H2H. Dominic Thiem vs Alexander Zverev | Australian Open prediction, odds, preview, pick

Melbourne. Thiem and Zverev will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Australian Open. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

30 January 2020

Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev

Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev will face off in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 9^th 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 9^th 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 2^nd 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 4^th 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.

	R1 Mannarino	R2 Bolt	R3 Fritz	R4 Monfils	1/4 Nadal	Total
Thiem
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

	R1 Cecchinato	R2 Gerasimov	R3 Verdasco	R4 Rublev	1/4 Wawrinka	Total
Zverev
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