Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Musetti will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Open Parc for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.23
Lorenzo Musetti -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Acapulco back in March 2021.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Lorenzo Musetti – Acapulco 19-March-2021
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Stefanos reached the semifinal after beating Tommy Paul 6-1 6-4 and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-3 6-4). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 60 points vs Nishioka’s 40. Stefanos was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas fired 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 91% (10/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Nishioka twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek 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 60% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (308-144). 14-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has an aggregate119-39 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Carlo where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.
Stefanos has an aggregate 31-8 win-loss record in 2021, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Tsitsipas has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 88, Lorenzo reached the semifinal after beating Felix Auger Aliassime 7-63 3-6 7-5, Sebastian Korda 6-3 1-6 6-4 and Aljaz Bedene 6-3 7-62.
In the quarter, Musetti had a good straight sets win against Bedene (6-3 7-62). During the match Musetti scored 73 points vs Bedene’s 63. Lorenzo was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Musetti managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Musetti broke Bedene 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lorenzo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 26-13 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 82 |
| Pts | 122-81 | 259-248 |
| Total Points | 203 | 507 |
| Winners | 50 | 120 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Tsitsipas played 2 matches while Musetti competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Lorenzo Musetti lost 2 sets while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 4 set(s) less than Musetti (4 vs 8). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 46 games less than Musetti. The Greek scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 120 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 61/97 | 179/253 |
| %1st in | 63% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 50/61 | 120/179 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 28/36 | 38/74 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 51% |
Tsitsipas recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Musetti bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Tsitsipas won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 36% | 45% |
| Conceded | 0 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Stefanos pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | ||||
| R2 Paul |
1/4 Nishioka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 60-40 | 122-81 | |
| Total points | 103 | 100 | 203 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 50% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/49 | 37/48 | 61/97 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 77% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 30/37 | 50/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 10/11 | 28/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 91% | 78% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Musetti | |||||
| R1 Auger-Aliassime |
R2 Korda |
1/4 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 3-6 7-5 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 26 | 22 | 82 | |
| pts | 104-104 | 82-81 | 73-63 | 259-248 | |
| Total points | 208 | 163 | 136 | 507 | |
| Winners | 50 | 37 | 33 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 76/103 | 55/81 | 48/69 | 179/253 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 68% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 50/76 | 37/55 | 33/48 | 120/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 67% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/26 | 12/21 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 30% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matthew Ebden/John-Patrick SmithEbden/John-Patrick Smith – Henri Kontinen/Edouard Roger-VasselinKontinen/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-0 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
