Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gilles Simon will play each other in the 3rd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger-Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.163
Gilles Simon -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Gilles Simon
This will be the 3rd time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gilles Simon face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Auger-Aliassime won 7-5 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Marseille back in 2020.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Gilles Simon – Marseille 22-February-2020
Felix Auger-Aliassime
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 4-5 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-19 | 13-13 | 1-3 | 9-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-27 | 14-9 | 11-7 | 31-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 19-10 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-19 | 8-8 | 1-3 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Auger-Aliassime got to the 3rd round after defeating Mikael Ymer 6-76 6-4 7-66.
In the 2nd round against Ymer, Auger-Aliassime recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-66). During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 131 points vs Ymer’s 124. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 69 winners.
Regarding the service games, Auger-Aliassime bagged 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Felix Auger-Aliassime lost the serve 3 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (69/97) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Ymer 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Auger-Aliassime has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (278-156). 25-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Auger-Aliassime has a compiled62-30 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Florence where he defeated Jeff Wolf in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Antwerp where he beat Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Basel where he defeated Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in the final 6-3 7-5.
Auger-Aliassime has a compiled 54-24 win-loss record in 2022, 25-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Gilles Simon
25 - 29win/loss
143
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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 reached the 3rd round after beating Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Taylor Fritz 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Simon defeated Fritz (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match Simon scored 115 points vs Fritz’s 109. Simon was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Simon recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gilles Simon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (47/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Fritz 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simon has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Simon has a compiled 25-28 win-loss record in 2022, 11-9 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 65 |
| Pts | 131-124 | 214-196 |
| Total Points | 255 | 410 |
| Winners | 69 | 83 |
| %Winners | 53% | 39% |
Auger-Aliassime played 1 match while Simon competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felix Auger-Aliassime surrendered 1 set, while Gilles Simon lost 2 sets. Auger-Aliassime has played 3 set(s) less than Simon (3 vs 6). Therefore, Auger-Aliassime played 29 games less than Simon. Felix scored 69 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Gilles blasted 83 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 97/143 | 120/207 |
| %1st in | 68% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 69/97 | 83/120 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 47/87 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 54% |
Auger-Aliassime bagged 11 aces . Simon managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Auger-Aliassime won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 80% | 43% |
| Conceded | 17 | 19 |
| Saved | 14 | 12 |
| % Saved | 82% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Felix broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Auger-Aliassime surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Simon broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Gilles conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Auger-Aliassime | |||
| R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 131-124 | 131-124 | |
| Total points | 255 | 255 | |
| Winners | 69 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 97/143 | 97/143 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 69/97 | 69/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 14/17 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Simon | ||||
| R1 Murray |
R2 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 34 | 65 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 115-109 | 214-196 | |
| Total points | 186 | 224 | 410 | |
| Winners | 36 | 47 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/95 | 67/112 | 120/207 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 47/67 | 83/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 25/45 | 47/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/11 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 127% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Paris
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-62 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-4) – 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
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Taylor FritzFritz (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Mikael YmerYmer (6-76 6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – John IsnerIsner (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Maxime CressyCressy (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 5-7 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6(2) 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6 7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gilles SimonSimon – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-1) – 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
