Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas will fight against each other in the Round Robin of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:00 pm on Centre 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 Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.40
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 7th time that Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 5-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, Nadal got to the Round Robin after defeating Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4.
Nadal has a a superlative record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (541-106). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nadal has a 40-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering 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 beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-0 6-2 7-5.
The Spaniard has a 26-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Nitto ATP Finals
Rafael conquered the title last year in Nitto-atp-finals after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas .
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Tsitsipas got to the Round Robin after defeating Andrey Rublev 6-1 4-6 7-66.
In the previous match, Tsitsipas defeated Rublev (6-1 4-6 7-66). During the match Tsitsipas scored 95 points vs Rublev’s 83. Tsitsipas was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas bagged 10 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Rublev twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
His best result of the season was managing to win the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Greek has a 29-13 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Nitto ATP Finals
The Greek won the title last year in Nitto-atp-finals after downing Dominic Thiem .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 62 |
| Pts | 63-49 | 95-83 |
| Total Points | 112 | 178 |
| Winners | 32 | 46 |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% |
Both Nadal and Tsitsipas played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rafael Nadal conceded 2 sets, while Stefanos Tsitsipas dropper 3 sets. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Tsitsipas (4 vs 6). Therefore, Nadal played 17 games less than Tsitsipas. Nadal scored 32 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek recorded 46 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 57/83 |
| %1st in | 72% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 46/57 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 15/26 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Nadal recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Tsitsipas managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Nadal won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 22% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Rafael broke his opponents twice with a 40% conversion rate. Rafael pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Stefanos broke his opponents twice with a 22% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | ||||
| Round Robin Thiem |
Round Robin Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-64 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| pts | – | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 0 | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | / | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | ||
| Converted | / | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsitsipas | ||||
| Round Robin Rublev |
Round Robin Thiem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 7-66 | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| pts | 95-83 | – | 95-83 | |
| Total points | 178 | 0 | 178 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | NAN% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 57/83 | / | 57/83 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | NAN% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | / | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | NAN% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | / | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | NAN% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | ||
| Converted | 2/9 | / | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | NAN% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Rafael NadalNadal (7-67 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin Krawietz/Andreas MiesKrawietz/Andreas Mies – Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo MeloKubot/Marcelo Melo (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andrey RublevRublev (6-1 4-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (7-65 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – John Peers/Michael VenusPeers/Michael Venus (7-62 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mate Pavic/Bruno SoaresPavic/Bruno Soares – Jurgen Melzer/Edouard Roger-VasselinMelzer/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-76 6-1 10-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo MeloKubot/Marcelo Melo (7-5 3-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael NadalNadal – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Andrey RublevRublev (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (4-0) – H2H and prediction
