Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov will clash against each other in the 4th round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.34
Grigor Dimitrov -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Grigor Dimitrov
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Stefanos got to the 4th round after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4, Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-4 6-2 and Aljaz Bedene 6-1 6-2 3-1 ret..
In the 3rd round, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Bedene (6-1 6-2 3-1 ret.). During the match Tsitsipas scored 77 points vs Bedene’s 41. Tsitsipas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas struck 10 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tsitsipas broke Bedene 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (298-142). 9-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 108-37 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was managing to win the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
Stefanos has a 25-9 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Greek lost in the 4th round to Stan Wawrinka.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 20, Dimitrov reached the 4th round after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-2 6-2, Andrej Martin 6-4 7-65 6-1 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1 6-3 ret..
In the 3rd round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-1 6-3 ret.). During the match Dimitrov scored 63 points vs Carballes Baena’s 38. Grigor was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was very effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Carballes Baena 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Acapulco.
Dimitrov has a 15-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Grigor lost in the 3rd round to Stan Wawrinka.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
Tot Games | 70 | 55 |
Pts | 218-180 | 217-169 |
Total Points | 398 | 386 |
Winners | 99 | 83 |
%Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Tsitsipas and Dimitrov played 2 matches. At the moment, Stefanos Tsitsipas surrendered 2 sets while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t lost a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 2 sets more than Dimitrov (8 vs 6). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 15 games more than Dimitrov. Tsitsipas scored 99 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor struck 83 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 11 | 7 |
Avg per match | 5.5 | 3.5 |
1st in | 129/194 | 122/198 |
%1st in | 66% | 62% |
1st pts | 99/129 | 83/122 |
%1st pts | 77% | 68% |
2nd pts | 35/65 | 43/76 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Tsitsipas struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Dimitrov bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
---|---|---|
Won | 12 | 12 |
Converted | 12/27 | 12/36 |
% Converted | 44% | 33% |
Conceded | 8 | 16 |
Saved | 2 | 12 |
% Saved | 25% | 75% |
Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Tsitsipas dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Grigor broke his opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. Grigor conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
Tsitsipas | |||||
R1 Antoni Munar Clar |
R2 Cuevas |
R3 Bedene |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 3-1 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
Tot Games | 45 | 25 | 19 | 89 | |
pts | 131-129 | 87-51 | 77-41 | 295-221 | |
Total points | 260 | 138 | 118 | 516 | |
Winners | 70 | 29 | 29 | 128 | |
%Winners | 53% | 33% | 38% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
1st in | 96/134 | 33/60 | 36/54 | 165/248 | |
% 1st in | 72% | 55% | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 70/96 | 29/33 | 29/36 | 128/165 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 81% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 16/38 | 19/27 | 13/18 | 48/83 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 70% | 72% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
Converted | 6/14 | 6/13 | 5/9 | 17/36 | |
Converted % | 43% | 46% | 56% | 47% | |
Conceded | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Saved | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 4 | |
Saved % | 29% | 0% | 100% | 43% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Dimitrov | |||||
R1 Barrere |
R2 Martin |
R3 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 30 | 16 | 71 | |
pts | 107-82 | 110-87 | 63-38 | 280-207 | |
Total points | 189 | 197 | 101 | 487 | |
Winners | 33 | 50 | 20 | 103 | |
%Winners | 31% | 45% | 32% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
1st in | 49/95 | 73/103 | 24/40 | 146/238 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 71% | 60% | 61% | |
1st pts | 33/49 | 50/73 | 20/24 | 103/146 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 68% | 83% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 24/46 | 19/30 | 12/16 | 55/92 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 75% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
Converted | 7/24 | 5/12 | 4/10 | 16/46 | |
Converted % | 29% | 42% | 40% | 35% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 12 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | – | 50% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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