Alex De Minaur and Tommy Paul will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.66
Tommy Paul -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Tommy Paul

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex De Minaur and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, De Minaur won 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Indian wells back in March 2022.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs Tommy Paul – Indian wells 15-March-2022

Alex De Minaur

Ranked no. 22, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 6-1). During the match, De Minaur scored 75 points vs Lajovic’s 61. Alex was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Minaur scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex De Minaur conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 61% of his first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Lajovic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (243-145). 6-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Minaur has a compiled48-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Alex’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Barcelona.

De Minaur has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 34, Tommy got to the 2^nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-4 6-4). During the match Paul scored 61 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 54. The American was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tommy Paul lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Tommy broke Ramos-Vinolas 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.

The American has an overall 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Minaur	Paul
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	20
Pts	75-61	61-54
Total Points	136	115
Winners	37	22
%Winners	49%	36%

Both De Minaur and Paul played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Minaur and Paul have played the same amount of sets 2. However, De Minaur played 3 games less than Paul. Alex scored 37 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Paul scored 22 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Minaur	Paul
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	48/79	32/53
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	37/48	22/32
%1st pts	77%	69%
2nd pts	12/31	10/21
%2nd pts	39%	48%

De Minaur fired 1 ace . Paul also blasted 1 ace . De Minaur won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Minaur	Paul
Won	3	5
Converted	3/9	5/10
% Converted	33%	50%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	7	2
% Saved	100%	40%
Times Broken	0	3

Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. De Minaur very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 7 break points. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

De Minaur
	R1 Lajovic	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	75-61	75-61
Total points	136	136
Winners	37	37
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	48/79	48/79
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	37/48	37/48
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	12/31	12/31
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Paul
	R1 Ramos-Vinolas	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	61-54	61-54
Total points	115	115
Winners	22	22
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/53	32/53
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	22/32	22/32
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	10/21	10/21
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cristian GarinGarin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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