Alex De Minaur and Tommy Paul will play each other in the quarter of the Viking International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.5
Tommy Paul -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 3rd time that Alex De Minaur and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 2-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, De Minaur won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2022.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56-24 | 30-11 | 10-5 | 13-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, De Minaur reached the quarter after beating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-3 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round, De Minaur had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-63 6-2). During the match, De Minaur scored 73 points vs Sonego’s 60. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Minaur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex De Minaur was very efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Sonego 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (249-150). 3-2 on grass in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, De Minaur has an aggregate34-17 record in the last 8 years on grass.
Alex’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Barcelona and Lyon.
De Minaur has a composed 24-14 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Tommy Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-13 | 13-6 | 12-4 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-20 | 17-12 | 10-4 | 8-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, the American reached the quarter after beating Francisco Cerundolo 4-6 7-62 6-4 and Jannik Sinner 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Paul defeated Sinner (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Paul scored 86 points vs Sinner’s 81. Paul was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (43/53) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Paul broke Sinner twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tommy has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Tommy’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Paul has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Eastbourne
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 60 |
| Pts | 143-110 | 204-190 |
| Total Points | 253 | 394 |
| Winners | 57 | 94 |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% |
Both De Minaur and Paul played 2 matches. At the moment, Tommy Paul conceded 2 sets while Alex De Minaur hasn’t lost a set so far. De Minaur has played 2 set(s) less than Paul (4 vs 6). Therefore, De Minaur played 21 games less than Paul. Alex scored 57 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 94 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 74/121 | 128/210 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 57/74 | 94/128 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 43/82 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
De Minaur recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Paul struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). De Minaur won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 54% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 71% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Tommy broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tommy conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | ||||
| R1 Garin | R2 Sonego | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 73-60 | 143-110 | |
| Total points | 120 | 133 | 253 | |
| Winners | 27 | 30 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/63 | 37/58 | 74/121 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 30/37 | 57/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 12/21 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 0% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Paul | ||||
| R1 Cerundolo | R2 Sinner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 27 | 60 | |
| pts | 118-109 | 86-81 | 204-190 | |
| Total points | 227 | 167 | 394 | |
| Winners | 51 | 43 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 75/119 | 53/91 | 128/210 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 51/75 | 43/53 | 94/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 81% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 20/38 | 43/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 83% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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