Grigor Dimitrov and Sebastian Korda will face off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.9
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian Korda
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, Grigor got to the 3rd round after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-1 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian defeated Mannarino (6-1 3-6 7-5). During the match, Dimitrov scored 83 points vs Mannarino’s 79. Grigor was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov bagged 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Dimitrov broke Mannarino 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (318-190). 8-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has an overall 155-93 record in the last years on hard.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and Carlo.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 6-4 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 54, Sebastian reached the 3rd round after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-4 7-65 and Sebastian Baez 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-1 6-4). During the match Korda scored 62 points vs Baez’s 45. Korda was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Korda conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 73% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Baez 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Korda hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.
Korda has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2022, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 40 |
| Pts | 83-79 | 133-109 |
| Total Points | 162 | 242 |
| Winners | 38 | 61 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Dimitrov played 1 match while Korda competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov surrendered 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set(s) less than Korda (3 vs 4). Therefore, Dimitrov played 12 games less than Korda. The Bulgarian scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 61 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 81/120 |
| %1st in | 56% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 61/81 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 24/39 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 62% |
Dimitrov made 5 aces . Korda made 14 aces (7 per match). Dimitrov won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 56% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Grigor broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Grigor surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 83-79 | 83-79 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 48/85 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Korda | ||||
| R1 Ivashka |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 71-64 | 62-45 | 133-109 | |
| Total points | 135 | 107 | 242 | |
| Winners | 34 | 27 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 41/56 | 81/120 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 34/40 | 27/41 | 61/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 66% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/15 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 80% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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