Tommy Paul and Nick Kyrgios will face off in the 2^nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Kyrgios who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.53
Tommy Paul -> 2.50

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Nick Kyrgios

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Nick Kyrgios since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 34 (career-high), Tommy reached the 2^nd round after beating Peter Gojowczyk 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 3-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Gojowczyk, Paul recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 3-2 ret.). During the match, Paul scored 104 points vs Gojowczyk’s 101. The American was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (54/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Gojowczyk twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Paul has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (280-156). 1-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Paul has a compiled94-43 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Paul’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.

Tommy has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Nick Kyrgios

Ranked no. 94, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Mcdonald, Nick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kyrgios scored 94 points vs Mcdonald’s 88. Nick was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Kyrgios blasted 18 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nick Kyrgios lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kyrgios put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (46/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mcdonald twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Kyrgios has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Kyrgios
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	3
Tot Games	31	29
Pts	104-101	94-88
Total Points	205	182
Winners	54	46
%Winners	52%	49%

Both Paul and Kyrgios played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul surrendered 1 set, while Nick Kyrgios dropped 1 set. Paul has played 1 set more than Kyrgios (4 vs 3). Therefore, Paul played 2 games more than Kyrgios. Paul scored 54 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 46 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Kyrgios
Aces	9	18
Avg per match	9	18
1st in	71/110	57/92
%1st in	65%	62%
1st pts	54/71	46/57
%1st pts	76%	81%
2nd pts	19/39	17/35
%2nd pts	49%	49%

Paul managed to score 9 aces . Kyrgios struck 18 aces . Paul won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Paul	Kyrgios
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/11
% Converted	22%	18%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	7	3
% Saved	78%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Tommy conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	R1 Gojowczyk	Total
Score	6-74 7-65 3-2 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	104-101	104-101
Total points	205	205
Winners	54	54
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	71/110	71/110
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	54/71	54/71
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	19/39	19/39
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Kyrgios
	R1 Mcdonald	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	94-88	94-88
Total points	182	182
Winners	46	46
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	18	18
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	57/92	57/92
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	46/57	46/57
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	17/35	17/35
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/11	2/11
Converted %	18%	18%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Houston

• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6⁰ 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Steve JohnsonJohnson – John IsnerIsner (6-4) – H2H and prediction
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction