Jannik Sinner and Steve Johnson will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.112
Steve Johnson -> 7
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Steve Johnson clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Washington back in 2021.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Steve Johnson – Washington 06-August-2021
Jannik Sinner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-3 | 7-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 73-8 | 40-5 | 11-2 | 13-0 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-15 | 28-7 | 8-3 | 20-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-16 | 21-6 | 15-4 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-22 | 22-8 | 10-6 | 17-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-4 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-4 7-5 6-1). During the match, Sinner scored 105 points vs Sousa’s 75. Jannik was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinner fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jannik Sinner was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Sousa 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (166-82). 4-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinner has a compiled53-28 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Sinner has an aggregate 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Jordan Thompson 7-65 6-76 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a tough win against Thompson to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-65 6-76 4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Johnson scored 165 points vs Thompson’s 152. Steve was pretty aggressive to blast 72 winners.
About the serving games, Johnson struck 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was very effective on serve to win 80% (72/90) of his 1st serve and 57% (39/68) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Johnson broke Thompson 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The American has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2015 and 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 54 |
| Pts | 105-75 | 165-152 |
| Total Points | 180 | 317 |
| Winners | 42 | 72 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Sinner and Johnson played 1 match. At the moment, Steve Johnson surrendered 2 sets while Jannik Sinner hasn’t lost a set so far. Sinner has played 2 set(s) less than Johnson (3 vs 5). Therefore, Sinner played 25 games less than Johnson. Jannik scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Steve bagged 72 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 15 |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 90/158 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 72/90 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 39/68 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Sinner struck 3 aces . Johnson made 15 aces . Sinner won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Johnson won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 55% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sinner dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | |||
| R1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-75 | 105-75 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-76 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 54 | 54 | |
| pts | 165-152 | 165-152 | |
| Total points | 317 | 317 | |
| Winners | 72 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 90/158 | 90/158 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 72/90 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 39/68 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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