due to the loss of points he had been defending. At Gstaad, he defeated Guillermo García López and Robin Haase on the way to the final, where he was beaten by Pablo Andújar. He reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel, where he was beaten by Dominic Thiem. He made a first-round exit at the US Open, falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He made it to the semifinals of the Shenzhen Open, beating Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals, but unable to overcome Andy Murray. At the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters, he defeated João Sousa and eighth-seeded Milos Raonic to reach the third round, where he lost to Mikhail Youzhny. He ended the year at the Kremlin Cup, again losing to Youzhny in the second round. January 2015 was not a good month for Monaco, as he failed to make it past the first round of any tournament. In February, he made it to the quarterfinals of the Rio Open, falling to David Ferrer. He had continued success on the South American clay courts at the Argentina Open, making it to the final against Rafael Nadal, but unable to overcome him. Monaco made it to the third round at Indian Wells and the quarterfinals in Miami, falling to Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tomáš Berdych, respectively. He made a series of second-round exits on the European clay courts, until Nice, where he made the quarterfinals. Then, he made another series of second-round exits, including at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He did not make past the second round for the rest of the year, and finished the year with a first round loss to Robin Haase. Monaco started 2016 with a second-round loss to Rafael Nadal in Buenos Aires and a first-round loss to Daniel Gimeno Traver in Rio de Janeiro. After two disappointing Masters 1000, Monaco won his first tournament since 2013 in Houston, beating Jack Sock in the final in three sets. In May, after losing at the Masters in Madrid, Monaco defeated Stan Wawrinka at the Rome Masters, but pulled out in the quarterfinals. The rest of the season was not successful, failing to make it past the second round in any tournament, save at the Japan Open, where he made it to the quarterfinals. He played one tie Argentina's successful Davis Cup campaign of 2016, losing his match in the Quarter Finals, but being a part of the team overall to win the