Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda will square off in the semifinal of the Emilia-Romagna Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:15 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.85
Tommy Paul -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Korda

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Korda won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Delray beach back in January 2021.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 55, Tommy got to the semifinal after beating Stefano Travaglia 7-5 6-4, Jiri Vesely 6-73 7-65 6-3 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-2 6-4). During the match, Paul scored 61 points vs Struff’s 45. Paul was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Tommy Paul was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Struff 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Paul started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Paul has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (245-137). 8-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Paul has a composed92-41 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Paul has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Parma

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Parma
Paul's Record

Sebastian Korda

Ranked no. 63, Sebastian got to the semifinal after beating Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-4, Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 7-5 and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-3 6-3). During the match Korda scored 66 points vs Nishioka’s 47. Korda was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Korda managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Korda was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Nishioka 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sebastian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Delray Beach and the Quimper Challenger.

The American has an overall 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Parma
Korda's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Paul
S.Korda
5h:25
5h:25
Time on court​
4h:11
4h:11
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
3
3
Match played
3
3
75
75
Games Played​
56
56
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
234
234
Total points​
191
191
78
78
Avg point​
63.7
63.7
100
100
Winners
86
86
33.3
33.3
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
8
8
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
100/127
100/127
1st won total​
86/118
86/118
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
60/91
60/91
2nd won total​
35/59
35/59
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
BP won
11/20
11/20
2.3/5
2.3/5
Avg BP won
3.7/6.7
3.7/6.7
47%
47%
Won
!
55%
55%
6
6
Conceded
12
12
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Paul Korda
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 75 56
Pts 234-202 191-147
Total Points 436 338
Winners 100 86
%Winners 43% 45%

Both Paul and Korda played 3 matches. At the moment, Tommy Paul lost 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Paul has played 1 set more than Korda (7 vs 6). Therefore, Paul played 19 games more than Korda. Tommy scored 100 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Korda struck 86 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Paul Korda
Aces 11 8
Avg per match 3.7 2.7
1st in 127/218 118/177
%1st in 58% 67%
1st pts 100/127 86/118
%1st pts 79% 73%
2nd pts 60/91 35/59
%2nd pts 66% 59%

Paul scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Korda recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Paul won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Paul Korda
Won 7 11
Converted 7/15 11/20
% Converted 47% 55%
Conceded 6 12
Saved 5 9
% Saved 83% 75%
Times Broken 1 3

The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
R1
Travaglia		 R2
Vesely		 1/4
Struff		 Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-73 7-65 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 22 35 18 75
pts 64-50 109-107 61-45 234-202
Total points 114 216 106 436
Winners 27 47 26 100
%Winners 42% 43% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 7 1 11
Double Faults 0 4 1 5
1st in 34/56 63/115 30/47 127/218
% 1st in 61% 55% 64% 58%
1st pts 27/34 47/63 26/30 100/127
% 1st pts 79% 75% 87% 79%
2nd pts 18/22 32/52 10/17 60/91
% 2nd pts 82% 62% 59% 66%
Breaks
Won 2 2 3 7
Converted 2/2 2/7 3/6 7/15
Converted % 100% 29% 50% 47%
Conceded 0 6 0 6
Saved 0/0 5/6 0/0 5
Saved % – 83% – 28%
Times Broken 0 1 0 1
Korda
R1
Seppi		 R2
Sonego		 1/4
Nishioka		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-1 7-5 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 19 18 56
pts 57-49 68-51 66-47 191-147
Total points 106 119 113 338
Winners 25 36 25 86
%Winners 44% 53% 38% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4 8
Double Faults 1 3 2 6
1st in 36/60 48/67 34/50 118/177
% 1st in 60% 72% 68% 67%
1st pts 25/36 36/48 25/34 86/118
% 1st pts 69% 75% 74% 73%
2nd pts 13/24 11/19 11/16 35/59
% 2nd pts 54% 58% 69% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/7 3/4 4/9 11/20
Converted % 57% 75% 44% 55%
Conceded 2 6 4 12
Saved 0/2 6/6 3/4 9
Saved % 0% 100% 75% 58%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3

Tennis Scores in Parma

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