Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.084
Jordan Thompson -> 9.2
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan Thompson
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, Rafael reached the 3rd round after defeating Feliciano Lopez 4-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Lopez, Nadal recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match Nadal scored 105 points vs Lopez’s 96. Nadal was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nadal recorded 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rafael Nadal was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 89% (51/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Lopez once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Nadal has a an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (538-104). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 37-11 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Acapulco where he beat Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2 and in at the French Open where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-0 6-2 7-5.
Nadal has a 23-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Paris
Nadal lost in the semifinal to Denis Shapovalov.
Jordan Thompson
Ranked no. 61, Jordan reached the 3rd round after defeating Federico Delbonis 6-2 6-3 and Borna Coric 2-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Coric, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Thompson scored 87 points vs Coric’s 83. Jordan was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Thompson managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jordan Thompson lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Coric 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jordan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Jordan has a 12-12 win-loss record in 2020, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Paris
Jordan lost in the 3rd round to Juan Martin Del Potro.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 43 |
| Pts | 105-96 | 150-126 |
| Total Points | 201 | 276 |
| Winners | 51 | 58 |
| %Winners | 49% | 39% |
Nadal played 1 match while Thompson competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rafael Nadal conceded 1 set, while Jordan Thompson dropper 1 set. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Thompson (3 vs 5). Therefore, Nadal played 10 games less than Thompson. The Spaniard scored 51 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 58 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 80/131 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 51/57 | 58/80 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 53% |
Nadal struck 16 aces . Thompson recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Nadal won 89% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 73% 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 | Nadal | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 9 |
| Converted | 1/7 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 14% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Rafael dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | |||
| R2 Lopez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 51/57 | 51/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Delbonis |
R2 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 87-83 | 150-126 | |
| Total points | 106 | 170 | 276 | |
| Winners | 23 | 35 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 50/86 | 80/131 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 35/50 | 58/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 16/36 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 7/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 64% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Paris
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Borna CoricCoric (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-6 ret.) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Feliciano LopezLopez (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-64 6-76 7-63) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-63 6-70 7-5) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (w/o) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Feliciano LopezLopez (4-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Borna CoricCoric (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Norbert GombosGombos (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
