Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev will face off in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 16th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.43
Alexander Zverev -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 16th time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 9-6 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 4th round in Rome back in May 2023.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs Alexander Zverev – Rome 16-May-2023
Daniil Medvedev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 46-21 | 28-9 | 11-5 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 66-18 | 38-8 | 10-3 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 45-19 | 26-8 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 63-13 | 33-5 | 5-3 | 18-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, Medvedev reached the 3rd round after beating Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-3 6-2). During the match, Medvedev scored 66 points vs Musetti’s 46. Daniil was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Medvedev struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Daniil Medvedev lost the serve once. Furthermore, Medvedev put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Musetti 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Medvedev has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (472-188). 27-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has an overall 208-66 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Rotterdam where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Doha where he overcame Andy Murray in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Dubai where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-2 and in Miami where he overcame Jannik Sinner in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Rome where he defeated Holger Rune in the final 7-5 7-5.
Daniil has a composed 49-10 win-loss record in 2023, 27-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Alexander Zverev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 6-0 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 71-21 | 31-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 17, Zverev got to the 3rd round after defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2 and Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-5 6-4). During the match Zverev scored 83 points vs Nishioka’s 74. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Zverev managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was quite effective on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexander broke Nishioka 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Hamburg where he overcame Laslo Djere in the final 7-5 6-3.
Zverev has an aggregate 36-19 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Medvedev | Zverev |
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Match played | 1 | 2 |
Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
Tot Games | 17 | 38 |
Pts | 66-46 | 144-116 |
Total Points | 112 | 260 |
Winners | 28 | 58 |
%Winners | 42% | 40% |
Medvedev played 1 match while Zverev competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Medvedev has played 2 set(s) less than Zverev (2 vs 4). Therefore, Medvedev played 21 games less than Zverev. Daniil scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zverev blasted 58 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Medvedev | Zverev |
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Aces | 3 | 18 |
Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
1st in | 34/54 | 81/126 |
%1st in | 63% | 64% |
1st pts | 28/34 | 58/81 |
%1st pts | 82% | 72% |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 27/45 |
%2nd pts | 40% | 60% |
Medvedev fired 3 aces . Zverev struck 18 aces (9 per match). Medvedev won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Medvedev | Zverev |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 7 |
Converted | 4/8 | 7/20 |
% Converted | 50% | 35% |
Conceded | 1 | 8 |
Saved | 0 | 7 |
% Saved | 0% | 88% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Medvedev broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
Medvedev | |||
R2 Musetti |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
Total points | 112 | 112 | |
Winners | 28 | 28 | |
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Zverev | ||||
R1 Dimitrov |
R2 Nishioka |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
pts | 61-42 | 83-74 | 144-116 | |
Total points | 103 | 157 | 260 | |
Winners | 23 | 35 | 58 | |
%Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
1st in | 32/48 | 49/78 | 81/126 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 63% | 64% | |
1st pts | 23/32 | 35/49 | 58/81 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 11/16 | 16/29 | 27/45 | |
% 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 60% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 3/12 | 7/20 | |
Converted % | 50% | 25% | 35% | |
Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 5/6 | 7 | |
Saved % | 100% | 83% | 183% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (7-64 5-7 10-7) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Robin Haase/Karen KhachanovHaase/Karen Khachanov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Borna CoricCoric (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Holger RuneRune (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ben SheltonShelton (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nicolas JarryJarry (w/o) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Andrey RublevRublev (7-610 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ben SheltonShelton (7-6(3) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Borna CoricCoric (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Holger RuneRune (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-18) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-9) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction