Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul will face off in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court Central. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.22
Tommy Paul -> 4.33
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tommy Paul
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-4 | 13-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 39-7 | 10-0 | 29-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Carlos will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 to Sinner in the final on the 31st of July.
The Spaniard has a compiled 42-7 win-loss record in 2022, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Rio de Janeiro where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-4 6-2 and in in Miami where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4 and in in Barcelona where he defeated Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 6-3 6-2 and in in Madrid where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 153-45 record. He has a positive 40-12 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Tommy Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-6 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Paul reached the 2nd round after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-4 6-4). During the match Paul scored 66 points vs Pospisil’s 56. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tommy Paul was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tommy broke Pospisil twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Tommy’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Paul has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2022, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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