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H2H, PREDICTION John Millman vs Tommy Paul | Nur-Sultan odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Nur-Sultan. Millman and Paul will fight against each other in the quarter of the Astana Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

30 October 2020

Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. Tommy Paul

John Millman and Tommy Paul will fight against each other in the quarter of the Astana Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on 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 Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.94
John Millman -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. Tommy Paul

There is no head to head record between John Millman and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

John Millman

Ranked no. 45, the Australian reached the quarter after beating Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Millman had a good straight sets win against Verdasco (6-3 6-4). During the match Millman scored 64 points vs Verdasco’s 51. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Millman recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. John Millman was quite efficent on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Millman broke Verdasco twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Millman has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (289-197). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Millman has a 23-22 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

John has a 13-11 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Nur-Sultan

John didn’t play in Nur-Sultan in 2019.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 59, Tommy got to the quarter after defeating Stefano Travaglia 7-6² 6-3 and Radu Albot 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-4 6-0). During the match Paul scored 63 points vs Albot’s 40. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Paul was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Albot 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tommy hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Tommy’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Adelaide.

The American has a 20-12 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Nur-Sultan

The American didn’t play in Nur-Sultan in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Millman	Paul
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	19	38
Pts	64-51	142-102
Total Points	115	244
Winners	38	51
%Winners	59%	36%

Millman played 1 match while Paul competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Millman has played 2 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 4). Therefore, Millman played 19 games less than Paul. Millman scored 38 winners (59% of the total points). On the other side, Paul scored 51 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Millman	Paul
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	48/67	68/121
%1st in	72%	56%
1st pts	38/48	51/68
%1st pts	79%	75%
2nd pts	11/19	30/53
%2nd pts	58%	57%

Millman scored 2 aces . Paul struck 6 aces (3 per match). Millman won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 75% 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	Millman	Paul
Won	2	9
Converted	2/4	9/13
% Converted	50%	69%
Conceded	4	14
Saved	4	11
% Saved	100%	79%
Times Broken	0	3

John broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Millman had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Paul broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Tommy conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

	R2 Verdasco	Total
Millman
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-51	64-51
Total points	115	115
Winners	38	38
%Winners	59%	59%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	48/67	48/67
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	38/48	38/48
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

	R1 Travaglia	R2 Albot	Total
Paul
Score	7-6² 6-3	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	16	38
pts	79-62	63-40	142-102
Total points	141	103	244
Winners	26	25	51
%Winners	33%	40%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	6
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	32/64	36/57	68/121
% 1st in	50%	63%	56%
1st pts	26/32	25/36	51/68
% 1st pts	81%	69%	75%
2nd pts	18/32	12/21	30/53
% 2nd pts	56%	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/8	5/5	9/13
Converted %	50%	100%	69%
Conceded	8	6	14
Saved	6/8	5/6	11
Saved %	75%	83%	158%
Times Broken	2	1	3