Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul will clash against 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 9:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.36
Tommy Paul -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Tommy Paul

There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Daniil reached the 2nd round after beating Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Daniil had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-3 6-3 7-5). During the match, Medvedev scored 109 points vs Bublik’s 81. Medvedev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Medvedev recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Russian broke Bublik 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).

Medvedev has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (335-153). 2-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Medvedev has an aggregate61-37 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Marseille where he beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4.

Medvedev has a composed 19-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. See his history.

French Open
Medvedev's Record

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 52, Tommy reached the 2nd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 6-2 6-4 4-6 4-6 10-8.

In the 1st round, Tommy had a tough win against O Connell to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-2 6-4 4-6 4-6 10-8). During the match Paul scored 166 points vs O Connell’s 156. Tommy was quite aggressive to blast 81 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul scored 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (81/106) of his 1st serve and 52% (33/64) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Tommy broke O Connell 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Tommy’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Parma.

The American has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.

French Open
Paul's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Medvedev
T.Paul
1h:54
1h:54
Time on court​
!
3h:33
3h:33
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
!
3h:33
3h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
48
48
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
109
109
Total points​
166
166
109
109
Avg point​
166
166
34
34
Winners
81
81
34
34
Avg Winners​
81
81
31%
31%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
8
8
7
7
Avg Aces
8
8
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
34/43
34/43
1st won total​
81/106
81/106
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
25/47
25/47
2nd won total​
33/64
33/64
53%
53%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
BP won
6/8
6/8
7/15
7/15
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
47%
47%
Won
!
75%
75%
9
9
Conceded
18
18
9
9
Avg Conceded
18
18
3
3
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
4
4
6
6
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Medvedev Paul
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 30 48
Pts 109-81 166-156
Total Points 190 322
Winners 34 81
%Winners 31% 49%

Both Medvedev and Paul played 1 match. At the moment, Tommy Paul conceded 2 sets while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Medvedev has played 2 set(s) less than Paul (3 vs 5). Therefore, Medvedev played 18 games less than Paul. Daniil scored 34 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Tommy scored 81 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Medvedev Paul
Aces 7 8
Avg per match 7 8
1st in 43/90 106/170
%1st in 48% 62%
1st pts 34/43 81/106
%1st pts 79% 76%
2nd pts 25/47 33/64
%2nd pts 53% 52%

Medvedev struck 7 aces . Paul struck 8 aces . Medvedev won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Medvedev Paul
Won 7 6
Converted 7/15 6/8
% Converted 47% 75%
Conceded 9 18
Saved 6 14
% Saved 67% 78%
Times Broken 3 4

The Russian broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Tommy broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Medvedev
R1
Bublik
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 109-81 109-81
Total points 190 190
Winners 34 34
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 43/90 43/90
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 34/43 34/43
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 25/47 25/47
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/15 7/15
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 6/9 6
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 3
Paul
R1
O
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 4-6 4-6 10-8
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 48 48
pts 166-156 166-156
Total points 322 322
Winners 81 81
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 106/170 106/170
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 81/106 81/106
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 33/64 33/64
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 18 18
Saved 14/18 14
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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