Joao Sousa and Stan Wawrinka will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Moselle Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stan Wawrinka who should win in 3 sets.
Stan Wawrinka -> 1.53
Joao Sousa -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Stan Wawrinka
This will be the 4th time that Joao Sousa and Stan Wawrinka face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Wawrinka won 6-2 7-5 7-6(3) in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2015.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55,he will start his run in Metz after he played his last match in 1 where he overcame 6-3 6-1 to Moura Monteiro in the Rubber 4 on the 17th of September.
Sousa has an aggregate 24-28 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Pune where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 508-445 record. He has a positive 79-66 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Metz
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2014. See his history.
Stan Wawrinka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-23 | 7-4 | 11-12 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-20 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 8-6 | 11-8 | 8-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-15 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284, Wawrinka got to the 1st round after beating Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3 and Zsombor Piros 6-74 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications against Piros, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-0). During the match Wawrinka scored 99 points vs Piros’s 76. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Wawrinka managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stan Wawrinka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Wawrinka put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Piros 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Swiss has an overall 5-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 1-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dominic ThiemThiem (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Joao SousaSousa (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gilles SimonSimon – David GoffinGoffin (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Oscar OtteOtte (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-2) – H2H and prediction