H2H, PREDICTION Alexander Zverev vs Roman Safiullin | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Roman Safiullin

Alexander Zverev and Roman Safiullin will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.043
Roman Safiullin -> 12

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Roman Safiullin

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 6, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Oscar Otte 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-0.

In the 1st round, The German had a tough win against Otte to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-0). During the match, Zverev scored 136 points vs Otte’s 108. Zverev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev fired 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was very efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Zverev broke Otte 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Zverev has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (337-180). 10-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a compiled124-60 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Acapulco where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 7-6(3) and in in Madrid where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3.

Zverev has a composed 19-8 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Zverev
French Open
Zverev's Record

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 182, Roman reached the 2nd round after defeating Guido Andreozzi 4-6 6-4 6-1, Liam Broady 6-1 6-3, Jozef Kovalik 6-1 6-73 6-3 and Carlos Taberner 7-64 1-6 6-0 6-2.

In the 1st round, Roman defeated Taberner (7-64 1-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Safiullin scored 125 points vs Taberner’s 108. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Safiullin blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Roman Safiullin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (52/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Taberner 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Roman has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.

Safiullin
French Open
Safiullin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Zverev
R.Safiullin
2h:49
2h:49
Time on court​
!
8h:15
8h:15
!
2h:49
2h:49
Last match​
!
2h:45
2h:45
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
40
40
Games Played​
106
106
5
5
Set played​​
12
12
136
136
Total points​
381
381
136
136
Avg point​
95.3
95.3
46
46
Winners
167
167
46
46
Avg Winners​
41.8
41.8
34%
34%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
22
22
9
9
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
8
8
Double Faults
9
9
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
46/62
46/62
1st won total​
167/230
167/230
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
27/46
27/46
2nd won total​
70/119
70/119
59%
59%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
8/16
8/16
BP won
18/48
18/48
8/16
8/16
Avg BP won
4.5/12
4.5/12
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
6
6
Conceded
23
23
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.8
5.8
4
4
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
2
2
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev Safiullin
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 5 12
Tot Games 40 106
Pts 136-108 381-304
Total Points 244 685
Winners 46 167
%Winners 34% 44%

Zverev played 1 match while Safiullin competed in 4 matches. Safiullin started his run from the qualifications while Zverev had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev surrendered 2 sets, while Roman Safiullin dropped 3 sets. Zverev has played 7 set(s) less than Safiullin (5 vs 12). Therefore, Zverev played 66 games less than Safiullin. The German scored 46 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 167 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev Safiullin
Aces 9 22
Avg per match 9 5.5
1st in 62/108 230/349
%1st in 57% 66%
1st pts 46/62 167/230
%1st pts 74% 73%
2nd pts 27/46 70/119
%2nd pts 59% 59%

Zverev struck 9 aces . Safiullin made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Zverev won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 73% of the points on 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 Zverev Safiullin
Won 8 18
Converted 8/16 18/48
% Converted 50% 38%
Conceded 6 23
Saved 2 17
% Saved 33% 74%
Times Broken 4 6

The German broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 18 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
R1
Otte
Total
Score 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-0
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 40 40
pts 136-108 136-108
Total points 244 244
Winners 46 46
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 62/108 62/108
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 46/62 46/62
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 27/46 27/46
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/16 8/16
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 2/6 2
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 4 4
Safiullin
Q1
Andreozzi
Q2
Broady
Q3
Kovalik
R1
Taberner
Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-73 6-3 7-64 1-6 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 3 4 12
Tot Games 27 16 29 34 106
pts 93-77 59-35 104-84 125-108 381-304
Total points 170 94 188 233 685
Winners 46 21 48 52 167
%Winners 49% 36% 46% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 2 6 8 22
Double Faults 4 1 3 1 9
1st in 63/90 23/41 70/103 74/115 230/349
% 1st in 70% 56% 68% 64% 66%
1st pts 46/63 21/23 48/70 52/74 167/230
% 1st pts 73% 91% 69% 70% 73%
2nd pts 14/27 12/18 21/33 23/41 70/119
% 2nd pts 52% 67% 64% 56% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4 4 6 18
Converted 4/9 4/13 4/10 6/16 18/48
Converted % 44% 31% 40% 38% 38%
Conceded 7 1 5 10 23
Saved 5/7 1/1 4/5 7/10 17
Saved % 71% 100% 80% 70% 321%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Zverev
WWWWLWWWLL
Safiullin
LWLLWLLLLL
2024 2023 2022
18 - 5
5 - 8
18-5
Hard
5-7

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