H2H, prediction of Tommy Paul vs Pedro Martinez Portero in Cincinnati with odds, preview, pick | 9th August 2025

PREVIEW. Cincinnati. Paul and Martinez Portero will face off in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 9th of August

Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

Tommy Paul and Pedro Martinez Portero will face off in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on P&G CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.104
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 6.8

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

This will be the 6th time that Tommy Paul and Pedro Martinez Portero face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but Martinez Portero has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Paul won 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul
Tommy Paul

26 - 11win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
3-1
Clay
12-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
20
High
8
LWWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-13 13-6 12-4 3-1 1-2 0-0
2024 45-20 17-12 10-4 8-2 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

Ranked no. 16, the American will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 1-6 7-5 6-4 7-5 to Ofner in the 2nd round on the 3rd of July.

Paul has a composed 26-11 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tommy’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide, Dallas, Houston and Rome.

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 421-236 record. He has a positive 202-117 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Paul
Cincinnati
Paul's Record

Pedro Martinez Portero

Pedro Martinez Portero
Pedro Martinez Portero

14 - 23win/loss

Hard
3-7
I Hard
3-1
Clay
6-12
Grass
2-3
Rank
93
High
36
LLLLLLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-34 4-11 7-15 3-5 2-3 0-0
2024 36-31 7-9 27-13 2-6 0-3 0-0
2023 44-35 6-9 33-25 5-0 0-1 0-0
2022 21-30 7-12 13-13 0-2 1-3 0-0
2021 32-25 4-5 21-13 5-5 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 66, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 1-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Jarry, Martinez Portero recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Martinez Portero scored less points (7) than Jarry. In fact, the world no. 16 won 80 points vs Jarry’s. That means that Martinez Portero was more focused during the important points. Pedro was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Martinez Portero managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 60% of his first serves in, winning 61% (34/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Jarry 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Martinez Portero’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Buenos Aires.

The Spaniard has a composed 14-23 win-loss record in 2025, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.

Martinez Portero
Cincinnati
Martinez Portero's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Paul
LWWLWLWLLW
Martinez Portero
LLLLLLLWLL
2025 2024 2023
29 - 13
14 - 34
13-6
Hard
4-11
3-1
I Hard
2-5
12-4
Clay
6-15
1-2
Grass
2-3

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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