Gilles Simon and Jiri Vesely will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hamburg European Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12.30 pm on Center Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Vesely who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Vesely is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Vesely -> 1.909
Gilles Simon -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Jiri Vesely
This will be the 3rd time that Gilles Simon and Jiri Vesely face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Simon (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Simon won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2015.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 54, Gilles reached the 2nd round after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 6-1 6-1.
Simon has a good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (314-243). 1-3 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Simon has a 91-71 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Gilles’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Marseille.
Gilles has a 9-10 win-loss record in 2020, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hamburg
the French player didn’t play in Hamburg in 2019.
Jiri Vesely
Ranked no. 72, Jiri reached the 2nd round after defeating Milan Welte 6-4 6-4 and Lenny Hampel 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Vesely had a good straight sets win against Hampel (6-4 6-0). During the match Vesely scored 61 points vs Hampel’s 35. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Vesely bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jiri Vesely was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Hampel 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Pune where he beat Egor Gerasimov in the final 7-6(2) 5-7 6-3.
Vesely has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hamburg
The Czech didn’t play in Hamburg in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simon | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 36 |
| Pts | 63-41 | 118-83 |
| Total Points | 104 | 201 |
| Winners | 18 | 55 |
| %Winners | 29% | 47% |
Both Simon and Vesely played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gilles Simon surrendered 2 sets while Jiri Vesely hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Simon and Vesely have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Simon played 1 game more than Vesely. the French player scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri blasted 55 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simon | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8 |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 60/94 |
| %1st in | 49% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 55/60 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 56% |
Simon blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Vesely managed to score 16 aces (8 per match). Simon won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Vesely won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simon | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Gilles broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Gilles quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Vesely broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Simon | ||||
| Q1 Rosenkranz |
Q3 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 37 | |
| pts | 63-41 | – | 63-41 | |
| Total points | 104 | 0 | 104 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | ||
| %Winners | 29% | NAN% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 27/55 | / | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | NAN% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | / | 18/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | NAN% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | / | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | NAN% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/11 | / | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | NAN% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/ | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vesely | ||||
| Q1 Welte |
Q3 Hampel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 57-48 | 61-35 | 118-83 | |
| Total points | 105 | 96 | 201 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 41% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 27/40 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 25/27 | 55/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 93% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 8/13 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/6 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Lenny HampelHampel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
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- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Christian GarinGarin – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Kevin AndersonAnderson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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