Alex De Minaur and Henri Laaksonen will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.07
Henri Laaksonen -> 8.4
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Henri Laaksonen
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Henri Laaksonen play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, De Minaur won 6-4 6-2 6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-13 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 4-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, De Minaur will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Kyrgios in the 3rd round on the 11th of August.
Alex has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2022, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Atlanta where he defeated Jenson Brooksby in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, De Minaur has an overall 259-154 record. He has a positive 123-65 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 102, the Swiss got to the 1st round after beating Taro Daniel 6-4 7-5 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Moura Monteiro, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Laaksonen scored 84 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 80. Laaksonen was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Laaksonen bagged 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was very effective on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Laaksonen was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Moura Monteiro 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Laaksonen started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Henri’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.
The Swiss has an aggregate 14-26 win-loss record in 2022, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marcos GironGiron (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-10) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
