Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7.30 pm on Rod Laver 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 Daniil Medvedev who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.56
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 2.63
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 7th time that Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas fight against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the R in Nitto atp finals back in 2019.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Daniil Medvedev – Nitto atp finals 11-November-2019
Daniil Medvedev
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Daniil reached the R after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-2 6-4, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 7-5 6-1, Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-2 6-3 and Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Medvedev had a good straight sets win against Rublev (7-5 6-3 6-2). During the match Medvedev scored 97 points vs Rublev’s 78. Medvedev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Medvedev recorded 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (43/54) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Rublev 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medvedev has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Medvedev has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (329-151). 9-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has a 133-50 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Daniil has a 9-0 win-loss record in 2021, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Medvedev capitulated in the 4th round to Stan Wawrinka.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Tsitsipas reached the R after defeating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-1, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4, Mikael Ymer 6-4 6-1 6-1, Matteo Berrettini w/o and Rafael Nadal 3-6 2-6 7-64 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Stefanos had a tough win against Nadal to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 2-6 7-64 6-4 7-5). During the match Tsitsipas and Nadal scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 4 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tsitsipas has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Greek has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Greek lost in the 3rd round to Milos Raonic.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 17 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 152 | 151 |
| Pts | 506-382 | 357-263 |
| Total Points | 888 | 620 |
| Winners | 214 | 138 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Medvedev played 5 matches while Tsitsipas competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniil Medvedev surrendered 2 sets, while Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped 4 sets. Medvedev has played 1 set more than Tsitsipas (17 vs 16). Therefore, Medvedev played 1 game more than Tsitsipas. Daniil scored 214 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Tsitsipas fired 138 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 57 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 11.4 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 269/441 | 166/269 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 214/269 | 138/166 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 94/172 | 63/103 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 61% |
Medvedev blasted 57 aces (11.4 per match). Tsitsipas fired 26 aces (6.5 per match). Medvedev won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 30 | 19 |
| Converted | 30/53 | 19/44 |
| % Converted | 57% | 43% |
| Conceded | 22 | 4 |
| Saved | 15 | 3 |
| % Saved | 68% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponents 30 times with a 57% conversion rate. Medvedev conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 19 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | |||||||
| R1 Pospisil |
R2 Carballes Baena |
R3 Krajinovic |
R4 Mcdonald |
1/4 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 43 | 27 | 29 | 152 | |
| pts | 89-63 | 95-53 | 144-128 | 81-60 | 97-78 | 506-382 | |
| Total points | 152 | 148 | 272 | 141 | 175 | 888 | |
| Winners | 39 | 42 | 54 | 36 | 43 | 214 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | 38% | 44% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 57 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 50/74 | 49/76 | 70/130 | 46/71 | 54/90 | 269/441 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 54% | 65% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 42/49 | 54/70 | 36/46 | 43/54 | 214/269 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 86% | 77% | 78% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 13/27 | 31/60 | 15/25 | 19/36 | 94/172 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 48% | 52% | 60% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/8 | 7/18 | 6/7 | 5/11 | 30/53 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 88% | 39% | 86% | 45% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 8/11 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 73% | 0% | 80% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tsitsipas | |||||||
| R1 Simon |
R2 Kokkinakis |
R3 Ymer |
R4 Berrettini |
1/4 Nadal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 6-1 | 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 6-1 | w/o | 3-6 2-6 7-64 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | 5 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 53 | 24 | – | 52 | 151 | |
| pts | 82-42 | 188-166 | 87-55 | – | – | 357-263 | |
| Total points | 124 | 354 | 142 | – | 0 | 620 | |
| Winners | 27 | 80 | 31 | – | 138 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | 43% | 36% | – | NAN% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 17 | 8 | – | 0 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 10 | 3 | – | 14 | ||
| 1st in | 33/56 | 93/147 | 40/66 | – | / | 166/269 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 61% | – | – | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 80/93 | 31/40 | – | / | 138/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 86% | 78% | – | – | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 30/54 | 16/26 | – | / | 63/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 56% | 62% | – | – | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 7 | – | 19 | ||
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/22 | 7/12 | – | / | 19/44 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 23% | 58% | – | – | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/1 | – | 0/ | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 0% | – | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 2-6 7-64 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-76 6-2 6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Filip PolasekDodig/Filip Polasek – Matthew Ebden/John-Patrick SmithEbden/John-Patrick Smith (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (5-1) – H2H and prediction
