Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. 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 -> 1.666
Jannik Sinner -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jannik Sinner
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsitsipas and Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sinner won 6-1 6-7(9) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2020.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Rome 16-September-2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), the Greek got to the semifinal after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-0 6-2, Alex De Minaur 7-5 6-3 and Felix Auger Aliassime 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-3 6-3). During the match Tsitsipas scored 58 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 43. Tsitsipas was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stefanos broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (302-141). 8-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 113-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Carlo where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.
Tsitsipas has a 25-5 win-loss record in 2021, 8-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 19 (career high), Sinner got to the semifinal after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-3 6-2, Roberto Bautista Agut 7-69 6-2 and Andrey Rublev 6-2 7-66.
In the quarter, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-2 7-66). During the match Sinner scored 72 points vs Rublev’s 61. Sinner was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sinner struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jannik Sinner lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sinner put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Sinner broke Rublev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Jannik has a 18-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 59 |
| Pts | 187-132 | 216-174 |
| Total Points | 319 | 390 |
| Winners | 87 | 94 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Tsitsipas and Sinner played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Sinner have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Tsitsipas played 6 games less than Sinner. Tsitsipas scored 87 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sinner recorded 94 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 110/168 | 134/208 |
| %1st in | 65% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 87/110 | 94/134 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 40/74 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Tsitsipas scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Sinner recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Tsitsipas won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sinner won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 65% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 89% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Greek broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stefanos lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||||
| R2 Munar Clar |
R3 De Minaur |
1/4 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 21 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 63-33 | 66-56 | 58-43 | 187-132 | |
| Total points | 96 | 122 | 101 | 319 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 29 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 56% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 49/70 | 37/55 | 110/168 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 70% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 37/49 | 29/37 | 87/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 76% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/21 | 11/18 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 52% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 60% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sinner | |||||
| R2 Gerasimov |
R3 Bautista-Agut |
1/4 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-69 6-2 | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 85-70 | 72-61 | 216-174 | |
| Total points | 102 | 155 | 133 | 390 | |
| Winners | 26 | 42 | 26 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% | 36% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 61/90 | 41/69 | 134/208 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 42/61 | 26/41 | 94/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 14/29 | 17/28 | 40/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 61% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/4 | 3/7 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 43% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah – Daniel Evans/Neal SkupskiEvans/Neal Skupski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Ivan Dodig/Jamie MurrayDodig/Jamie Murray (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
