Rafael Nadal and Botic Van De Zandschulp will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.072
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 10.25
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rafael Nadal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-8 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-5 | 5-2 | 19-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-7 | 13-3 | 9-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Rafael got to the 3rd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-2 6-2 6-2 and Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-3 6-1 6-4). During the match, Nadal scored 84 points vs Moutet’s 63. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nadal scored just 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rafael Nadal was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Rafael broke Moutet 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Nadal has a tremendous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (470-90). 5-2 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has an aggregate 215-26 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he beat Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in at the Australian Open where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 and in in Acapulco where he beat Cameron Norrie in the final 6-4 6-4.
Nadal has an overall 25-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-18 | 4-7 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 10-9 | 4-6 | 12-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 17-5 | 24-10 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Van De Zandschulp got to the 3rd round after beating Pavel Kotov 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Fabio Fognini 6-4 7-62 3-2 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-4 7-62 3-2 ret.). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 95 points vs Fognini’s 80. Botic was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Van De Zandschulp made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (38/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Van De Zandschulp broke Fognini 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Botic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Munich.
Botic has a compiled 19-12 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 63 |
| Pts | 174-116 | 209-171 |
| Total Points | 290 | 380 |
| Winners | 64 | 88 |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% |
Both Nadal and Van De Zandschulp played 2 matches. At the moment, Botic Van De Zandschulp conceded 1 set while Rafael Nadal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (6 vs 8). Therefore, Nadal played 13 games less than Van De Zandschulp. Nadal scored 64 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp blasted 88 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 88/135 | 117/185 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 64/88 | 88/117 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 31/47 | 34/68 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 50% |
Nadal bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Van De Zandschulp bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Nadal won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 12 |
| Converted | 14/23 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 61% | 46% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Rafael broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Van De Zandschulp broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Botic conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | ||||
| R1 Thompson |
R2 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| pts | 90-53 | 84-63 | 174-116 | |
| Total points | 143 | 147 | 290 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 47/72 | 88/135 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 34/47 | 64/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 14/25 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 56% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/12 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 58% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Van De Zandschulp | ||||
| R1 Kotov |
R2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-62 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| pts | 114-91 | 95-80 | 209-171 | |
| Total points | 205 | 175 | 380 | |
| Winners | 50 | 38 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 65/99 | 52/86 | 117/185 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 50/65 | 38/52 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | 34/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/11 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 5/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 63% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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