Alexander Zverev and Arthur Fils will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.533
Arthur Fils -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Fils
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Zverev and Arthur Fils clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fils won 6-3 3-6 7-6(1) in the final in Hamburg back in July 2024.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs Alexander Zverev – Hamburg 21-July-2024
Alexander Zverev
63 - 20win/loss
2
2
LWWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, Alexander reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(2) 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (7-62 6-3). During the match, Zverev scored 71 points vs Griekspoor’s 59. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zverev made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (36/42) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Griekspoor once.
Zverev has a remarkable match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (476-201). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has an aggregate 88-42 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.
Alexander has an overall 62-20 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Arthur Fils
41 - 26win/loss
20
20
LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-26 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20 (career-high), the French player got to the 3rd round after defeating Marin Cilic 7-6(5) 6-4 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Fils had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-3 6-4). During the match Fils scored 78 points vs Struff’s 69. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Fils made 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Fils conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Fils put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Fils broke Struff twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Hamburg where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(1) and in Tokyo where he beat Ugo Humbert in the final 5-7 7-6(6) 6-3.
Fils has a composed 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 42 |
| Pts | 71-59 | 146-128 |
| Total Points | 130 | 274 |
| Winners | 36 | 70 |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% |
Zverev played 1 match while Fils competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Zverev has played 2 set(s) less than Fils (2 vs 4). Therefore, Zverev played 20 games less than Fils. Zverev scored 36 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur made 70 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 85/144 |
| %1st in | 62% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 36/42 | 70/85 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 26/59 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 44% |
Zverev managed to score 9 aces . Fils made 19 aces (9.5 per match). Zverev won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Alexander pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Fils conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R2 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 71-59 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 36/42 | 36/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fils | ||||
| R1 Cilic |
R2 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 68-59 | 78-69 | 146-128 | |
| Total points | 127 | 147 | 274 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 51/81 | 85/144 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/34 | 39/51 | 70/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 14/30 | 26/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 47% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 8/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Paris
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-712 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-79 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Taylor FritzFritz (7-66 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-66 7-67) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 7-65) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-63 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-6(6) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (3-1) – H2H and prediction
