Lorenzo Sonego and Joao Sousa will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 4 sets.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.45
Joao Sousa -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Joao Sousa play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sonego won 6-3 7-6(11) in the 1st round in Antalya back in 2019.
Lorenzo Sonego
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-29 | 11-14 | 1-5 | 8-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-33 | 10-14 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-31 | 10-12 | 9-7 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 7-9 | 8-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 9-11 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Sonego had a good straight sets win against Gojowczyk (6-2 6-2 6-1). During the match, Sonego scored 93 points vs Gojowczyk’s 54. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sonego struck 7 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 72% of his first serves in, winning 73% (36/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Gojowczyk 8 times after converting 53% of his break points (8/15).
Sonego has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (286-200). 7-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sonego has a compiled177-106 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Buenos Aires.
Sonego has an overall 11-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-75 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Joao had a tough win against Hsin Tseng to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-75 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 173 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 154. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 76 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (76/114) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Hsin Tseng 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Pune where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
The Portuguese has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sonego | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 47 |
| Pts | 93-54 | 173-154 |
| Total Points | 147 | 327 |
| Winners | 36 | 76 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Sonego and Sousa played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa dropped 2 sets while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t lost a set so far. Sonego has played 2 set(s) less than Sousa (3 vs 5). Therefore, Sonego played 24 games less than Sousa. The Italian scored 36 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa managed to score 76 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sonego | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 114/165 |
| %1st in | 72% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 76/114 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 53% |
Sonego scored 7 aces . Sousa bagged 2 aces . Sonego won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sonego | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 53% | 47% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sonego dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sonego | |||
| R1 Gojowczyk | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 93-54 | 93-54 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Hsin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 47 | 47 | |
| pts | 173-154 | 173-154 | |
| Total points | 327 | 327 | |
| Winners | 76 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 114/165 | 114/165 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 76/114 | 76/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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