Steve Johnson upsets Thompson in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Johnson surprises Thompson to compete against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Jordan Thompson

Steve Johnson upsets Jordan Thompson 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Johnson will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2015 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Johnson's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Steve Johnson vs. Jordan Thompson Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Johnson
Thompson
Steve Johnson
7-65 6-76 4-6
6-3 6-3
3h:42
Jordan Thompson
165
165
Total points
152
152
72
72
Winners
82
82
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
51
51
Unforced
43
43
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
17/24
17/24
Net Approaches
14/16
14/16
71%
71%
Perc
88%
88%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
19
19
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
57%
57%
1st in
69%
69%
80%
80%
1st won
75%
75%
72/90
72/90
1st won
82/110
82/110
57%
57%
2nd won
47%
47%
39/68
39/68
2nd won
23/49
23/49
208
208
Fastest serve
206
206
189
189
AVG 1st Serve
180
180
162
162
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
5/15
5/15
Total
3/5
3/5
33%
33%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 165 points vs. Jordan’s 152.

Johnson

Steve served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (72/90) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (39/68) on his second serve. Johnson blasted 15 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Steve won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.

Thompson

On the other side, Thompson was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Johnson and Thompson is 1-0 for Steve.

Draw and next match H2H: Steve Johnson vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Johnson will take on Sinner in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Steve Johnson and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Steve Johnson Draw info

The American had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 6 games after winning 56 points vs. Sinner’s 41 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Steve won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Steve won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Jordan won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 5th (4-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

Johnson was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Steve didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Australian (46-47). Steve dropped 15 points on serve (30-15). on the other side of the court, Jordan conceded 16 points on serve (32-16).

2nd Set -
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Also throughout the set, there was no difference between these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Thompson won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Jordan won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Steve won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Thompson saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Johnson was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 72 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jordan won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the American (35-37). Thompson surrendered 8 points on serve (32-8). On the other side, Johnson conceded 3 points on serve (29-3).

3rd Set -
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Johnson was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Jordan Thompson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Jordan managed to stage a great comeback to break Johnson in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Thompson won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-3 to 5-3.

Thompson was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. Thompson was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Johnson (30-25). Jordan conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Johnson conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

4th Set -
Johnson

Johnson took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jordan Thompson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Steve to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Steve was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Steve didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Thompson (27-21). Steve dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the losing side, Thompson conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

5th Set -
Thompson 0-0

The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Steve broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th game to win the set 6-3.

Jordan was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.

Johnson converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, Jordan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 49 points. Johnson was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Thompson (29-20). Steve dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). On the losing side, Thompson conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).

 

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