H2H, PREDICTION Grigor Dimitrov vs Alex Bolt | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alex Bolt

Grigor Dimitrov and Alex Bolt will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.157
Alex Bolt -> 5.65

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alex Bolt

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 21, Dimitrov reached the 2nd round after beating Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2 7-65.

In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Cilic (6-4 6-2 7-65). During the match Dimitrov scored 100 points vs Cilic’s 84. The Bulgarian was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dimitrov recorded 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (52/63) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bulgarian broke Cilic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Dimitrov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (314-187). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has a 141-89 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Dimitrov has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Dimitrov surrendered in the 2nd round to Tommy Paul.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 166, Bolt got to the 2nd round after beating Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Bolt scored 121 points vs Gombos’s 102. Bolt was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Bolt scored 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (50/67) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Gombos 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Alex has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Alex surrendered in the 2nd round to Dominic Thiem.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dimitrov Bolt
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 31 35
Pts 100-84 121-102
Total Points 184 223
Winners 52 50
%Winners 52% 41%

Both Dimitrov and Bolt played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Bolt conceded 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t lost a set so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set(s) less than Bolt (3 vs 4). Therefore, Dimitrov played 4 games less than Bolt. Dimitrov scored 52 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Alex fired 50 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dimitrov Bolt
Aces 19 11
Avg per match 19 11
1st in 63/91 67/106
%1st in 69% 63%
1st pts 52/63 50/67
%1st pts 83% 75%
2nd pts 15/28 22/39
%2nd pts 54% 56%

Dimitrov struck 19 aces . Bolt bagged 11 aces . Dimitrov won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 75% of the points behind 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 Dimitrov Bolt
Won 4 6
Converted 4/10 6/18
% Converted 40% 33%
Conceded 4 2
Saved 3 0
% Saved 75% 0%
Times Broken 1 2

Dimitrov broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
R1
Cilic
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 7-65
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 100-84 100-84
Total points 184 184
Winners 52 52
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 19 19
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 63/91 63/91
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 52/63 52/63
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Bolt
R1
Gombos
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 35
pts 121-102 121-102
Total points 223 223
Winners 50 50
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 67/106 67/106
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 50/67 50/67
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 22/39 22/39
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/18 6/18
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Dimitrov
WLWWWLLLWW
Bolt
LWWWLWWWWW
2025 2024 2023
18 - 11
35 - 23
9-6
Hard
26-17
1-0
I Hard
0-0
5-4
Clay
0-1
3-1
Grass
9-5

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