Carlos Alcaraz and Grigor Dimitrov will square off in the 3^rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.35
Grigor Dimitrov -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Grigor Dimitrov

There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Grigor Dimitrov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Carlos Alcaraz

Currently world no. 1 the Spaniard got to the 3^rd round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-4 6-4). During the match, Alcaraz scored 59 points vs Nishioka’s 46. Alcaraz was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alcaraz bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Carlos Alcaraz was very effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Carlos broke Nishioka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Alcaraz has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 77% of his matches (167-50). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alcaraz has a compiled15-6 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Rio de Janeiro where he beat Diego Schwartzman in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Miami where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4 and in Barcelona where he overcame Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Madrid where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 6-1 and at the U.S. Open where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 56-12 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 28, Grigor reached the 3^rd round after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6⁵ 7-6⁵ and Fabio Fognini 6-0 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-0 7-5). During the match Dimitrov scored 79 points vs Fognini’s 55. Dimitrov was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Dimitrov bagged 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bulgarian broke Fognini 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dimitrov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Dimitrov’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne,Carlo and Vienna.

Dimitrov has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alcaraz	Dimitrov
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	20	44
Pts	59-46	159-131
Total Points	105	290
Winners	29	60
%Winners	49%	38%

Alcaraz played 1 match while Dimitrov competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Alcaraz has played 2 set(s) less than Dimitrov (2 vs 4). Therefore, Alcaraz played 24 games less than Dimitrov. Alcaraz scored 29 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian struck 60 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alcaraz	Dimitrov
Aces	9	10
Avg per match	9	5
1st in	34/46	73/126
%1st in	74%	58%
1st pts	29/34	60/73
%1st pts	85%	82%
2nd pts	8/12	29/53
%2nd pts	67%	55%

Alcaraz bagged 9 aces . Dimitrov scored 10 aces (5 per match). Alcaraz won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alcaraz	Dimitrov
Won	3	7
Converted	3/6	7/21
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	3

Alcaraz broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitrov broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Grigor conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
	R2 Nishioka	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	59-46	59-46
Total points	105	105
Winners	29	29
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/46	34/46
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	29/34	29/34
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	8/12	8/12
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Dimitrov
	R1 Van De Zandschulp	R2 Fognini	Total
Score	7-65 7-65	6-0 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	26	18	44
pts	80-76	79-55	159-131
Total points	156	134	290
Winners	35	25	60
%Winners	44%	32%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	10
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	44/79	29/47	73/126
% 1st in	56%	62%	58%
1st pts	35/44	25/29	60/73
% 1st pts	80%	86%	82%
2nd pts	19/35	10/18	29/53
% 2nd pts	54%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/2	5/19	7/21
Converted %	100%	26%	33%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	2/4	1/2	3
Saved %	50%	50%	100%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Mikael YmerYmer (6-7⁶ 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Maxime CressyCressy (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – John IsnerIsner (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Mikael YmerYmer (6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Gilles SimonSimon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction