Rafael Nadal and Federico Delbonis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9 pm (est) on the Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.006
Federico Delbonis -> 29
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Federico Delbonis
Head 2 Head
This will be the 4th time that Rafael Nadal and Federico Delbonis square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Rio de Janeiro back in 2016.
Rafael Nadal
Currently world no. 1 Nadal reached the 1st round after defeating Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Nadal had a good straight sets win against Dellien (6-2 6-3 6-0). During the match Nadal scored 96 points vs Dellien’s 64. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Nadal blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rafael Nadal lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Nadal broke Dellien 8 times after converting 44% of his break points (8/18).
Nadal has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 81% of his matches (1066-256). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 501-97 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Rafael’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney.
The Spaniard has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Rafael had to bow in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 to Novak Djokovic.
Federico Delbonis
Ranked no. 76, Delbonis got to the 1st round after beating Joao Sousa 6-3 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, Delbonis had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-3 6-4 7-63). During the match Delbonis scored 114 points vs Sousa’s 97. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Delbonis blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Federico Delbonis was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (52/68) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Federico broke Sousa twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Delbonis has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 37% of his matches (178-303). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Delbonis has a 279-217 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Argentine has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Argentine had to bow in the 1st round 6-3 3-6 7-63 6-2 to John Millman.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 32 |
| Pts | 96-64 | 114-97 |
| Total Points | 160 | 211 |
| Winners | 31 | 52 |
| %Winners | 32% | 46% |
Both Nadal and Delbonis played 1 matche. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nadal and Delbonis have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nadal played 9 games less than Delbonis. Nadal scored 31 winners (32% on total points). On the other side, Federico blasted 52 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 68/103 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 52/68 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 60% |
Nadal blasted 5 aces . Delbonis blasted 11 aces . Nadal won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Delbonis won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 2 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 20% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 8 times with 44% conversion rate. Nadal conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent twice with 20% conversion rate. Delbonis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Nadal | |||
| R1 Dellien |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 96-64 | 96-64 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Delbonis | |||
| R1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 114-97 | 114-97 | |
| Total points | 211 | 211 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
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Upcoming matches
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- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (4-11) – See H2H details
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- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-2) – See H2H details
- John MillmanMillman – Roger FedererFederer (1-2) – See H2H details
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- David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (3-0) – See H2H details
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-1) – See H2H details
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- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (0-0) – See H2H details
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