Gilles Simon and Matteo Arnaldi will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Court 17. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.88
Gilles Simon -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Matteo Arnaldi

There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Gilles Simon

Ranked no. 177, Simon reached the qualifications after beating Michael Mmoh 2-6 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications against Mmoh, Simon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Simon scored 90 points vs Mmoh’s 81. Gilles was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Simon managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gilles Simon lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 61% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Gilles broke Mmoh 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Simon has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (262-241). 7-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Simon has a composed 85-78 record in the last years on hard.

The French player has a compiled 20-24 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Matteo Arnaldi

Ranked no. 188, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Arnaldi defeated Peniston (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Arnaldi scored 80 points vs Peniston’s 79. Arnaldi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Arnaldi struck 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 57% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (10/33) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Peniston 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Arnaldi’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger and the San Marino Challenger.

Matteo has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Simon	Arnaldi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	24
Pts	90-81	80-79
Total Points	171	159
Winners	31	28
%Winners	34%	35%

Both Simon and Arnaldi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Gilles Simon surrendered 1 set, while Matteo Arnaldi surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Simon and Arnaldi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Simon played 3 games more than Arnaldi. Simon scored 31 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 28 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Simon	Arnaldi
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	6	3
1st in	54/89	44/77
%1st in	61%	57%
1st pts	31/54	28/44
%1st pts	57%	64%
2nd pts	20/35	10/33
%2nd pts	57%	30%

Simon bagged 6 aces . Arnaldi struck 3 aces . Simon won 57% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Arnaldi won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 30% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Simon	Arnaldi
Won	6	7
Converted	6/7	7/12
% Converted	86%	58%
Conceded	8	11
Saved	3	6
% Saved	38%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Simon broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Simon
	Q1 Mmoh	Total
Score	2-6 7-5 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	90-81	90-81
Total points	171	171
Winners	31	31
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	54/89	54/89
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	31/54	31/54
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	20/35	20/35
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

Arnaldi
	Q1 Peniston	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	80-79	80-79
Total points	159	159
Winners	28	28
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	44/77	44/77
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	28/44	28/44
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	10/33	10/33
% 2nd pts	30%	30%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

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