Grigor Dimitrov and Alex De Minaur will fight against each other in the semifinal of the European Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 530 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 Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.50
Grigor Dimitrov -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alex De Minaur
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Alex De Minaur clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 20, Dimitrov got to the semifinal after beating Pablo Andujar 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Milos Raonic w/o.
In the quarter, The Bulgarian defeated Raonic (w/o). During the match Dimitrov and Raonic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 20 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Regarding the service games, Dimitrov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Grigor Dimitrov conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (342-211). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has a 78-39 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Acapulco.
Dimitrov has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Antwerp
Dimitrov didn’t compete in Antwerp in 2019.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 29, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Richard Gasquet 3-6 7-65 6-3, Feliciano Lopez 6-4 6-2 and Marcos Giron 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, De Minaur had a good straight sets win against Giron (6-3 6-0). During the match De Minaur scored 56 points vs Giron’s 30. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, De Minaur scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex De Minaur was pretty efficent on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Giron 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
De Minaur has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alex has a 9-7 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Antwerp
Alex didn’t play in Antwerp in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 64 |
| Pts | 96-89 | 224-176 |
| Total Points | 185 | 400 |
| Winners | 46 | 89 |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% |
Dimitrov played 1 match while De Minaur competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Grigor Dimitrov conceded 1 set, while Alex De Minaur dropper 1 set. Dimitrov has played 4 set(s) less than De Minaur (3 vs 7). Therefore, Dimitrov played 35 games less than De Minaur. Grigor scored 46 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Alex fired 89 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 55/98 | 118/186 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | 89/118 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | 40/68 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 59% |
Dimitrov blasted 9 aces . De Minaur bagged 14 aces (4.7 per match). Dimitrov won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, De Minaur won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 60% | 46% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dimitrov surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. De Minaur conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | ||||
| R2 Andujar |
1/4 Raonic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 0 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-89 | – | 96-89 | |
| Total points | 185 | 0 | 185 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | NAN% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 55/98 | / | 55/98 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | NAN% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | / | 46/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | NAN% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | / | 17/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | NAN% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/5 | / | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | NAN% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | ||
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/ | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
| De Minaur | |||||
| R1 Gasquet |
R2 Lopez |
1/4 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 | 15 | 64 | |
| pts | 103-95 | 65-51 | 56-30 | 224-176 | |
| Total points | 198 | 116 | 86 | 400 | |
| Winners | 38 | 29 | 22 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/82 | 39/61 | 27/43 | 118/186 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 29/39 | 22/27 | 89/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 11/22 | 11/16 | 40/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 44% | 80% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | 100% | 116% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Milos RaonicRaonic (w/o) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
