Alex De Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Pista Andres Gimeno. 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 Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.88
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 5th time that Alex De Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for De Minaur and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Dimitrov won 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) in the quarter in Rotterdam back in February 2023.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Alex De Minaur – Rotterdam 17-February-2023
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-13 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 4-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, the Australian got to the 3rd round after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round, De Minaur had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-0 6-1). During the match, De Minaur scored 59 points vs Shevchenko’s 31. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex De Minaur was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Shevchenko 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (286-168). 2-1 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Minaur has a compiled53-42 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Acapulco where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1.
The Australian has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-14 | 19-6 | 8-4 | 7-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Dimitrov got to the 3rd round after beating Emilio Gomez 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-3 6-1). During the match Dimitrov scored 58 points vs Gomez’s 31. Dimitrov was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Dimitrov fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 93% (25/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Gomez 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Dimitrov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Rotterdam.
Dimitrov has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 16 |
| Pts | 59-31 | 58-31 |
| Total Points | 90 | 89 |
| Winners | 16 | 25 |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% |
Both De Minaur and Dimitrov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Minaur and Dimitrov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, De Minaur played 3 games less than Dimitrov. De Minaur scored 16 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian recorded 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 18/40 | 27/42 |
| %1st in | 45% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 25/27 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 6/15 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 40% |
De Minaur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dimitrov struck 6 aces . De Minaur won 89% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 93% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 83% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
De Minaur broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alex quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Grigor broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | |||
| R2 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 59-31 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 58-31 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 25/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emilio GomezGomez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emilio GomezGomez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
