H2H, PREDICTION Tennys Sandgren vs Joao Sousa | Rome odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Rome. Sandgren and Sousa will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Tennys Sandgren vs. Joao Sousa

Tennys Sandgren and Joao Sousa will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12 pm on Court 3. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tennys Sandgren who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tennys Sandgren is the pick to win this match.
Tennys Sandgren -> 1.52
Joao Sousa -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Tennys Sandgren vs. Joao Sousa

This will be the 2nd time that Tennys Sandgren and Joao Sousa play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Tennys Sandgren

Ranked no. 48, Sandgren reached the qualifications after defeating Alexei Popyrin 6-76 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Popyrin, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 6-2). During the match Sandgren scored 102 points vs Popyrin’s 81. Tennys was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sandgren fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Tennys Sandgren was pretty efficent on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 78% (28/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sandgren broke Popyrin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Sandgren has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (331-217). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sandgren has a 76-53 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The American has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

The American didn’t play in Rome in 2019.

Joao Sousa

Ranked no. 68, Sousa got to the qualifications after defeating Luciano Darderi 3-6 6-3 6-1 and Ilya Ivashka 6-4 7-63.

In the qualifications, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-4 7-63). During the match Sousa scored 87 points vs Ivashka’s 78. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Sousa bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 55% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Ivashka 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Sousa has a 3-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

The Portuguese had to surrender in the 2nd round to Roger Federer.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sandgren Sousa
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 31 48
Pts 102-81 181-159
Total Points 183 340
Winners 36 60
%Winners 35% 33%

Sandgren played 1 match while Sousa competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tennys Sandgren conceded 1 set, while Joao Sousa dropper 1 set. Sandgren has played 2 set(s) less than Sousa (3 vs 5). Therefore, Sandgren played 17 games less than Sousa. Sandgren scored 36 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa recorded 60 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sandgren Sousa
Aces 4 7
Avg per match 4 3.5
1st in 51/87 91/162
%1st in 59% 56%
1st pts 36/51 60/91
%1st pts 71% 66%
2nd pts 28/36 44/71
%2nd pts 78% 62%

Sandgren recorded 4 aces . Sousa made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sandgren won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sandgren Sousa
Won 5 8
Converted 5/9 8/25
% Converted 56% 32%
Conceded 5 14
Saved 3 10
% Saved 60% 71%
Times Broken 2 4

Sandgren broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Sandgren
Q2
Popyrin
Total
Score 6-76 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 102-81 102-81
Total points 183 183
Winners 36 36
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 51/87 51/87
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 36/51 36/51
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 28/36 28/36
% 2nd pts 78% 78%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Sousa
Q1
Darderi
Q2
Ivashka
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-4 7-63
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 25 23 48
pts 94-81 87-78 181-159
Total points 175 165 340
Winners 33 27 60
%Winners 35% 31% 33%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 7
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 48/84 43/78 91/162
% 1st in 57% 55% 56%
1st pts 33/48 27/43 60/91
% 1st pts 69% 63% 66%
2nd pts 24/36 20/35 44/71
% 2nd pts 67% 57% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/11 4/14 8/25
Converted % 36% 29% 32%
Conceded 7 7 14
Saved 6/7 4/7 10
Saved % 86% 57% 143%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sandgren
LWLWLWWWLW
Sousa
LWWLLLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
13 - 9
6 - 4
4-4
Hard
0-0
4-2
I Hard
4-2
5-3
Clay
2-2

Tennis Scores in Rome

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