Tommy Paul and Benjamin Bonzi will square off in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Auvergne for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on Court 1. 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 -> 1.33
Benjamin Bonzi -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Benjamin Bonzi
This will be the 4th time that Tommy Paul and Benjamin Bonzi play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Paul won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Tommy Paul
42 - 19win/loss
15
8
WLWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-19 | 23-12 | 12-4 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 15, Paul will start his run in Rhone after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 1-6 6-3 to Medvedev in the quarter on the 16th of October.
Paul has an overall 42-19 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Houston where he defeated Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-1 3-6 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Paul has an overall 466-257 record. He has a positive 65-39 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Rhone
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Benjamin Bonzi
36 - 26win/loss
100
42
LWLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-27 | 16-13 | 4-6 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 23-24 | 15-13 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-32 | 13-13 | 7-10 | 24-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, Bonzi reached the 2nd round after beating Cameron Norrie 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Bonzi defeated Norrie (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Bonzi scored 93 points vs Norrie’s 74. Bonzi was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi blasted 14 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 69% of his first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Norrie 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Pau Challenger.
Bonzi has a compiled 36-26 win-loss record in 2026, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rhone
- Finn Reynolds/James WattReynolds/James Watt – Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (3-6 7-69 10-5) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Titouan DroguetDroguet (5-7 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Clement TaburTabur (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Arthur FeryFery (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Lloyd GlasspoolCash/Lloyd Glasspool – Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela/Reese StalderReyes-Varela/Reese Stalder (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Joshua ParisBehar/Joshua Paris – Trey Hilderbrand/Stefan LatinovicHilderbrand/Stefan Latinovic (6-4 3-6 10-2) – See score progression
- Moise KouameKouame – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Matisse Bobichon/Kilian FeldbauschBobichon/Kilian Feldbausch – Robert Cash/Alexander ErlerCash/Alexander Erler (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix BalshawBalshaw – Jaime FariaFaria (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Clement TaburTabur (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Arthur FeryFery (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Titouan DroguetDroguet (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Tommy PaulPaul (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
