Stefanos Tsitsipas hustles Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Paris on Friday. Tsitsipas will seek to keep on going in this event against Novak Djokovic in the final. The battle lasted 3 hours and 37 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money € 375,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 750,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 650,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,400,000 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev French Open – Paris
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
4-6 6-3
3h:37
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 145 points vs. the German’s 135.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served extremely well to win 76% of the points (71/94) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (23/44) on his second serve. Stefanos won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Zverev is 6-2 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Tsitsipas will play Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Djokovic won 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Tsitsipas to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
The Greek converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The Greek won 6 more points than Zverev (30-24). Tsitsipas surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Djokovic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Tsitsipas managed to stage a great comeback to break the German 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Zverev was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-3 to 6-3.
Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They played 57 points. Tsitsipas won 5 points more than Zverev (31-26). Stefanos conceded 9 points on serve (14-9). on the other side of the court, Zverev conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Zverev clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The German lost 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Djokovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the German to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Alexander lost 5 points on serve (21-5). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsitsipas snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Alexander (34-25). The Greek lost 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Zverev conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 6-3 7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (5-2) – H2H details and stats
