. The Frenchman has announced that 2026 will be the final season of his professional career, bringing to a close more than two decades on tour. A former world number six and winner of 13 ATP titles, Monfils reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2016, losing to Rafael Nadal 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 — one of the few French players ever to reach that stage in Monaco.

His presence this year forms part of a farewell tour for one of the most entertaining and charismatic players of his generation, whose athleticism and showmanship made him a consistent crowd favourite throughout his career.

Kouamé takes his first main draw step

Moïse Kouamé arrives in Monaco having already made his mark on the early part of the 2026 season. At 17, he became the first player born in 2009 to reach the semi-finals of a Challenger tournament, doing so in Lille, and followed that with his first Masters 1000 victory in Miami. He is widely regarded as one of the most promising young talents in French tennis.

His appearance at Monte-Carlo will be his first in the main draw of a Masters 1000 event on clay.

The draw ceremony for the 119th edition takes place on Friday 3rd April at 17:00 at the Monte-Carlo Bay.

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Photo: Gaël Monfils, photo provided

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