Dominic Thiem and Alex Bolt will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3 pm (est) on the Margaret Court 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 Dominic Thiem who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.062
Alex Bolt -> 10.00
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Dominic Thiem and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.However, they played each other in futures. Therefore their H2H is 1-1 for Thiem and Bolt.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 5, Thiem reached the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 7-5 6-2). During the match Thiem scored 104 points vs Mannarino’s 78. Dominic was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Thiem blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Dominic Thiem was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (44/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dominic broke Mannarino 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Thiem has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (602-372). 2-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thiem has a 325-170 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Dominic has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Thiem got to the 2nd round in 2019 in Australian-Open before retiring against Alexei Popyrin when he was 7-5 6-4 2-0 ret.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 140, Bolt got to the 2nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-61 1-6 6-75 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ramos, Bolt had a free pass after Ramos retired on a 7-61 1-6 6-75 6-1 6-4 scoreline.
Bolt has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (482-338). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bolt has a 148-119 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Australian lost in the semifinal 7-63 6-2 6-3 to Max Purcell.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thiem | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 50 |
| Pts | 104-78 | 151-147 |
| Total Points | 182 | 298 |
| Winners | 44 | 57 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Thiem and Bolt played 1 matche. At the moment, Alex Bolt conceded 2 sets while Dominic Thiem hasn’t dropped a set so far. Thiem has played 2 sets less than Bolt (3 vs 5). Therefore, Thiem played 21 games less than Bolt. Thiem scored 44 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 57 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thiem | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 80/133 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 57/80 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 30/53 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Thiem blasted 7 aces . Bolt blasted 11 aces . Thiem won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thiem | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 86% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with 50% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponent 7 times with 54% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thiem | |||
| R1 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-78 | 104-78 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 57/96 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 44/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 14% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Ramos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 1-6 6-75 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 50 | 50 | |
| pts | 151-147 | 151-147 | |
| Total points | 298 | 298 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 80/133 | 80/133 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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