Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev will face off in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 9th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7.30 pm (NB) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.50
Alexander Zverev -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 9th time that Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 6-2 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), but Zverev has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Thiem won 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Nitto atp finals back in 2019.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs Dominic Thiem – Nitto atp finals 16-November-2019
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 5, Dominic got to the semifinal after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 7-5 6-2, Alex Bolt 6-2 5-7 6-75 6-1 6-2, Taylor Harry Fritz 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-4, Gael Monfils 6-2 6-4 6-4 and Rafael Nadal 7-63 7-64 4-6 7-66.
In the quarter, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Nadal (7-63 7-64 4-6 7-66). During the match Thiem scored 148 points vs Nadal’s 143. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 65 winners.
Talking about serving, Thiem blasted 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dominic Thiem lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Thiem put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (65/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (28/57) on the 2nd serve. Dominic broke Nadal 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has conceded 4 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Thiem has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (642-372). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Thiem has a 329-170 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Thiem has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Thiem reached the 2nd round in 2019 in Australian-Open before retiring against Alexei Popyrin when he was 7-5 6-4 2-0 ret.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 7, Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 7-64 6-3, Egor Gerasimov 7-65 6-4 7-5, Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2 6-4, Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4 6-4 and Stan Wawrinka 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter against Wawrinka, Alexander had a free pass after Wawrinka retired on a 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 scoreline.
Zverev has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (568-274). 5-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a 295-154 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Zverev has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Alexander lost in the 4th round 6-1 6-1 7-65 to Milos Raonic.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thiem | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 19 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 195 | 157 |
| Pts | 660-546 | 528-426 |
| Total Points | 1206 | 954 |
| Winners | 293 | 275 |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% |
Both Thiem and Zverev played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominic Thiem conceded 4 sets, while Alexander Zverev dropper 1 set. Thiem has played 3 sets more than Zverev (19 vs 16). Therefore, Thiem played 38 games more than Zverev. Thiem scored 293 winners (44% on total points). On the other side, The German blasted 275 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thiem | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 47 | 56 |
| Avg per match | 9.4 | 11.2 |
| 1st in | 368/577 | 347/441 |
| %1st in | 64% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 293/368 | 275/347 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 115/209 | 48/94 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Thiem blasted 47 aces (9.4 per match). Zverev blasted 56 aces (11.2 per match). Thiem won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thiem | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 24 | 22 |
| Converted | 24/65 | 22/56 |
| % Converted | 37% | 39% |
| Conceded | 30 | 24 |
| Saved | 22 | 16 |
| % Saved | 73% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 |
Thiem broke his opponents 24 times with 37% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 22 times with 39% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thiem | |||||||
| R1 Mannarino |
R2 Bolt |
R3 Fritz |
R4 Monfils |
1/4 Nadal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 6-75 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 7-64 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 48 | 41 | 28 | 49 | 195 | |
| pts | 104-78 | 169-134 | 138-118 | 101-73 | 148-143 | 660-546 | |
| Total points | 182 | 303 | 256 | 174 | 291 | 1206 | |
| Winners | 44 | 76 | 69 | 39 | 65 | 293 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 50% | 39% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 47 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 92/137 | 90/134 | 46/70 | 83/140 | 368/577 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 76/92 | 69/90 | 39/46 | 65/83 | 293/368 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 83% | 77% | 85% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 24/45 | 24/44 | 18/24 | 28/57 | 115/209 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 53% | 55% | 75% | 49% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 7/24 | 5/9 | 4/14 | 3/8 | 24/65 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 56% | 29% | 38% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 30 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 5/7 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 5/9 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 71% | 86% | – | 56% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | |
| Zverev | |||||||
| R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Gerasimov |
R3 Verdasco |
R4 Rublev |
1/4 Wawrinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 6-3 | 7-65 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 35 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 157 | |
| pts | 125-99 | 117-96 | 96-70 | 86-67 | 104-94 | 528-426 | |
| Total points | 224 | 213 | 166 | 153 | 198 | 954 | |
| Winners | 66 | 57 | 47 | 49 | 56 | 275 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 49% | 49% | 57% | 54% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 56 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 92/109 | 66/85 | 61/82 | 54/72 | 74/93 | 347/441 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 78% | 74% | 75% | 80% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 66/92 | 57/66 | 47/61 | 49/54 | 56/74 | 275/347 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 86% | 77% | 91% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 13/19 | 8/21 | 11/18 | 8/19 | 48/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 68% | 38% | 61% | 42% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/14 | 6/10 | 3/7 | 5/13 | 22/56 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 21% | 60% | 43% | 38% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 50% | 80% | – | 50% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 | |
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