Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jan-Lennard Struff will clash against each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.36
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 3.20
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jan-Lennard Struff play each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, the Greek got to the quarter after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-61 6-1 and Alexander Bublik 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Bublik (7-61 6-4). During the match Tsitsipas scored 84 points vs Bublik’s 62. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas blasted 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (41/49) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stefanos broke Bublik once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 37% of his matches (324-193). 4-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 261-126 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
Stefanos has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Greek didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Jan-Lennard Struff
Ranked no. 34, Struff reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 7-62 7-5 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Jan-Lennard had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-1 6-0). During the match Struff scored 53 points vs Basilashvili’s 20. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Struff blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 71% of his first serves in, win 96% (23/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Basilashvili 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jan-Lennard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Struff has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 49% of his matches (379-396). 5-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has a 304-250 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Struff has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Struff didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tsitsipas | Struff |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 43 | 38 |
Pts | 163-116 | 136-91 |
Total Points | 279 | 227 |
Winners | 64 | 49 |
%Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Tsitsipas and Struff played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Struff have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Tsitsipas played 5 games more than Struff. The Greek scored 64 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Jan-Lennard blasted 49 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tsitsipas | Struff |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 20 |
Avg per match | 3.5 | 10 |
1st in | 79/125 | 56/109 |
%1st in | 63% | 51% |
1st pts | 64/79 | 49/56 |
%1st pts | 81% | 88% |
2nd pts | 31/46 | 27/53 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Tsitsipas blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Struff blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Tsitsipas won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 88% 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 | Struff |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 9 |
Converted | 5/16 | 9/16 |
% Converted | 31% | 56% |
Conceded | 7 | 4 |
Saved | 6 | 1 |
% Saved | 86% | 25% |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 5 times with 31% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Struff broke his opponents 9 times with 56% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
Tsitsipas | ||||
R1 Carreno-Busta |
R2 Bublik |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-61 6-1 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
pts | 79-54 | 84-62 | 163-116 | |
Total points | 133 | 146 | 279 | |
Winners | 23 | 41 | 64 | |
%Winners | 29% | 49% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 30/55 | 49/70 | 79/125 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 70% | 63% | |
1st pts | 23/30 | 41/49 | 64/79 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 84% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 17/25 | 14/21 | 31/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 1/5 | 5/16 | |
Converted % | 36% | 20% | 31% | |
Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 5/5 | 6 | |
Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -50 |
Struff | ||||
R1 Bautista-Agut |
R2 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-62 7-5 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 13 | 38 | |
pts | 83-71 | 53-20 | 136-91 | |
Total points | 154 | 73 | 227 | |
Winners | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
%Winners | 31% | 43% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 13 | 7 | 20 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 32/75 | 24/34 | 56/109 | |
% 1st in | 43% | 71% | 51% | |
1st pts | 26/32 | 23/24 | 49/56 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 96% | 88% | |
2nd pts | 22/43 | 5/10 | 27/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 51% | 50% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 5/9 | 9/16 | |
Converted % | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Saved | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | |
Saved % | 25% | – | 13% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 50 |
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