Gilles Simon and Sebastian Korda will face off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Simon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gilles Simon is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Simon -> 1.41
Sebastian Korda -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Sebastian Korda
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 54, Simon got to the qualifications after beating Taro Daniel 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Simon had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-3 6-3). During the match Simon scored 60 points vs Daniel’s 47. the French player was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simon managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gilles Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Simon broke Daniel 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Simon has a good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (488-458). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Simon has a 312-238 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Marseille.
Simon has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
the French player reached the 2nd round in 2019 in Us-open before retiring against Andrey Rublev when he was 6-2 ret.
Sebastian Korda
Ranked no. 224, Korda reached the qualifications after defeating Attila Balazs 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications against Balazs, the American had a free pass after Balazs retired on a 6-4 4-6 6-3 scoreline.
Korda has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (152-100). 5-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Korda has a 117-81 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The American has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Sebastian didn’t play in New York in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simon | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 |
| Pts | 60-47 | 97-88 |
| Total Points | 107 | 185 |
| Winners | 23 | 45 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Simon and Korda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sebastian Korda lost 1 set while Gilles Simon hasn’t lost a set so far. Simon has played 1 set(s) less than Korda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Simon played 11 games less than Korda. Gilles scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Korda fired 45 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simon | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 62/97 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 45/62 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/35 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 40% |
Simon blasted 5 aces . Korda managed to score 3 aces . Simon won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simon | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 57% | 45% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Simon broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Simon lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Korda broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simon | |||
| Q1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 60-47 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 28/48 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Korda | |||
| Q1 Balazs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-88 | 97-88 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 62/97 | 62/97 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 14/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 300 | |
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