Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman will fight against each other in the semifinal of the French Open for the 11th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5 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 Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.156
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman -> 7.3
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
This will be the 11th time that Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman square off. The head to head is 9-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 7-65 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2015.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, Rafael reached the 2nd round after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-4 6-2, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 6-0 6-3, Stefano Travaglia 6-1 6-4 6-0, Sebastian Korda 6-1 6-1 6-2 and Jannik Sinner 7-64 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Nadal had a good straight sets win against Sinner (7-64 6-4 6-1). During the match Nadal scored 106 points vs Sinner’s 84. Nadal was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nadal wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Rafael Nadal lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Nadal broke Sinner 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Nadal has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (535-104). 7-1 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 240-24 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he overcame Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2.
Nadal has a 20-4 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Rafael conquered the title last year in Roland-garros after defeating Dominic Thiem .
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
Ranked no. 14, Schwartzman reached the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0 6-1 6-3, Lorenzo Giustino 6-1 7-5 6-0, Norbert Gombos 7-63 6-3 6-3, Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-3 6-4 and Dominic Thiem 7-61 5-7 6-76 7-65 6-2.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a tough win against Thiem to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-61 5-7 6-76 7-65 6-2). During the match Schwartzman scored 197 points vs Thiem’s 179. Diego was pretty aggressive to blast 77 winners.
Talking about serving, Schwartzman scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman lost the serve 9 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Schwartzman put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (77/124) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (34/65) on the 2nd serve. Schwartzman broke Thiem 10 times after converting 63% of his break points (10/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Cordoba and Rome.
Schwartzman has a 20-9 win-loss record in 2020, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Schwartzman lost in the 2nd round to Leonardo Mayer.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 15 | 17 |
| Tot Games | 125 | 163 |
| Pts | 450-287 | 595-468 |
| Total Points | 737 | 1063 |
| Winners | 184 | 221 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Nadal and Schwartzman played 5 matches. At the moment, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman surrendered 2 sets while Rafael Nadal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Schwartzman (15 vs 17). Therefore, Nadal played 38 games less than Schwartzman. Nadal scored 184 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Schwartzman scored 221 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1st in | 255/380 | 345/539 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 184/255 | 221/345 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 83/125 | 102/194 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 53% |
Nadal managed to score 7 aces (1.4 per match). Schwartzman made 7 aces (1.4 per match). Nadal won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Schwartzman won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 32 | 44 |
| Converted | 32/39 | 44/72 |
| % Converted | 82% | 61% |
| Conceded | 15 | 62 |
| Saved | 11 | 41 |
| % Saved | 73% | 66% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 21 |
Rafael broke his opponents 32 times with a 82% conversion rate. Nadal dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Schwartzman broke his opponents 44 times with a 61% conversion rate. Schwartzman conceded his serve 21 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | |||||||
| R1 Gerasimov |
R2 Mcdonald |
R3 Travaglia |
R4 Korda |
1/4 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-1 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 125 | |
| pts | 88-60 | 85-47 | 80-41 | 91-55 | 106-84 | 450-287 | |
| Total points | 148 | 132 | 121 | 146 | 190 | 737 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 42 | 184 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 44% | 36% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 49/72 | 45/62 | 53/78 | 63/97 | 255/380 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 73% | 68% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/49 | 35/45 | 33/53 | 42/63 | 184/255 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 78% | 62% | 67% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 14/23 | 14/17 | 18/25 | 20/34 | 83/125 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 61% | 82% | 72% | 59% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 7/8 | 6/7 | 8/11 | 6/8 | 32/39 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 88% | 86% | 73% | 75% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | – | 83% | 71% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Schwartzman | |||||||
| R1 Kecmanovic |
R2 Giustino |
R3 Gombos |
R4 Sonego |
1/4 Thiem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 6-0 | 7-63 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 6-4 | 7-61 5-7 6-76 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 59 | 163 | |
| pts | 94-61 | 94-63 | 118-102 | 92-63 | 197-179 | 595-468 | |
| Total points | 155 | 157 | 220 | 155 | 376 | 1063 | |
| Winners | 36 | 31 | 47 | 30 | 77 | 221 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% | 40% | 33% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 49/79 | 75/112 | 44/74 | 124/189 | 345/539 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 67% | 59% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 31/49 | 47/75 | 30/44 | 77/124 | 221/345 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 63% | 68% | 62% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 17/30 | 18/37 | 18/30 | 34/65 | 102/194 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 57% | 49% | 60% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 44 | |
| Converted | 9/14 | 10/14 | 7/17 | 8/11 | 10/16 | 44/72 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 71% | 41% | 73% | 63% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 62 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 7/10 | 11/15 | 4/7 | 13/22 | 41 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 70% | 73% | 57% | 59% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-64 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-61 5-7 6-76 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Mate Pavic/Bruno SoaresPavic/Bruno Soares – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Rafael NadalNadal (1-9) – H2H and prediction
