Tommy Paul and Matteo Arnaldi will play each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.444
Matteo Arnaldi -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Matteo Arnaldi
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tommy Paul
38 - 15win/loss
13
12
WWWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-17 | 17-11 | 10-4 | 7-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, Tommy will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(5) 6-1 to Sinner in the 4th round on the 2nd of September.
The American has an aggregate 38-15 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Dallas where he defeated Marcos Giron in the final 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 and in London where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-1 7-6(8).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 388-220 record. He has a positive 189-110 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Matteo Arnaldi
28 - 22win/loss
36
30
LWLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-13 | 10-9 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 33, will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group A, Bologna where he beat 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5) to Moura Monteiro in the Rubber 2 on the 11th of September.
Matteo has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Montreal.
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 215-130 record. He has a positive 73-39 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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