Dominic Thiem and Alex De Minaur will clash against each other in the quarter of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.26
Alex De Minaur -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Alex De Minaur
This will be the 3rd time that Dominic Thiem and Alex De Minaur square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Thiem won 6-4 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2017.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 3 (career high), the Austrian reached the 1st round after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-66 6-3 ret., Sumit Nagal 6-3 6-3 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Felix Auger Aliassime 7-64 6-1 6-1.
In the 4th round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (7-64 6-1 6-1). During the match Thiem scored 100 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 68. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thiem scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dominic Thiem was quite effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dominic broke Auger-Aliassime 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Thiem has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (412-206). 11-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Thiem has a 114-76 record in the last years on hard.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final at the Australian Open .
Dominic has a 13-5 win-loss record in 2020, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Austrian surrendered in the 1st round to Thomas Fabbiano.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 28, De Minaur got to the 1st round after beating Andrej Martin 6-4 6-3 7-5, Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-3 6-76 7-5, Karen Khachanov 6-4 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 and Vasek Pospisil 7-66 6-3 6-2.
In the 4th round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (7-66 6-3 6-2). During the match De Minaur scored 110 points vs Pospisil’s 85. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, De Minaur struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex De Minaur was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (40/50) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Pospisil 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Alex has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Australian had to surrender in the 4th round to Grigor Dimitrov.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thiem | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 147 |
| Pts | 307-227 | 506-438 |
| Total Points | 534 | 944 |
| Winners | 128 | 201 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Thiem played 3 matches while De Minaur competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominic Thiem conceded 1 set, while Alex De Minaur dropper 3 sets. Thiem has played 5 set(s) less than De Minaur (10 vs 15). Therefore, Thiem played 60 games less than De Minaur. Dominic scored 128 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 201 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thiem | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 162/258 | 270/460 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 128/162 | 201/270 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 56/96 | 97/190 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 51% |
Thiem scored 19 aces (6.3 per match). De Minaur scored 23 aces (5.8 per match). Thiem won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, De Minaur won 74% of the points behind 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 | Thiem | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 22 |
| Converted | 18/39 | 22/40 |
| % Converted | 46% | 55% |
| Conceded | 19 | 29 |
| Saved | 15 | 18 |
| % Saved | 79% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 11 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dominic lost his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. De Minaur broke his opponents 22 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thiem | ||||||
| R1 Antoni Munar Clar |
R2 Nagal |
R3 Cilic |
R4 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 ret. | 6-3 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 | 7-64 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 34 | 27 | 109 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 97-67 | 110-92 | 100-68 | 385-293 | |
| Total points | 144 | 164 | 202 | 168 | 678 | |
| Winners | 31 | 35 | 53 | 40 | 159 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 48% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 47/74 | 61/104 | 54/80 | 205/326 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 35/47 | 53/61 | 40/54 | 159/205 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 87% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 18/27 | 20/43 | 18/26 | 71/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 67% | 47% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 7/15 | 5/10 | 6/14 | 21/49 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 47% | 50% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 6/8 | 7/8 | 2/3 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 88% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| De Minaur | ||||||
| R1 Martin |
R2 Gasquet |
R3 Khachanov |
R4 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 6-76 7-5 | 6-4 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 | 7-66 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 44 | 42 | 30 | 147 | |
| pts | 108-91 | 148-124 | 140-138 | 110-85 | 506-438 | |
| Total points | 199 | 272 | 278 | 195 | 944 | |
| Winners | 41 | 64 | 56 | 40 | 201 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 40% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 80/137 | 81/141 | 50/85 | 270/460 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 58% | 57% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 64/80 | 56/81 | 40/50 | 201/270 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 80% | 69% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 27/57 | 27/60 | 22/35 | 97/190 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 47% | 45% | 63% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/12 | 6/13 | 4/7 | 22/40 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 46% | 57% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 29 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6/9 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 50% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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