from 1–4 in the second and had momentum in the third. He then played at the 2012 International German Open, he first met Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round and won in three tight sets, being down 5–4 in the final set with Stebe serving for the match. He then won in straight sets against Daniel Muñoz de la Nava and Jérémy Chardy. In the semifinals he faced top seed Nicolás Almagro losing the first set, he came back and won the second. He was down 4–2 in the third but won the last 4 games to advance to the final. In the final he faced local man and wild card Tommy Haas and won being 4–1 down in the first. With the win he entered the top ten for the first time in his career. He then played the Summer Olympics defeating David Goffin before losing to Feliciano López in the following round. He then suffered 4 loses in a row, losing in the second round of 2012 Rogers Cup to Mardy Fish, first round of the 2012 Western & Southern Open to Radek Štěpánek, first round of the 2012 US Open to Guillermo García López despite bring with two sets and a break up. He lost his fourth match in a row in the 2012 Davis Cup to Tomáš Berdych, Monaco led 4–2 in the fourth set and came back on serve after being down 4–0 in the fifth. At the 2012 Proton Malaysian Open he defeated Jimmy Wang, and Vasek Pospisil. In the semifinals, he defeated Kei Nishikori after coming back 5–2 in the final set. In the final he faced Julien Benneteau and claimed his first hard-court title. He lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the 2012 Shanghai Masters. 2012 proved to be Monaco's best year so far, with four singles titles. 2013 He lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Andrey Kuznetsov, suffering with a back injury. He then continued to play singles in the Davis Cup against Germany, where he won both matches defeating Florian Mayer and Tobias Kamke, and his team won 5–0. In doubles, he played with Rafael Nadal in his comeback and reached the final of the VTR Open, losing to Italians Paolo Lorenzi and Potito Starace. Monaco made five first-round exits in the main draw of ATP events. In the Davis Cup quarterfinals against