Synthetic monofilament open-mesh filter fabric with asymmetric structure having spaced threads or yarns and with a diameter such as to determine a plurality of visible mesh openings on the surface of the fabric in a plan view and that can be crossed by a flow of fluid with movement in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the fabric itself, characterized in that it has a linear density/cm of the warp threads different from a linear density/cm of the weft threads, and characterized in that in which the diameter of the warp threads is different from the diameter of the weft threads, said diameter ranging from 10 μm to 90 μm both in the warp and weft directions, wherein the ratio between the linear densities/cm of the warp threads and of the weft threads in their respective directions is in the range between 0.4:1 and 2.5:1 and the ratio between the diameter of the warp threads and the diameter of the weft threads is in the range between 0.5:1 and 2:1.