Stefanos Tsitsipas and Aljaz Bedene will square off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2 pm on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.125
Aljaz Bedene -> 7
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Aljaz Bedene
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Aljaz Bedene play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bedene (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Tsitsipas got to the 3rd round after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 and Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Cuevas (6-1 6-4 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 87 points vs Cuevas’s 51. Stefanos was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stefanos broke Cuevas 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (297-142). 8-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 107-37 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
Tsitsipas has a 24-9 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Tsitsipas lost in the 4th round to Stan Wawrinka.
Aljaz Bedene
Ranked no. 56, Aljaz got to the 3rd round after beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-2 6-77 6-4 6-4 and Nikola Milojevic 7-5 2-6 6-1 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Slovenian defeated Milojevic (7-5 2-6 6-1 7-64). During the match Bedene scored 130 points vs Milojevic’s 120. Bedene was very aggressive to blast 67 winners.
Talking about serving, Bedene recorded 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aljaz Bedene lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bedene put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (67/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (25/55) on the 2nd serve. Aljaz broke Milojevic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bedene has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Slovenian has a 12-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Aljaz had to surrender in the 1st round to Borna Coric.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 81 |
| Pts | 218-180 | 278-247 |
| Total Points | 398 | 525 |
| Winners | 99 | 120 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Tsitsipas and Bedene played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded 2 sets, while Aljaz Bedene dropper 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Bedene have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Tsitsipas played 11 games less than Bedene. The Greek scored 99 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Bedene struck 120 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 129/194 | 155/270 |
| %1st in | 66% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 99/129 | 120/155 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 35/65 | 61/115 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Tsitsipas struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Bedene recorded 26 aces (13 per match). Tsitsipas won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bedene won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/27 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 44% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 18 |
| Saved | 2 | 14 |
| % Saved | 25% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The Greek broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Greek dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Aljaz broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Aljaz conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | ||||
| R1 Antoni Munar Clar |
R2 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 45 | 25 | 70 | |
| pts | 131-129 | 87-51 | 218-180 | |
| Total points | 260 | 138 | 398 | |
| Winners | 70 | 29 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 33% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 96/134 | 33/60 | 129/194 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 55% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 70/96 | 29/33 | 99/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 19/27 | 35/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 70% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/13 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 46% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 0% | 15% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Bedene | ||||
| R1 Rinderknech |
R2 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-77 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 2-6 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 41 | 40 | 81 | |
| pts | 148-127 | 130-120 | 278-247 | |
| Total points | 275 | 250 | 525 | |
| Winners | 53 | 67 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 16 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 66/126 | 89/144 | 155/270 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 67/89 | 120/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 36/60 | 25/55 | 61/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/8 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 63% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 5/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 56% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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