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.
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
| 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
Gilles Simon
24 - 28win/loss
143
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| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |
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