Alex De Minaur and Lorenzo Sonego will clash against each other in the final of the Nature Valley International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.46
Lorenzo Sonego -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Sonego
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Lorenzo Sonego fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, De Minaur won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2020.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Alex reached the final after beating Liam Broady 6-3 6-4, Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 and Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 7-62.
In the semifinal, Alex had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-3 7-62). During the match, De Minaur scored 70 points vs Kwon’s 54. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alex De Minaur was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Kwon 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (219-124). 7-2 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, De Minaur has an aggregate30-14 win-loss record in the last 7 years on grass.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Antalya where he beat Alexander Bublik in the final 2-0 ret..
The Australian has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Lorenzo Sonego
Ranked no. 27, Sonego reached the final after beating John Millman 6-4 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-1 7-5 and Max Purcell 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Purcell (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Sonego scored 80 points vs Purcell’s 57. Sonego was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Sonego made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sonego put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (42/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Purcell 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lorenzo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Cagliari where he beat Laslo Djere in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
The Italian has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 60 |
| Pts | 221-172 | 217-157 |
| Total Points | 393 | 374 |
| Winners | 92 | 101 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both De Minaur and Sonego played 3 matches. At the moment, Lorenzo Sonego dropped 1 set while Alex De Minaur hasn’t conceded a set so far. De Minaur has played 1 set(s) less than Sonego (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that De Minaur played 1 game more than Sonego. De Minaur scored 92 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sonego recorded 101 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 117/187 | 130/183 |
| %1st in | 63% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 92/117 | 101/130 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 35/70 | 27/53 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
De Minaur recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Sonego bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). De Minaur won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/17 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 59% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 64% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sonego conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | |||||
| R2 Broady |
1/4 Pospisil |
1/2 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 22 | 61 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 75-57 | 70-54 | 221-172 | |
| Total points | 137 | 132 | 124 | 393 | |
| Winners | 34 | 30 | 28 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 37/59 | 38/60 | 117/187 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 30/37 | 28/38 | 92/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/22 | 15/22 | 35/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 45% | 68% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 75% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sonego | |||||
| R2 Millman |
1/4 Bublik |
1/2 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 23 | 60 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 73-53 | 80-57 | 217-157 | |
| Total points | 111 | 126 | 137 | 374 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 42 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 37% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/53 | 37/53 | 52/77 | 130/183 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 70% | 68% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 27/37 | 42/52 | 101/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 73% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 10/16 | 12/25 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 63% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 4/4 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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