Stout Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Tsitsipas in the semifinal to set up a battle vs Djokovic at the Rolex Paris Masters. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – PARIS RESULTS

ROLEX PARIS MASTERS - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov survives Tsitsipas to square off with Novak Djokovic in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Paris on Saturday after winning a huge battle. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Novak Djokovic in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
Paris
Dimitrov's Record

The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 220,890 after conquering this match. He has already won € 487,420 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 405,170 to his earnings to get in total € 892,590 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Rolex Paris Masters – Paris

Dimitrov’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Tsitsipas
Grigor Dimitrov
6-3 6-71 7-63
2h:31
Stefanos Tsitsipas
105
105
Total points
94
94
51
51
Winners
51
51
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
12
12
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
67%
67%
1st in
69%
69%
78%
78%
1st won
73%
73%
51/65
51/65
1st won
51/70
51/70
78%
78%
2nd won
69%
69%
25/32
25/32
2nd won
22/32
22/32
-- Break Points --
1/5
1/5
Total
0/4
0/4
20%
20%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 105 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 94.

Dimitrov

The Bulgarian served pretty well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve, and he won 78% points (25/32) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.

Tsitsipas

On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Tsitsipas is 2-6 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Dimitrov will come up against Djokovic in the final.

This will be the 13th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 11-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Rome back in May 2023.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Dimitrov 6-3
DimitrovTsitsipas
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovTsitsipas
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
DimitrovTsitsipas
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DimitrovTsitsipas
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovTsitsipas
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovTsitsipas
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovTsitsipas
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Dimitrov was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Dimitrov to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Dimitrov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. Grigor won 8 more points than Stefanos (32-24). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, Tsitsipas conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 7-6
TsitsipasDimitrov
7
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
6
1
TsitsipasDimitrov
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasDimitrov
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasDimitrov
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasDimitrov
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
TsitsipasDimitrov
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasDimitrov
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Stefanos won the set after he broke Dimitrov .

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Dimitrov was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tsitsipas won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Dimitrov (37-40). Stefanos conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the Bulgarian conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).

3rd Set -
Dimitrov 7-6
DimitrovTsitsipas
7
6
D
1
0
T
2
0
T
3
0
D
4
0
D
5
0
T
5
1
T
5
2
D
6
2
D
6
3
T
7
3
DimitrovTsitsipas
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovTsitsipas
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovTsitsipas
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovTsitsipas
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovTsitsipas
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
DimitrovTsitsipas
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Dimitrov won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Grigor won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.

Dimitrov won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Stefanos was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 66 points. It’s worth to point out that, Grigor won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Tsitsipas (32-34). Dimitrov lost 8 points on serve (27-8). On the other side, Tsitsipas conceded 5 points on serve (26-5).

1st
Dimitrov
Tsitsipas
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Dimitrov
Tsitsipas
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Dimitrov
Tsitsipas
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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