Jannik Sinner wins against Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-1 4-6 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Sinner is going to play against Gianluca Mager in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes. Jannik started incredibly well to win the opening set in just 22 minutes. Then it was the Frenchman to play fantastic tennis for a long period and the young Italian was forced to save a match point in the 4th set before winning in 5 sets.

His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Paris
Sinner's Record

The Italian added to his prize money € 24,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 84,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 29,000 to his earnings to get in total € 113,000 in total.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert French Open – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sinner
Herbert
6-1 4-6 6-74
7-5 6-4
3h:32
163
163
Total points
142
142
65
65
Winners
53
53
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
36
36
Unforced
62
62
37%
37%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
19/31
19/31
Net Approaches
42/72
42/72
61%
61%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
13
13
4
4
Double Faults
12
12
62%
62%
1st in
52%
52%
68%
68%
1st won
67%
67%
65/95
65/95
1st won
53/79
53/79
59%
59%
2nd won
49%
49%
35/59
35/59
2nd won
35/72
35/72
207
207
Fastest serve
210
210
179
179
AVG 1st Serve
178
178
147
147
AVG 2nd Serve
162
162
-- Break Points --
8/10
8/10
Total
4/12
4/12
80%
80%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Jannik scored 163 points vs. Herbert’s 142.

Sinner

Sinner was well focused in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (8/10).

Herbert

On the other side, Pierre-Hugues was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Herbert is 2-0 for Jannik.

Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Gianluca Mager – stats

Sinner will face Mager in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Sinner conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Mager in the 1st game (1-0). Sinner improved his lead after breaking Pierre-Hugues in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Pierre-Hugues was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

They contested 36 points. Sinner won 18 points more than Herbert (27-9). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, Herbert conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).

The French player won the set after he broke Jannik in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, the French player managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.

The French player converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sinner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 60 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Jannik (34-26). Herbert lost 9 points on serve (17-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Jannik conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).

The French player won the set after he broke Jannik in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Jannik tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, the French player kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Herbert failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when the French player won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2. Notwithstanding also Jannik won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

Tiebreak

The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Jannik won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3) and 7th (4-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Pierre-Hugues was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 6th game (4-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Italian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).

They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Herbert won just 2 more points than Sinner (39-37). Herbert lost 15 points on serve (20-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Sinner conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian snatched in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally conquering the set (7-5).

Sinner had a racing start in this set after breaking Mager in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Italian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.

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