Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 18th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.022
Richard Gasquet -> 15.75
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Gasquet
This will be the 18th time that Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet square off. The head to head is 16-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 7-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nadal won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2018.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 3, Nadal got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-2 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-3 6-2 7-63). During the match, Nadal scored 99 points vs Popyrin’s 83. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nadal struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Rafael Nadal was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (48/59) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael broke Popyrin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Nadal has a marvellous match record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (482-91). 15-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a compiled 229-24 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Barcelona where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 and in in Rome where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.
Rafael has an aggregate 19-3 win-loss record in 2021, 15-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, he won this tournament 13 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Richard Gasquet
Ranked no. 53, Gasquet reached the 2nd round after defeating Hugo Gaston 6-1 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gasquet had a good straight sets win against Gaston (6-1 6-4 6-2). During the match Gasquet scored 93 points vs Gaston’s 59. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Gasquet managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Richard Gasquet was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Gaston 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
The French player has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Gasquet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 25 |
| Pts | 99-83 | 93-59 |
| Total Points | 182 | 152 |
| Winners | 48 | 30 |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% |
Both Nadal and Gasquet played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nadal and Gasquet have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nadal played 5 games more than Gasquet. Nadal scored 48 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 30 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Gasquet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 59/93 | 39/65 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 48/59 | 30/39 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 20/26 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 77% |
Nadal made 7 aces . Gasquet blasted 5 aces . Nadal won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gasquet won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Gasquet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 36% | 35% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Nadal broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rafael conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | |||
| R1 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-83 | 99-83 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/93 | 59/93 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 48/59 | 48/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gasquet | |||
| R1 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-59 | 93-59 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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