Stefanos Tsitsipas and Vasek Pospisil will clash against each other in the quarter of the Open 13 Provence for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.44
Vasek Pospisil -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Vasek Pospisil
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Vasek Pospisil play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pospisil (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Pospisil won 6-1 7-67 in the qualifications in Hertogenbosch back in 2017.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Tsitsipas reached the qualifications after beating Mikael Ymer 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-1 6-3). During the match Tsitsipas scored 61 points vs Ymer’s 35. Stefanos was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas blasted 6 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Ymer 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Tsitsipas has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 32% of his matches (195-93). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has a 256-126 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Stefanos has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
Stefanos didn’t compete in Marseille in 2019.
Vasek Pospisil
Ranked no. 98, Vasek reached the qualifications after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 7-66 6-3 and Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Pospisil had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-3 6-4). During the match Pospisil scored 71 points vs Hurkacz’s 56. Vasek was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Pospisil blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vasek Pospisil was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pospisil broke Hurkacz twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pospisil hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Pospisil has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (460-226). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pospisil has a 295-218 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Montpellier.
Pospisil has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Marseille
Vasek didn’t compete in Marseille in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 41 |
| Pts | 61-35 | 146-128 |
| Total Points | 96 | 274 |
| Winners | 21 | 70 |
| %Winners | 34% | 48% |
Tsitsipas played 1 match while Pospisil competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Tsitsipas has played 2 sets less than Pospisil (2 vs 4). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 25 games less than Pospisil. The Greek scored 21 winners (34% on total points). On the other side, The Canadian blasted 70 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 11.5 |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 90/137 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 70/90 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 24/47 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Tsitsipas blasted 6 aces . Pospisil blasted 23 aces (11.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 88% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Pospisil won 78% points on 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 | Tsitsipas | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. The Greek was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Pospisil broke his opponents 4 times with 31% conversion rate. Vasek conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Pospisil | ||||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
R2 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| pts | 75-72 | 71-56 | 146-128 | |
| Total points | 147 | 127 | 274 | |
| Winners | 37 | 33 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 46% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 9 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/75 | 41/62 | 90/137 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 33/41 | 70/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/21 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/8 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 25% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -50 | |
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