H2H. Alexander Zverev vs Tommy Paul | Acapulco prediction, odds, preview, pick

Acapulco. Zverev and Paul will fight against each other in 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Tommy Paul

Alexander Zverev and Tommy Paul will square off in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 0
Alexander Zverev -> 0

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Tommy Paul

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 7, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Jason Jung 7-66 6-1.

In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Jung (7-66 6-1). During the match Zverev scored 64 points vs Jung’s 48. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Zverev blasted 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Zverev put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Jung 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Zverev has a losing record in the last 8 years having won 34% of his matches (608-313). 6-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has a 308-165 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open .

The German has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

The German had to surrender in the final 6-3 6-4 to Nick Kyrgios.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 66 (career high), Tommy got to the 2nd round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 7-67 1-0 ret., Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-4 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-74 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Mcdonald, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-4). During the match Paul scored 109 points vs Mcdonald’s 97. Tommy was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul blasted 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Paul broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Paul has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (269-154). 11-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has a 137-93 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Paul’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Adelaide.

Paul has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

The American didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev Paul
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 20 53
Pts 64-48 174-150
Total Points 112 324
Winners 32 75
%Winners 50% 43%

Zverev played 1 match while Paul competed in 2 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Zverev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tommy Paul conceded 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 3 sets less than Paul (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 33 games less than Paul. The German scored 32 winners (50% on total points). On the other side, Paul blasted 75 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev Paul
Aces 12 12
Avg per match 12 6
1st in 38/54 97/162
%1st in 70% 60%
1st pts 32/38 75/97
%1st pts 84% 77%
2nd pts 8/16 34/65
%2nd pts 50% 52%

Zverev blasted 12 aces . Paul blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Zverev won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zverev Paul
Won 4 7
Converted 4/7 7/11
% Converted 57% 64%
Conceded 2 10
Saved 0 7
% Saved 0% 70%
Times Broken 2 3

The German broke his opponent 4 times with 57% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Paul broke his opponents 7 times with 64% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
R1
Jung		 Total
Score 7-66 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 64-48 64-48
Total points 112 112
Winners 32 32
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 38/54 38/54
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 32/38 32/38
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 8/16 8/16
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 100
Paul
Q1
Petrovic		 Q3
Elahi Galan Riveros		 R1
Mcdonald		 Total
Score 7-67 1-0 ret. 6-4 6-4 6-74 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 14 20 33 67
pts 50-45 65-53 109-97 224-195
Total points 95 118 206 419
Winners 21 33 42 96
%Winners 42% 51% 39% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 4 8 16
Double Faults 4 0 4 8
1st in 28/51 40/59 57/103 125/213
% 1st in 55% 68% 55% 59%
1st pts 21/28 33/40 42/57 96/125
% 1st pts 75% 83% 74% 77%
2nd pts 9/23 9/19 25/46 43/88
% 2nd pts 39% 47% 54% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5 10
Converted 3/4 2/2 5/9 10/15
Converted % 75% 100% 56% 67%
Conceded 2 3 7 12
Saved 0/2 3/3 4/7 7
Saved % 0% 100% 57% 157%
Times Broken 2 0 3 67

Head 2 Head

Alexander Zverev
  • 0Slam
  • 22Main
  • 2Chall
  • 0Minor
Tommy Paul
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 4Chall
  • 6Minor

Alexander
Zverev

0:2

Tommy
Paul

Rank

5

High

2

0Hard2

Rank

16

High

12

Win Loss
Zverev
LWWLWLWLWW
Paul
LWLLWWWWLL
2024 2023 2022
22 - 9
15 - 7
18-6
Hard
10-6
0-0
I Hard
4-0
4-3
Clay
1-1

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