H2H, PREDICTION Rafael Nadal vs Jordan Thompson | Paris odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Paris. Nadal and Thompson will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan Thompson

Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.084
Jordan Thompson -> 9.2

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan Thompson

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rafael Nadal

Ranked no. 2, Rafael reached the 3rd round after defeating Feliciano Lopez 4-6 7-65 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Lopez, Nadal recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match Nadal scored 105 points vs Lopez’s 96. Nadal was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nadal recorded 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rafael Nadal was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 89% (51/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Lopez once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Nadal has a an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (538-104). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 37-11 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Acapulco where he beat Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2 and in at the French Open where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-0 6-2 7-5.

Nadal has a 23-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Paris

Nadal lost in the semifinal to Denis Shapovalov.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 61, Jordan reached the 3rd round after defeating Federico Delbonis 6-2 6-3 and Borna Coric 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Coric, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Thompson scored 87 points vs Coric’s 83. Jordan was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Thompson managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jordan Thompson lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Coric 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jordan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Jordan has a 12-12 win-loss record in 2020, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Paris

Jordan lost in the 3rd round to Juan Martin Del Potro.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nadal Thompson
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 33 43
Pts 105-96 150-126
Total Points 201 276
Winners 51 58
%Winners 49% 39%

Nadal played 1 match while Thompson competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rafael Nadal conceded 1 set, while Jordan Thompson dropper 1 set. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Thompson (3 vs 5). Therefore, Nadal played 10 games less than Thompson. The Spaniard scored 51 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 58 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nadal Thompson
Aces 16 8
Avg per match 16 4
1st in 57/91 80/131
%1st in 63% 61%
1st pts 51/57 58/80
%1st pts 89% 73%
2nd pts 19/34 27/51
%2nd pts 56% 53%

Nadal struck 16 aces . Thompson recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Nadal won 89% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 73% of the points on 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 Thompson
Won 1 9
Converted 1/7 9/18
% Converted 14% 50%
Conceded 4 12
Saved 3 8
% Saved 75% 67%
Times Broken 1 4

The Spaniard broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Rafael dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Nadal
R2
Lopez
Total
Score 4-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 105-96 105-96
Total points 201 201
Winners 51 51
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 16 16
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 57/91 57/91
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 51/57 51/57
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 19/34 19/34
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/7 1/7
Converted % 14% 14%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Thompson
R1
Delbonis
R2
Coric
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 26 43
pts 63-43 87-83 150-126
Total points 106 170 276
Winners 23 35 58
%Winners 37% 40% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 8
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 30/45 50/86 80/131
% 1st in 67% 58% 61%
1st pts 23/30 35/50 58/80
% 1st pts 77% 70% 73%
2nd pts 11/15 16/36 27/51
% 2nd pts 73% 44% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/8 5/10 9/18
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 1 11 12
Saved 1/1 7/11 8
Saved % 100% 64% 164%
Times Broken 0 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nadal
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Thompson
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2024 2023 2022
12 - 7
35 - 23
2-1
Hard
23-13
0-0
I Hard
5-2
10-6
Clay
3-5
0-0
Grass
4-3

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