Roman Safiullin and Jordan Thompson will face off in the quarter of the Chengdu Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.8
Jordan Thompson -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Jordan Thompson
This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Jordan Thompson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Safiullin and Thompson (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Thompson won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-16 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 55, Safiullin got to the quarter after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 and Daniel Evans 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-3 6-3). During the match, Safiullin scored 60 points vs Evans’s 48. Safiullin was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was quite effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Safiullin broke Evans 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roman hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (357-176). 9-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has an aggregate 202-75 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he overcame Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.
Safiullin has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 11-7 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, Jordan reached the quarter after defeating Max Purcell 6-2 7-68 and Dusan Lajovic 6-1 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-1 7-61). During the match Thompson scored 71 points vs Lajovic’s 45. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Thompson made 9 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jordan Thompson was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jordan broke Lajovic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jordan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Alex Michelsen in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Gwangju Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-3 6-2.
Jordan has an overall 39-22 win-loss record in 2023, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 41 |
| Pts | 122-99 | 144-107 |
| Total Points | 221 | 251 |
| Winners | 55 | 53 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Both Safiullin and Thompson played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Thompson have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Safiullin played 3 games less than Thompson. Safiullin scored 55 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jordan managed to score 53 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 72/113 | 64/113 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 55/72 | 53/64 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 24/41 | 34/49 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 69% |
Safiullin blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Thompson made 22 aces (11 per match). Safiullin won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 35% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Jordan broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Thompson conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | ||||
| R1 Nakashima | R2 Evans | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-51 | 60-48 | 122-99 | |
| Total points | 113 | 108 | 221 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 38/58 | 72/113 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 27/38 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 11/20 | 24/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Purcell | R2 Lajovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | 6-1 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 71-45 | 144-107 | |
| Total points | 135 | 116 | 251 | |
| Winners | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/66 | 30/47 | 64/113 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 64% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 26/30 | 53/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 87% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 14/17 | 34/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 82% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/8 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction