Jannik Sinner and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will play each other in the 2^nd round of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on bett1 Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.22
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 4.00

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There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 46 (career high), the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating James Duckworth 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (6-1 6-2). During the match Sinner scored 60 points vs Duckworth’s 31. Sinner was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sinner was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Jannik Sinner was pretty efficent on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sinner broke Duckworth 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (105-58). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has a 35-11 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

The Italian has a 12-12 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cologne

Jannik didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Ranked no. 82, Herbert got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-3 6-0, Sumit Nagal 6-2 6-2 and Tennys Sandgren 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Herbert defeated Sandgren (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Herbert scored 95 points vs Sandgren’s 90. the French player was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Herbert made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 52% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Sandgren 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Prague Challenger.

Pierre-Hugues has a 17-10 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cologne

Pierre-Hugues didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Sinner played 1 match while Herbert competed in 3 matches. Herbert started his run from the qualifications while Sinner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert surrendered 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sinner has played 5 set(s) less than Herbert (2 vs 7). Therefore, Sinner played 43 games less than Herbert. The Italian scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Herbert blasted 81 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Sinner didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Herbert bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Sinner won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jannik broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Italian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. the French player broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. the French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 2Slam
• 19Main
• 3Chall
• 2Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 5Chall
• 6Minor

Jannik
Sinner

2:0

Pierre-Hugues
Herbert

Rank

1

High

1

1Clay0

1I.hard0

Rank

147

High

36

Win Loss

Sinner

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Herbert

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70 - 6

33 - 31

40-3

Hard

3-5

10-0

I Hard

19-12

11-2

Clay

8-11

9-1

Grass

3-3

Tennis Scores in Cologne

• Alexander ZverevZverev – John MillmanMillman (6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oscar OtteOtte – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-0) – H2H and prediction

Sinner

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Herbert