Bernard Tomic and John-Patrick Smith will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open Qualifying for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3.30 pm on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernard Tomic who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Bernard Tomic is the pick to win this match.
Bernard Tomic -> 1.88
John-Patrick Smith -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Bernard Tomic vs. John-Patrick Smith

This will be the 2nd time that Bernard Tomic and John-Patrick Smith fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Smith (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Bernard Tomic

Ranked no. 228, Bernard got to the qualifications after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 1-6 7-63.

In the qualifications, Tomic defeated Schoolkate (6-4 1-6 7-63).-102) than Schoolkate. In fact, the world no. 228 won 102 points vs Schoolkate’s. That means that Tomic was more focused during the important points. Bernard was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tomic recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Bernard Tomic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Tomic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (49/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Bernard broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bernard has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 50% of the points he played.

Tomic has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (219-193). 2-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomic has a 127-86 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Qualifying

Bernard didn’t compete at the Australian Open Qualifying in 2020.

John-Patrick Smith

Ranked no. 315, Smith got to the qualifications after beating Paolo Lorenzi 7-5 6-1 and Tallon Griekspoor 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Griekspoor, John-Patrick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Smith scored 79 points vs Griekspoor’s 73. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Smith managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. John-Patrick Smith lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the 2nd serve. John-Patrick broke Griekspoor twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

John-Patrick has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tomic Smith
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 59 46
Pts 194-193 149-127
Total Points 387 276
Winners 89 75
%Winners 46% 50%

Both Tomic and Smith played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Bernard Tomic conceded 2 sets, while John-Patrick Smith dropper 1 set. Tomic has played 1 set more than Smith (6 vs 5). Therefore, Tomic played 13 games more than Smith. Tomic scored 89 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Smith managed to score 75 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tomic Smith
Aces 15 10
Avg per match 7.5 5
1st in 124/184 103/143
%1st in 67% 72%
1st pts 89/124 75/103
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 31/60 23/40
%2nd pts 52% 58%

Tomic struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Smith scored 10 aces (5 per match). Tomic won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 73% of the points behind 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 Tomic Smith
Won 5 6
Converted 5/14 6/13
% Converted 36% 46%
Conceded 12 16
Saved 7 13
% Saved 58% 81%
Times Broken 5 3

Tomic broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Tomic lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. John-Patrick conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomic
Q1
Kovalik		 Q2
Schoolkate		 Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4 1-6 7-63
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 29 30 59
pts 92-87 102-106 194-193
Total points 179 208 387
Winners 40 49 89
%Winners 43% 48% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 7 15
Double Faults 0 4 4
1st in 53/84 71/100 124/184
% 1st in 63% 71% 67%
1st pts 40/53 49/71 89/124
% 1st pts 75% 69% 72%
2nd pts 19/31 12/29 31/60
% 2nd pts 61% 41% 52%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/7 3/7 5/14
Converted % 29% 43% 36%
Conceded 2 10 12
Saved 1/2 6/10 7
Saved % 50% 60% 55%
Times Broken 1 4 5
Smith
Q1
Lorenzi		 Q2
Griekspoor		 Total
Score 7-5 6-1 2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 27 46
pts 70-54 79-73 149-127
Total points 124 152 276
Winners 37 38 75
%Winners 53% 48% 50%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 10
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 48/65 55/78 103/143
% 1st in 74% 71% 72%
1st pts 37/48 38/55 75/103
% 1st pts 77% 69% 73%
2nd pts 6/17 17/23 23/40
% 2nd pts 35% 74% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/7 2/6 6/13
Converted % 57% 33% 46%
Conceded 11 5 16
Saved 10/11 3/5 13
Saved % 91% 60% 76%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open Qualifying

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