Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.81
Grigor Dimitrov -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Andy Murray
This will be the 12th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray play each other. The head to head is 8-3 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 6-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Murray won 6-4 7-6(2) in the final in Beijing back in 2016.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 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. 19, Dimitrov reached the 2nd round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-79 6-75 6-1 7-5 7-69.
In the 1st round, Grigor had a tough win against Molcan to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-79 6-75 6-1 7-5 7-69). During the match, Dimitrov scored 191 points vs Molcan’s 175. Grigor was extremely aggressive to blast 87 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dimitrov overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (87/112) of his 1st serve and 57% (41/72) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Bulgarian broke Molcan 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (316-191). 7-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has an aggregate 154-93 match record in the last years on hard.
Grigor’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Geneva.
Dimitrov has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Murray got to the 2nd round after beating Corentin Moutet 6-2 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Murray had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-2 7-5 6-3). During the match Murray scored 112 points vs Moutet’s 86. Murray was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Murray recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Andy Murray was quite effective on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Andy broke Moutet 5 times after converting 20% of his break points (5/25).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Aix En Provence Challenger where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 2-6 6-1 6-2 and the Surbiton Challenger where he overcame Jurij Rodionov in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Nottingham Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
Andy has a compiled 28-12 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2012. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 29 |
| Pts | 191-175 | 112-86 |
| Total Points | 366 | 198 |
| Winners | 87 | 40 |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% |
Both Dimitrov and Murray played 1 match. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov dropped 2 sets while Andy Murray hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 2 sets more than Murray (5 vs 3). Therefore, Dimitrov played 29 games more than Murray. The Bulgarian scored 87 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Andy scored 40 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 20 | 4 |
| 1st in | 112/184 | 52/91 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 87/112 | 40/52 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 41/72 | 24/39 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 62% |
Dimitrov blasted 20 aces . Murray recorded 4 aces . Dimitrov won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Murray won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/25 |
| % Converted | 36% | 20% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Dimitrov broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Andy broke his opponent 5 times with a 20% conversion rate. Andy conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-75 6-1 7-5 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 58 | 58 | |
| pts | 191-175 | 191-175 | |
| Total points | 366 | 366 | |
| Winners | 87 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 112/184 | 112/184 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 87/112 | 87/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Murray | |||
| R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 112-86 | 112-86 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/25 | 5/25 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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