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H2H, PREDICTION Alex De Minaur vs Jannik Sinner | Sofia odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Sofia. De Minaur and Sinner will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

12 November 2020

Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Jannik Sinner

Alex De Minaur and Jannik Sinner will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.76
Alex De Minaur -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Jannik Sinner

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex De Minaur and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

Alex De Minaur

Ranked no. 25, Alex reached the quarter after defeating Aslan Karatsev 6-4 7-6⁵.

In the 2^nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match De Minaur scored 83 points vs Karatsev’s 75. Alex was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Minaur was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Karatsev 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (219-118). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, De Minaur has a 31-16 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Antwerp.

The Australian has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sofia

De Minaur didn’t play in Sofia in 2019.

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 44, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2 6-4 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-3 6-4). During the match Sinner scored 69 points vs Huesler’s 53. Jannik was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Sinner managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jannik Sinner was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sinner broke Huesler twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sinner hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Cologne.

Jannik has a 17-14 win-loss record in 2020, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Minaur	Sinner
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	23	37
Pts	83-75	146-114
Total Points	158	260
Winners	36	54
%Winners	43%	37%

De Minaur played 1 match while Sinner competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. De Minaur has played 2 set(s) less than Sinner (2 vs 4). Therefore, De Minaur played 14 games less than Sinner. Alex scored 36 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 54 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Minaur	Sinner
Aces	0	8
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	52/89	69/118
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	36/52	54/69
%1st pts	69%	78%
2nd pts	17/37	26/49
%2nd pts	46%	53%

De Minaur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sinner fired 8 aces (4 per match). De Minaur won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sinner won 78% 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	De Minaur	Sinner
Won	3	7
Converted	3/6	7/23
% Converted	50%	30%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6	6
% Saved	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

De Minaur broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. De Minaur surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sinner broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Jannik conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

	R2 Karatsev	Total
De Minaur
Score	6-4 7-6⁵
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	83-75	83-75
Total points	158	158
Winners	36	36
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	52/89	52/89
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	36/52	36/52
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	17/37	17/37
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

	R1 Fucsovics	R2 Huesler	Total
Sinner
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	19	37
pts	77-61	69-53	146-114
Total points	138	122	260
Winners	22	32	54
%Winners	29%	46%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	8
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	32/58	37/60	69/118
% 1st in	55%	62%	58%
1st pts	22/32	32/37	54/69
% 1st pts	69%	86%	78%
2nd pts	13/26	13/23	26/49
% 2nd pts	50%	57%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/18	2/5	7/23
Converted %	28%	40%	30%
Conceded	6	2	8
Saved	4/6	2/2	6
Saved %	67%	100%	167%
Times Broken	2	0	2