Tommy Paul and Francisco Cerundolo will face off in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.63
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
This will be the 4th time that Tommy Paul and Francisco Cerundolo face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cerundolo won 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the final in Eastbourne back in July 2023.
Tommy Paul
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 45-18 | 17-11 | 10-4 | 8-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Tommy got to the 2nd round after defeating Diego Schwartzman 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Tommy defeated Schwartzman (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Paul scored 89 points vs Schwartzman’s 79. Tommy was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paul made 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Schwartzman 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Paul has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (336-194). 17-7 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has an aggregate163-95 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Tommy’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Acapulco,the Aix En Provence Challenger and Eastbourne.
Paul has an overall 32-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Francisco Cerundolo
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-29 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Francisco got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Galarneau 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Francisco defeated Galarneau (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match Cerundolo scored 100 points vs Galarneau’s 96. Francisco was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Cerundolo made 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (27/50) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Galarneau 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Eastbourne where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-4 1-6 6-4.
The Argentine has a composed 32-19 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Paul | Cerundolo |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 |
Pts | 89-79 | 100-96 |
Total Points | 168 | 196 |
Winners | 34 | 40 |
%Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Paul and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul conceded 1 set, while Francisco Cerundolo conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paul and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (28). Paul scored 34 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 40 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Paul | Cerundolo |
---|---|---|
Aces | 9 | 10 |
Avg per match | 9 | 10 |
1st in | 42/88 | 65/115 |
%1st in | 48% | 57% |
1st pts | 34/42 | 40/65 |
%1st pts | 81% | 62% |
2nd pts | 25/46 | 27/50 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 54% |
Paul managed to score 9 aces . Cerundolo recorded 10 aces . Paul won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 62% of the points behind 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 | Paul | Cerundolo |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 5 |
Converted | 3/5 | 5/6 |
% Converted | 60% | 83% |
Conceded | 6 | 13 |
Saved | 4 | 10 |
% Saved | 67% | 77% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Cerundolo broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
Paul | |||
R1 Schwartzman |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 89-79 | 89-79 | |
Total points | 168 | 168 | |
Winners | 34 | 34 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 42/88 | 42/88 | |
% 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Cerundolo | |||
R1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 100-96 | 100-96 | |
Total points | 196 | 196 | |
Winners | 40 | 40 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 10 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 65/115 | 65/115 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
1st pts | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
% 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
2nd pts | 27/50 | 27/50 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
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