Jannik Sinner and Steve Johnson will face off in the quarter of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.5
Steve Johnson -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Steve Johnson clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sinner won 1-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Rome back in 2019.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 24, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-4 and Sebastian Korda 7-63 7-63.
In the 3rd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Korda (7-63 7-63). During the match, Sinner scored 85 points vs Korda’s 77. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinner made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jannik Sinner was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Jannik broke Korda 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (139-74). 14-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinner has a compiled41-24 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Sinner has an aggregate 26-14 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Jannik has never competed in this tournament before.
Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 81, Johnson got to the quarter after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3 7-60, Alex De Minaur 6-75 6-4 6-2 and Richard Berankis 6-2 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Berankis (6-2 6-1). During the match Johnson scored 57 points vs Berankis’s 36. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Steve Johnson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Johnson put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Johnson was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Berankis 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Steve started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Steve has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 68 |
| Pts | 148-122 | 233-189 |
| Total Points | 270 | 422 |
| Winners | 48 | 93 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Sinner played 2 matches while Johnson competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Steve Johnson dropped 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sinner has played 3 set(s) less than Johnson (4 vs 7). Therefore, Sinner played 24 games less than Johnson. The Italian scored 48 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Steve recorded 93 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 63/132 | 126/222 |
| %1st in | 48% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 93/126 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 42/69 | 60/96 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 63% |
Sinner blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Johnson managed to score 25 aces (8.3 per match). Sinner won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Johnson won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 40% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Sinner broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sinner conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Johnson broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | ||||
| R2 Ruusuvuori |
R3 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-63 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 85-77 | 148-122 | |
| Total points | 108 | 162 | 270 | |
| Winners | 17 | 31 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 36% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 20/49 | 43/83 | 63/132 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 52% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 31/43 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 22/40 | 42/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Johnson | |||||
| R1 Ramanathan |
R2 De Minaur |
R3 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | 6-75 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 15 | 68 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 101-94 | 57-36 | 233-189 | |
| Total points | 134 | 195 | 93 | 422 | |
| Winners | 34 | 39 | 20 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 53/95 | 29/55 | 126/222 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 39/53 | 20/29 | 93/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 26/42 | 18/26 | 60/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 69% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/9 | 4/4 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 100% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 100% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Washington
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Cameron NorrieNorrie (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Rafael NadalNadal (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Rafael NadalNadal (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John MillmanMillman – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Denis KudlaKudla (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
