Alexander Zverev and Alex De Minaur will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Erste Bank Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.186
Alex De Minaur -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Alex De Minaur
This will be the 6th time that Alexander Zverev and Alex De Minaur face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, De Minaur won 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in the R in Atp cup back in 2020.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs Alexander Zverev – Atp cup 03-January-2020
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 4, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 7-5). During the match, Zverev scored 65 points vs Krajinovic’s 50. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev made 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Krajinovic 4 times.
Zverev has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (366-185). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a composed68-38 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Acapulco where he beat 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 and in in Tokyo where he defeated Karen Khachanov in the final 6-3 6-1 and in in Cincinnati where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-3.
The German has an aggregate 48-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 32, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Kevin Anderson 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round, De Minaur had a good straight sets win against Anderson (6-3 7-63). During the match De Minaur scored 77 points vs Anderson’s 64. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, De Minaur fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex De Minaur was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. De Minaur broke Anderson 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Antalya where he beat Alexander Bublik in the final 2-0 ret. and in in Eastbourne where he defeated Lorenzo Sonego in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Alex has a compiled 24-22 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 77-64 |
| Total Points | 115 | 141 |
| Winners | 29 | 29 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Zverev and De Minaur played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and De Minaur have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zverev played 2 games less than De Minaur. Alexander scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 29 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 38/64 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 62% |
Zverev blasted 12 aces . De Minaur fired 4 aces . Zverev won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, De Minaur won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | De Minaur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R1 Krajinovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| De Minaur | |||
| R1 Anderson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-64 | 77-64 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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