Andrew Paulson and Juan Pablo Paz will face off in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrew Paulson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrew Paulson is the pick to win this match.
Andrew Paulson -> 1.24
Juan Pablo Paz -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Andrew Paulson vs. Juan Pablo Paz
There is no head to head record between Andrew Paulson and Juan Pablo Paz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344 (career-high), Paulson reached the qualifications after defeating Alexandru Gliga 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Andrew had a good straight sets win against Gliga (6-1 6-2). During the match, Paulson scored 65 points vs Gliga’s 37. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paulson blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrew Paulson was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Andrew broke Gliga 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Paulson has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (143-84). 24-12 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paulson has a composed72-46 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Poprad,M25+H Kassel and M25 Lodz.
Paulson has an overall 25-15 win-loss record in 2023, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Paz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-24 | 0-0 | 34-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 1-2 | 43-31 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-30 | 0-1 | 46-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-32 | 0-0 | 50-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-15 | 4-5 | 24-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 534, Juan reached the qualifications after defeating Christoph Negritu 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Negritu (7-5 6-1). During the match Pablo Paz scored 67 points vs Negritu’s 46. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Paz wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Pablo Paz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Paz put 61% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Paz broke Negritu 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Bucharest and M15 Constanta.
Pablo Paz has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2023, 32-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paulson | Pablo Paz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 65-37 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 102 | 113 |
| Winners | 21 | 25 |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% |
Both Paulson and Pablo Paz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paulson and Pablo Paz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paulson played 4 games less than Pablo Paz. Andrew scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Paz scored 25 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paulson | Pablo Paz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 33/54 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 10/21 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 48% |
Paulson bagged 3 aces . Pablo Paz didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Paulson won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Paz won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paulson | Pablo Paz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 86% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Andrew pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Juan broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paulson | |||
| Q1 Gliga |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-37 | 65-37 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pablo Paz | |||
| Q1 Negritu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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