Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikael Ymer will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4 pm on John Cain Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.103
Mikael Ymer -> 8

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikael Ymer

This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikael Ymer play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Marseille back in 2020.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Mikael Ymer – Marseille 19-February-2020

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 6, the Greek reached the 2nd round after beating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-1 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a tough win against Kokkinakis to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4). During the match Tsitsipas scored 188 points vs Kokkinakis’s 166. Tsitsipas was extremely aggressive to blast 80 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas recorded 17 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (80/93) of his 1st serve and 56% (30/54) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Kokkinakis 5 times after converting 23% of his break points (5/22).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tsitsipas has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (281-136). 4-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 109-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Stefanos has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Greek lost in the 3rd round to Milos Raonic.

Mikael Ymer

Ranked no. 95, Mikael reached the 2nd round after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-2 and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-65.

In the 2nd round against Alcaraz Garfia, Mikael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4 7-65). During the match Ymer scored 134 points vs Alcaraz Garfia’s 131. Ymer was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Talking about serving, Ymer fired 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve 8 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (56/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Alcaraz Garfia 8 times after converting 44% of his break points (8/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swede has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

The Swede has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Swede lost in the 2nd round to Karen Khachanov.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tsitsipas Ymer
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 75 88
Pts 270-208 290-294
Total Points 478 584
Winners 107 147
%Winners 40% 51%

Both Tsitsipas and Ymer played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas surrendered 2 sets, while Mikael Ymer dropped 3 sets. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Ymer (8 vs 9). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 13 games less than Ymer. Stefanos scored 107 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mikael fired 147 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tsitsipas Ymer
Aces 18 9
Avg per match 9 4.5
1st in 126/203 227/316
%1st in 62% 72%
1st pts 107/126 147/227
%1st pts 85% 65%
2nd pts 47/77 39/89
%2nd pts 61% 44%

Tsitsipas recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Ymer managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tsitsipas Ymer
Won 12 13
Converted 12/32 13/26
% Converted 38% 50%
Conceded 3 32
Saved 3 20
% Saved 100% 63%
Times Broken 0 12

Stefanos broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tsitsipas pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Swede broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
R1
Simon		 R2
Kokkinakis		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4
Tot Set 3 5 8
Tot Games 22 53 75
pts 82-42 188-166 270-208
Total points 124 354 478
Winners 27 80 107
%Winners 33% 43% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 17 18
Double Faults 1 10 11
1st in 33/56 93/147 126/203
% 1st in 59% 63% 62%
1st pts 27/33 80/93 107/126
% 1st pts 82% 86% 85%
2nd pts 17/23 30/54 47/77
% 2nd pts 74% 56% 61%
Breaks
Won 7 5 12
Converted 7/10 5/22 12/32
Converted % 70% 23% 38%
Conceded 0 3 3
Saved 0/0 3/3 3
Saved % – 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Ymer
R1
Hurkacz		 R2
Alcaraz		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-65
Tot Set 5 4 9
Tot Games 47 41 88
pts 156-163 134-131 290-294
Total points 319 265 584
Winners 91 56 147
%Winners 58% 42% 51%
SERVE
Aces 7 2 9
Double Faults 9 8 17
1st in 139/184 88/132 227/316
% 1st in 76% 67% 72%
1st pts 91/139 56/88 147/227
% 1st pts 65% 64% 65%
2nd pts 20/45 19/44 39/89
% 2nd pts 44% 43% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 8 13
Converted 5/8 8/18 13/26
Converted % 63% 44% 50%
Conceded 17 15 32
Saved 13/17 7/15 20
Saved % 76% 47% 62%
Times Broken 4 8 12

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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