Aljaz Bedene and Gilles Simon will square off in the 2nd round of the Open 13 Provence for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aljaz Bedene who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aljaz Bedene is the pick to win this match.
Aljaz Bedene -> 1.53
Gilles Simon -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Aljaz Bedene vs. Gilles Simon
This will be the 4th time that Aljaz Bedene and Gilles Simon square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Bedene (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Bedene won 7-69 6-2 in the 2nd round in Metz back in 2019.
Aljaz Bedene
Ranked no. 47, Aljaz reached the 2nd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Khachanov, The Slovenian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Bedene scored 107 points vs Khachanov’s 102. Aljaz was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Bedene blasted 18 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Aljaz Bedene lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bedene put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (50/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Khachanov twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Bedene has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (236-147). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bedene has a 305-180 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
Aljaz has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
Bedene didn’t compete in Marseille in 2019.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 58, the French Player reached the 2nd round after defeating Harold Mayot 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, Gilles had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-4 7-63). During the match Simon scored 82 points vs Mayot’s 68. Simon was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Simon blasted 9 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gilles Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (35/40) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Simon broke Mayot twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Simon has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (397-285). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Simon has a 301-226 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The French Player has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
Simon lost in the quarter 6-2 6-4 to David Goffin.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bedene | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 |
| Pts | 107-102 | 82-68 |
| Total Points | 209 | 150 |
| Winners | 50 | 35 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Both Bedene and Simon played 1 matche. At the moment, Aljaz Bedene conceded 1 set while Gilles Simon hasn’t lost a set so far. Bedene has played 1 sets more than Simon (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bedene played 9 games more than Simon. Aljaz scored 50 winners (47% on total points). On the other side, Simon blasted 35 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bedene | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 18 | 9 |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 40/64 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 50/60 | 35/40 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 54% |
Bedene blasted 18 aces . Simon blasted 9 aces . Bedene won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 88% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bedene | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 18% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Bedene broke his opponent twice with 18% conversion rate. Aljaz conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French Player broke his opponent twice with 33% conversion rate. Gilles conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bedene | |||
| R1 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 107-102 | 107-102 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 60/100 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 50/60 | 50/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Simon | |||
| R1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 82-68 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 35/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikael YmerYmer (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Benoit PairePaire (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gilles SimonSimon – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-3) – See H2H details
- Marin CilicCilic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – See H2H details
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – See H2H details
- David GoffinGoffin – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – See H2H details
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
