Alexander Zverev and Yen-Hsun Lu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.015
Yen-Hsun Lu -> 17.5
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Yen-Hsun Lu
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Yen-Hsun Lu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zverev and Lu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2017.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 5, Alexander will start his run in Olympics after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 7-6(6) 3-6 3-6 6-4 to Auger-Aliassime in the 4th round on the 5th of July.
Zverev has an aggregate 27-11 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering 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.
Talking about his overall career, The German has an overall 345-183 record. He has a positive 123-68 record on hard.
Previously in Olympics
Zverev has never competed in this tournament before.
Yen-Hsun Lu
Ranked no. 573, the Chinese will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-2 7-5 4-6 6-1 to Polmans in the 1st round on the 29th of June.
Lu has a compiled 1-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Lu has an overall 270-181 record. He has a positive 219-130 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John MillmanMillman – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hugo DellienDellien (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sumit NagalNagal – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-76 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoLorenzo – Taro DanielTaro (4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertUgo – Pablo AndujarPablo (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Kamil MajchrzakKamil (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFabio – Yuichi SugitaYuichi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andy MurrayMurray – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Joao MenezesMenezes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Federico CoriaCoria (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yen-Hsun LuLu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction