Taylor Fritz and Gilles Simon will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.22
Gilles Simon -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Gilles Simon

This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Fritz and Gilles Simon fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Simon (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Fritz won 7-5 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.

Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Gilles Simon – U.S. Open 02-September-2020

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
6
High
4
LLWLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 53-23 31-12 3-4 6-5 13-2 0-0
2024 54-23 23-10 15-7 6-4 10-2 0-0
2023 54-24 35-11 11-6 5-3 3-4 0-0
2022 46-21 24-8 5-3 9-7 8-3 0-0
2021 34-22 20-13 4-5 8-3 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 11, Taylor reached the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (7-5 6-2). During the match, Fritz scored 75 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 57. The American was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taylor Fritz lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 58% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Davidovich Fokina 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (295-190). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an overall46-34 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Indian Wells where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he beat Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) and in Tokyo where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

Fritz has a composed 43-18 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Paris
Fritz's Record

Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon

24 - 28win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
10-9
Clay
4-10
Grass
3-3
Rank
143
High
6
LWWWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 25-29 7-6 4-10 11-10 3-3 0-0
2021 6-24 2-4 2-8 2-8 0-4 0-0
2020 15-16 4-4 1-5 10-7 0-0 0-0
2019 28-27 8-11 5-5 7-7 8-4 0-0
2018 35-26 8-7 10-8 13-7 4-4 0-0

Ranked no. 188, Simon got to the 2nd round after beating Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round against Murray, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Simon scored 99 points vs Murray’s 87. Simon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Simon fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gilles Simon lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the 2nd serve. Simon broke Murray 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Gilles has an overall 24-28 win-loss record in 2022, 10-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2012. See his history.

Paris
Simon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Fritz
G.Simon
1h:29
1h:29
Time on court​
!
2h:50
2h:50
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
31
31
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
75
75
Total points​
99
99
75
75
Avg point​
99
99
33
33
Winners
36
36
33
33
Avg Winners​
36
36
44%
44%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
4
4
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
33/41
33/41
1st won total​
36/53
36/53
!
80%
80%
1st won %
68%
68%
11/30
11/30
2nd won total​
22/42
22/42
!
37%
37%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
6/12
6/12
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
6/12
6/12
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
10
10
3
3
Avg Conceded
10
10
2
2
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
1
1
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Fritz Simon
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 31
Pts 75-57 99-87
Total Points 132 186
Winners 33 36
%Winners 44% 36%

Both Fritz and Simon played 1 match. At the moment, Gilles Simon conceded 1 set while Taylor Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Fritz has played 1 set(s) less than Simon (2 vs 3). Therefore, Fritz played 11 games less than Simon. The American scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 36 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Fritz Simon
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 41/71 53/95
%1st in 58% 56%
1st pts 33/41 36/53
%1st pts 80% 68%
2nd pts 11/30 22/42
%2nd pts 37% 52%

Fritz made 4 aces . Simon managed to score 3 aces . Fritz won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Fritz Simon
Won 5 6
Converted 5/10 6/12
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 3 10
Saved 1 6
% Saved 33% 60%
Times Broken 2 4

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fritz dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Gilles broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gilles conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
R1
Davidovich Fokina
Total
Score 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 75-57 75-57
Total points 132 132
Winners 33 33
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/71 41/71
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 33/41 33/41
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 11/30 11/30
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Simon
R1
Murray
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 99-87 99-87
Total points 186 186
Winners 36 36
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 53/95 53/95
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 36/53 36/53
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 22/42 22/42
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/12 6/12
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores in Paris

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