John Isner and Tommy Paul will face off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 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 John Isner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, John Isner is the pick to win this match.
John Isner -> 1.72
Tommy Paul -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 2nd time that John Isner and Tommy Paul play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Isner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Isner won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2017.
John Isner
Ranked no. 20, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Mischa Zverev 6-3 7-64 and Marcos Giron 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, John had a good straight sets win against Giron (6-3 7-64). During the match Isner scored 76 points vs Giron’s 69. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Isner overpowered his opponent with 28 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. John Isner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Isner put 77% of his first serves in, winning 84% (52/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Giron once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Isner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (983-537). 6-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Isner has a 329-190 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Auckland.
Isner has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2020, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Acapulco
The American didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 66 (career high), the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 7-67 1-0 ret., Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-4, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-74 6-4 6-4 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-3 6-4). During the match Paul scored 68 points vs Zverev’s 60. Paul was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul blasted 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tommy Paul was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tommy broke Zverev twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tommy has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Paul has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (275-154). 12-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Paul has a 138-93 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Paul’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.
Tommy has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2020, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Acapulco
Tommy didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Isner | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 72 |
| Pts | 140-117 | 242-210 |
| Total Points | 257 | 452 |
| Winners | 87 | 109 |
| %Winners | 62% | 45% |
Isner played 2 matches while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Isner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tommy Paul dropped 1 set while John Isner hasn’t lost a set so far. Isner has played 3 sets less than Paul (4 vs 7). Therefore, Isner played 28 games less than Paul. The American scored 87 winners (62% on total points). On the other side, Tommy blasted 109 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Isner | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 50 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 25 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 100/137 | 142/231 |
| %1st in | 73% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 87/100 | 109/142 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 47/89 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Isner blasted 50 aces (25 per match). Paul blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Isner won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Isner | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 47% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents twice with 29% conversion rate. John was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Paul broke his opponents 9 times with 47% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Isner | ||||
| R1 Zverev |
R2 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 76-69 | 140-117 | |
| Total points | 112 | 145 | 257 | |
| Winners | 35 | 52 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 68% | 62% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 22 | 28 | 50 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 62/81 | 100/137 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 35/38 | 52/62 | 87/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 84% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 6/19 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 32% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/5 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | -100 | |
| Paul | ||||||
| Q1 Petrovic |
Q3 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Zverev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 1-0 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | 6-74 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 86 | |
| pts | 50-45 | 65-53 | 109-97 | 68-60 | 292-255 | |
| Total points | 95 | 118 | 206 | 128 | 547 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% | 39% | 50% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 40/59 | 57/103 | 45/69 | 170/282 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 68% | 55% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 33/40 | 42/57 | 34/45 | 130/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 83% | 74% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/19 | 25/46 | 13/24 | 56/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 47% | 54% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/2 | 5/9 | 2/8 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 56% | 25% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 3/3 | 4/7 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 57% | 100% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |
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