John Isner and Sebastian Korda will face off in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.6
John Isner -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Sebastian Korda

This will be the 3rd time that John Isner and Sebastian Korda play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Korda won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Delray beach back in 2021.

John Isner

John Isner

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Rank
172
High
8
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 9-14 2-9 0-2 4-1 3-2 0-0
2022 23-17 9-9 7-4 3-2 4-2 0-0
2021 23-13 18-7 5-2 0-3 0-1 0-0
2020 10-10 9-8 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2019 30-18 22-14 0-0 3-3 5-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 50, Isner got to the 3rd round after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 7-611 3-6 7-64 and Hubert Hurkacz 7-65 6-75 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The American defeated Hurkacz (7-65 6-75 6-2). During the match, Isner scored 111 points vs Hurkacz’s 105. Isner was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Isner scored 18 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. John Isner was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (54/65) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. John broke Hurkacz twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 50% of the points he played.

Isner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (312-193). 7-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Isner has a compiled 183-100 match record in the last years on hard.

Isner’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Houston.

The American has a composed 20-15 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Isner's Record

Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda

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Rank
16
High
15
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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
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Ranked no. 52, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4 and Frances Tiafoe 4-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Tiafoe, Korda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Korda scored 105 points vs Tiafoe’s 84. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Korda scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sebastian Korda lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Tiafoe 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sebastian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Korda’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Estoril.

Korda has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.

Cincinnati
Korda's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Isner
S.Korda
4h:54
4h:54
Time on court​
3h:32
3h:32
!
2h:32
2h:32
Last match​
!
2h:08
2h:08
2
2
Match played
2
2
69
69
Games Played​
46
46
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
215
215
Total points​
173
173
107.5
107.5
Avg point​
86.5
86.5
113
113
Winners
75
75
56.5
56.5
Avg Winners​
37.5
37.5
53%
53%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
49
49
Aces
15
15
!
24.5
24.5
Avg Aces
7.5
7.5
12
12
Double Faults
5
5
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
113/130
113/130
1st won total​
75/104
75/104
!
87%
87%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
41/81
41/81
2nd won total​
28/51
28/51
51%
51%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
7/20
7/20
1/2
1/2
Avg BP won
3.5/10
3.5/10
50%
50%
Won
35%
35%
5
5
Conceded
6
6
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
4
4
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Isner Korda
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 69 46
Pts 215-212 173-141
Total Points 427 314
Winners 113 75
%Winners 53% 43%

Both Isner and Korda played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Isner lost 2 sets, while Sebastian Korda lost 1 set. Isner has played 1 set more than Korda (6 vs 5). Therefore, Isner played 23 games more than Korda. Isner scored 113 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 75 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Isner Korda
Aces 49 15
Avg per match 24.5 7.5
1st in 130/211 104/155
%1st in 62% 67%
1st pts 113/130 75/104
%1st pts 87% 72%
2nd pts 41/81 28/51
%2nd pts 51% 55%

Isner managed to score 49 aces (24.5 per match). Korda struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Isner won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Isner Korda
Won 2 7
Converted 2/4 7/20
% Converted 50% 35%
Conceded 5 6
Saved 4 3
% Saved 80% 50%
Times Broken 1 3

John broke his opponents twice with a 50% conversion rate. Isner conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Korda broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Korda conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Isner
R1
Bonzi		 R2
Hurkacz		 Total
Score 7-611 3-6 7-64 7-65 6-75 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 35 34 69
pts 104-107 111-105 215-212
Total points 211 216 427
Winners 59 54 113
%Winners 57% 49% 53%
SERVE
Aces 31 18 49
Double Faults 8 4 12
1st in 65/103 65/108 130/211
% 1st in 63% 60% 62%
1st pts 59/65 54/65 113/130
% 1st pts 91% 83% 87%
2nd pts 18/38 23/43 41/81
% 2nd pts 47% 53% 51%
Breaks
Won 0 2 2
Converted 0/0 2/4 2/4
Converted % 0% 50% 50%
Conceded 4 1 5
Saved 3/4 1/1 4
Saved % 75% 100% 88%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Korda
R1
Khachanov		 R2
Tiafoe		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 27 46
pts 68-57 105-84 173-141
Total points 125 189 314
Winners 35 40 75
%Winners 51% 38% 43%
SERVE
Aces 8 7 15
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 47/68 57/87 104/155
% 1st in 69% 66% 67%
1st pts 35/47 40/57 75/104
% 1st pts 74% 70% 72%
2nd pts 10/21 18/30 28/51
% 2nd pts 48% 60% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/7 4/13 7/20
Converted % 43% 31% 35%
Conceded 2 4 6
Saved 1/2 2/4 3
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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