H2H, PREDICTION Jannik Sinner vs Vasek Pospisil | Sofia odds, preview, pick

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

Mark Hall

14 November 2020

Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Vasek Pospisil

Jannik Sinner and Vasek Pospisil will play each other in the final of the Sofia Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 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 -> 1.6
Vasek Pospisil -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Vasek Pospisil

There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Vasek Pospisil since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 44, Jannik got to the final after beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2 6-4, Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4, Alex De Minaur 6-7³ 6-4 6-1 and Adrian Mannarino 6-3 7-5.

In the semifinal, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 7-5). During the match Sinner scored 65 points vs Mannarino’s 58. Sinner was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sinner recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jannik Sinner was very efficent on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mannarino twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jannik has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (112-60). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has a 42-13 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Sinner’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Cologne and Sofia.

Jannik has a 19-14 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sofia

Sinner didn’t compete in Sofia in 2019.

Vasek Pospisil

Ranked no. 74, the Canadian got to the final after defeating Illya Marchenko 6-2 5-7 7-6⁵, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-4, John Millman 6-3 6-2 and Richard Gasquet 6-7⁶ 6-2 6-0.

In the semifinal against Gasquet, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-0). During the match Pospisil scored 96 points vs Gasquet’s 68. Vasek was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Pospisil struck 19 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vasek Pospisil was pretty efficent on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pospisil broke Gasquet 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pospisil has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Vasek’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Montpellier.

Vasek has a 21-11 win-loss record in 2020, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sinner	Pospisil
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	88	96
Pts	316-262	332-261
Total Points	578	593
Winners	126	135
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Sinner and Pospisil played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jannik Sinner conceded 1 set, while Vasek Pospisil dropper 2 sets. Sinner has played 1 set(s) less than Pospisil (9 vs 10). Therefore, Sinner played 8 games less than Pospisil. The Italian scored 126 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Vasek scored 135 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sinner	Pospisil
Aces	21	37
Avg per match	5.3	9.3
1st in	159/278	161/280
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	126/159	135/161
%1st pts	79%	84%
2nd pts	62/119	67/119
%2nd pts	52%	56%

Sinner scored 21 aces (5.3 per match). Pospisil fired 37 aces (9.3 per match). Sinner won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Pospisil won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sinner	Pospisil
Won	14	14
Converted	14/34	14/30
% Converted	41%	47%
Conceded	18	15
Saved	15	12
% Saved	83%	80%
Times Broken	3	3

Sinner broke his opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Pospisil conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Fucsovics	R2 Huesler	1/4 De Minaur	1/2 Mannarino	Total
Sinner
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-7³ 6-4 6-1	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	18	19	30	21	88
pts	77-61	69-53	105-90	65-58	316-262
Total points	138	122	195	123	578
Winners	22	32	43	29	126
%Winners	29%	46%	41%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	4	9	21
Double Faults	2	1	4	3	10
1st in	32/58	37/60	54/89	36/71	159/278
% 1st in	55%	62%	61%	51%	57%
1st pts	22/32	32/37	43/54	29/36	126/159
% 1st pts	69%	86%	80%	81%	79%
2nd pts	13/26	13/23	17/35	19/35	62/119
% 2nd pts	50%	57%	49%	54%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	2	5	2	14
Converted	5/18	2/5	5/9	2/2	14/34
Converted %	28%	40%	56%	100%	41%
Conceded	6	2	7	3	18
Saved	4/6	2/2	6/7	3/3	15
Saved %	67%	100%	86%	100%	88%
Times Broken	2	0	1	0	3

	R1 Marchenko	R2 Struff	1/4 Millman	1/2 Gasquet	Total
Pospisil
Score	6-2 5-7 7-6⁵	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-2	6-7⁶ 6-2 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	33	19	17	27	96
pts	106-96	66-55	64-42	96-68	332-261
Total points	202	121	106	164	593
Winners	48	28	24	35	135
%Winners	45%	42%	38%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	5	19	37
Double Faults	4	4	0	3	11
1st in	61/96	31/62	28/48	41/74	161/280
% 1st in	64%	50%	58%	55%	58%
1st pts	48/61	28/31	24/28	35/41	135/161
% 1st pts	79%	90%	86%	85%	84%
2nd pts	18/35	16/31	11/20	22/33	67/119
% 2nd pts	51%	52%	55%	67%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	5	14
Converted	3/7	2/10	4/6	5/7	14/30
Converted %	43%	20%	67%	71%	47%
Conceded	10	1	3	1	15
Saved	8/10	1/1	2/3	1/1	12
Saved %	80%	100%	67%	100%	87%
Times Broken	2	0	1	0	3