Lorenzo Sonego and Tommy Paul will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Porsche Court 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.69
Tommy Paul -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Paul won 6-4 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in March 2021.
Lorenzo Sonego
Ranked no. 27, Sonego got to the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-3 7-66.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Alcaraz Garfia (6-3 7-66). During the match, Sonego scored 81 points vs Alcaraz Garfia’s 69. Lorenzo was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sonego bagged 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 62% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Alcaraz Garfia 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Sonego has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (268-179). 6-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sonego has an aggregate44-39 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Cagliari where he overcame Laslo Djere in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
Sonego has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2021, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 56, Tommy got to the 2nd round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 6-2, Tennys Sandgren 6-75 7-64 6-3 and Cristian Garin 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Garin, Tommy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Paul scored 93 points vs Garin’s 87. Tommy was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Garin 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Paul’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Parma.
Tommy has an overall 20-16 win-loss record in 2021, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sonego | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 81 |
| Pts | 81-69 | 281-251 |
| Total Points | 150 | 532 |
| Winners | 32 | 135 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Sonego played 1 match while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Sonego had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tommy Paul lost 2 sets while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sonego has played 6 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 8). Therefore, Sonego played 59 games less than Paul. Sonego scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Paul bagged 135 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sonego | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 189/273 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 135/189 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 33/84 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 39% |
Sonego recorded 3 aces . Paul scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Sonego won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sonego | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 15 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 75% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 27 |
| Saved | 5 | 18 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Paul broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sonego | |||
| R1 Alcaraz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-69 | 81-69 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paul | |||||
| Q1 Kwon | Q3 Sandgren | R1 Garin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 7-64 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 | 29 | 81 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 125-115 | 93-87 | 281-251 | |
| Total points | 112 | 240 | 180 | 532 | |
| Winners | 35 | 57 | 43 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 46% | 46% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 11 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 80/115 | 64/89 | 189/273 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 70% | 72% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 57/80 | 43/64 | 135/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 71% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 14/35 | 11/25 | 33/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 40% | 44% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/12 | 5/11 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 45% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 | 10 | 27 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 9/13 | 6/10 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 69% | 60% | 204% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Benoit PairePaire – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-75 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Guido PellaPella – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marin CilicCilic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – H2H and prediction