Pablo Carreno-Busta and Grigor Dimitrov will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2.30 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.8
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 8th time that Pablo Carreno-Busta and Grigor Dimitrov square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Carreno-Busta won 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in Barcelona back in 2018.
Pablo Carreno-Busta
Ranked no. 16, Pablo got to the quarter after defeating Kei Nishikori 7-5 7-64 6-2 and Jiri Vesely 6-3 7-63 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-3 7-63 2-6 6-4). During the match Carreno-Busta scored 121 points vs Vesely’s 111. Pablo was extremely aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carreno-Busta managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Pablo Carreno-Busta was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (62/77) of his 1st serve and 56% (27/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Carreno-Busta broke Vesely twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Carreno-Busta has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (346-201). 4-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Carreno-Busta has a 104-61 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Carreno-Busta surrendered in the 3rd round to Rafael Nadal.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 21, Dimitrov reached the quarter after beating Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2 7-65 and Alex Bolt 7-61 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-61 6-1 6-2). During the match Dimitrov scored 104 points vs Bolt’s 68. Grigor was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov bagged 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (47/58) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Bolt 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitrov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Dimitrov has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Grigor had to surrender in the 2nd round to Tommy Paul.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carreno-Busta | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 59 |
| Pts | 234-209 | 204-152 |
| Total Points | 443 | 356 |
| Winners | 119 | 99 |
| %Winners | 51% | 49% |
Both Carreno-Busta and Dimitrov played 2 matches. At the moment, Pablo Carreno-Busta surrendered 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t lost a set so far. Carreno-Busta has played 1 set more than Dimitrov (7 vs 6). Therefore, Carreno-Busta played 14 games more than Dimitrov. Pablo scored 119 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor managed to score 99 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carreno-Busta | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 14.5 |
| 1st in | 155/234 | 121/176 |
| %1st in | 66% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 119/155 | 99/121 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 42/79 | 32/55 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Carreno-Busta recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Dimitrov bagged 29 aces (14.5 per match). Carreno-Busta won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 82% 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 | Carreno-Busta | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 57% | 42% |
| Conceded | 19 | 8 |
| Saved | 14 | 7 |
| % Saved | 74% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Grigor broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Grigor conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carreno-Busta | ||||
| R1 Nishikori |
R2 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 40 | 73 | |
| pts | 113-98 | 121-111 | 234-209 | |
| Total points | 211 | 232 | 443 | |
| Winners | 57 | 62 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 78/109 | 77/125 | 155/234 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 57/78 | 62/77 | 119/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 27/48 | 42/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 2/3 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 6/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Dimitrov | ||||
| R1 Cilic |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 7-65 | 7-61 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 28 | 59 | |
| pts | 100-84 | 104-68 | 204-152 | |
| Total points | 184 | 172 | 356 | |
| Winners | 52 | 47 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 19 | 10 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/91 | 58/85 | 121/176 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 52/63 | 47/58 | 99/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 17/27 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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