Felix Auger Aliassime and Gilles Simon will square off in the semifinal of the Open 13 Provence for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger Aliassime -> 1.50
Gilles Simon -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Gilles Simon
This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Gilles Simon fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Auger-Aliassime won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2019.
Felix Auger Aliassime
Ranked no. 18, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-73 7-66 6-3, Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-0 6-76 7-69 and Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, Felix had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (7-5 6-2). During the match Auger-Aliassime scored 77 points vs Gerasimov’s 62. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Auger-Aliassime blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Felix Auger Aliassime lost the serve once. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 69% of his first serves in, winning 83% (35/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 26% (5/19) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Gerasimov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felix has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Auger-Aliassime has a losing win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 42% of his matches (71-51). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Auger-Aliassime has a 146-86 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Auger-Aliassime’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Rotterdam.
The Canadian has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
The Canadian didn’t play in Marseille in 2019.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 58, Gilles got to the 2nd round after beating Harold Mayot 6-4 7-63, Aljaz Bedene 7-66 6-4 and Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, The French Player had a good straight sets win against Medvedev (6-4 6-0). During the match Simon scored 59 points vs Medvedev’s 31. Simon was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Simon blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gilles Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gilles broke Medvedev 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simon hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Simon has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (422-290). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Simon has a 305-228 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The French Player has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
Gilles had to surrender in the quarter 6-2 6-4 to David Goffin.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 62 |
| Pts | 303-263 | 216-171 |
| Total Points | 566 | 387 |
| Winners | 166 | 83 |
| %Winners | 55% | 38% |
Both Auger-Aliassime and Simon played 3 matches. At the moment, Felix Auger Aliassime lost 2 sets while Gilles Simon hasn’t lost a set so far. Auger-Aliassime has played 2 sets more than Simon (8 vs 6). Therefore, Auger-Aliassime played 25 games more than Simon. Auger-Aliassime scored 166 winners (55% on total points). On the other side, Gilles blasted 83 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 12.7 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 200/278 | 100/175 |
| %1st in | 72% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 166/200 | 83/100 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 32/78 | 44/75 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 59% |
Auger-Aliassime blasted 38 aces (12.7 per match). Simon blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Auger-Aliassime won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 43% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 82% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Felix broke his opponents 9 times with 43% conversion rate. Felix conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Simon broke his opponents 9 times with 60% conversion rate. The French Player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Auger-Aliassime | |||||
| R1 Travaglia |
R2 Herbert |
1/4 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-66 6-3 | 6-0 6-76 7-69 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 32 | 20 | 87 | |
| pts | 108-107 | 118-94 | 77-62 | 303-263 | |
| Total points | 215 | 212 | 139 | 566 | |
| Winners | 75 | 56 | 35 | 166 | |
| %Winners | 69% | 47% | 45% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 16 | 9 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 92/124 | 66/93 | 42/61 | 200/278 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 71% | 69% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 75/92 | 56/66 | 35/42 | 166/200 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 85% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/32 | 17/27 | 5/19 | 32/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 63% | 26% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/7 | 4/11 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | – | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | -33 | |
| Simon | |||||
| R1 Mayot |
R2 Bedene |
1/4 Medvedev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 7-66 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 16 | 62 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 75-72 | 59-31 | 216-171 | |
| Total points | 150 | 147 | 90 | 387 | |
| Winners | 35 | 27 | 21 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 37/74 | 23/37 | 100/175 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 50% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 27/37 | 21/23 | 83/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 73% | 91% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 22/37 | 9/14 | 44/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 59% | 64% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 83% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Gilles SimonSimon – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gilles SimonSimon – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
