Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Sonego will fight against each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.53
Lorenzo Sonego -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Sonego square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Monte carlo back in 2021.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Lorenzo Sonego – Monte carlo 14-April-2021
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-11 | 18-6 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, the German got to the quarter after beating Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Christopher O Connell 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against O Connell (7-5 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 60 points vs O Connell’s 46. Zverev was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zverev struck 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev was quite effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke O Connell twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Zverev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (397-189). 3-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has an overall 152-75 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The German has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Lorenzo Sonego
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-21 | 4-8 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-31 | 10-12 | 9-7 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 7-9 | 8-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 9-11 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 0-5 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Lorenzo got to the quarter after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-5 6-3 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (7-64 6-4). During the match Sonego scored 69 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 57. Sonego was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Sonego struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Sonego was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Auger-Aliassime once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Sonego has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 44 |
| Pts | 154-126 | 136-109 |
| Total Points | 280 | 245 |
| Winners | 78 | 72 |
| %Winners | 51% | 53% |
Both Zverev and Sonego played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexander Zverev dropped 1 set while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set more than Sonego (5 vs 4). Therefore, Zverev played 7 games more than Sonego. Alexander scored 78 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo blasted 72 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 97/131 | 90/118 |
| %1st in | 74% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 78/97 | 72/90 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 21/28 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 75% |
Zverev recorded 23 aces (11.5 per match). Sonego made 12 aces (6 per match). Zverev won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Alexander broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The German lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sonego broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sonego conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | ||||
| R1 Lehecka |
R2 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
| pts | 94-80 | 60-46 | 154-126 | |
| Total points | 174 | 106 | 280 | |
| Winners | 43 | 35 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 58% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/80 | 39/51 | 97/131 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 76% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 35/39 | 78/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 90% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 9/12 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 75% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/5 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 40% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sonego | ||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 69-57 | 136-109 | |
| Total points | 119 | 126 | 245 | |
| Winners | 33 | 39 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 57% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/62 | 44/56 | 90/118 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 79% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 39/44 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 89% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 9/12 | 21/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 1/3 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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