Stefanos Tsitsipas and Borna Coric will fight against each other in the final of the Western & Southern Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.54
Borna Coric -> 2.55

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Borna Coric

This will be the 3^rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Borna Coric clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Coric won 6-7(2) 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) in the 3^rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.

Highlights Borna Coric vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – U.S. Open 04-September-2020

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 7, Stefanos reached the final after defeating Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-4, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-3, John Isner 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-3 and Daniil Medvedev 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-3.

In the semifinal, Tsitsipas defeated Medvedev (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-3). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 101 points vs Medvedev’s 96. Tsitsipas was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas fired 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (49/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Medvedev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tsitsipas has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (378-170). 16-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has an aggregate147-74 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Carlo where he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 6-3 7-6(3) and in in Mallorca where he beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 6-4 3-6 7-6(2).

The Greek has an overall 46-15 win-loss record in 2022, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 152, Borna reached the final after beating Lorenzo Musetti 7-6² 6-3, Rafael Nadal 7-6⁹ 4-6 6-3, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-3, Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4 6-4 and Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-3 6-4). During the match Coric scored 63 points vs Norrie’s 47. Borna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Coric made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Borna Coric was very efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Borna broke Norrie 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Parma Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 7-6(4) 6-0.

Coric has a composed 16-12 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Coric
Match played	4	5
Tot Set	10	11
Tot Games	102	110
Pts	338-290	368-300
Total Points	628	668
Winners	154	153
%Winners	46%	42%

Tsitsipas played 4 matches while Coric competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas surrendered 2 sets, while Borna Coric lost 1 set. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Coric (10 vs 11). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 8 games less than Coric. The Greek scored 154 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Coric bagged 153 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Coric
Aces	31	50
Avg per match	7.8	10
1st in	192/298	184/334
%1st in	64%	55%
1st pts	154/192	153/184
%1st pts	80%	83%
2nd pts	58/106	90/150
%2nd pts	55%	60%

Tsitsipas bagged 31 aces (7.8 per match). Coric scored 50 aces (10 per match). Tsitsipas won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tsitsipas	Coric
Won	11	12
Converted	11/26	12/28
% Converted	42%	43%
Conceded	11	13
Saved	5	10
% Saved	45%	77%
Times Broken	6	3

Tsitsipas broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Borna broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R2 Krajinovic	R3 Schwartzman	1/4 Isner	1/2 Medvedev	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-3	7-65 5-7 6-3	7-66 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	19	18	34	31	102
pts	63-42	73-59	101-93	101-96	338-290
Total points	105	132	194	197	628
Winners	34	24	47	49	154
%Winners	54%	33%	47%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	14	6	7	4	31
Double Faults	1	3	1	7	12
1st in	37/49	35/62	60/96	60/91	192/298
% 1st in	76%	56%	63%	66%	64%
1st pts	34/37	24/35	47/60	49/60	154/192
% 1st pts	92%	69%	78%	82%	80%
2nd pts	7/12	14/27	25/36	12/31	58/106
% 2nd pts	58%	52%	69%	39%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	1	3	11
Converted	2/4	5/14	1/1	3/7	11/26
Converted %	50%	36%	100%	43%	42%
Conceded	0	5	3	3	11
Saved	0/0	3/5	2/3	0/3	5
Saved %	–	60%	67%	0%	32%
Times Broken	0	2	1	3	6

Coric
	R1 Musetti	R2 Nadal	R3 Bautista-Agut	1/4 Auger-Aliassime	1/2 Norrie	Total
Score	7-62 6-3	7-69 4-6 6-3	6-2 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	2	11
Tot Games	22	32	17	20	19	110
pts	81-62	96-89	60-46	68-56	63-47	368-300
Total points	143	185	106	124	110	668
Winners	34	38	31	31	19	153
%Winners	42%	40%	52%	46%	30%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	12	16	8	7	50
Double Faults	2	1	1	1	2	7
1st in	46/75	46/94	36/59	32/50	24/56	184/334
% 1st in	61%	49%	61%	64%	43%	55%
1st pts	34/46	38/46	31/36	31/32	19/24	153/184
% 1st pts	74%	83%	86%	97%	79%	83%
2nd pts	20/29	32/48	9/23	9/18	20/32	90/150
% 2nd pts	69%	67%	39%	50%	63%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	1	4	2	3	12
Converted	2/3	1/2	4/7	2/9	3/7	12/28
Converted %	67%	50%	57%	22%	43%	43%
Conceded	5	1	5	0	2	13
Saved	4/5	0/1	5/5	0/0	1/2	10
Saved %	80%	0%	100%	–	50%	58%
Times Broken	1	1	0	0	1	3

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