Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov will face off in the semifinal of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.62
Grigor Dimitrov -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 8th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 4-6 6-2 7-6(4) in the R in Australia back in 2022.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Grigor Dimitrov – Australia 29-December-2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-11 | 10-6 | 17-4 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Stefanos got to the semifinal after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 7-64, Alexander Zverev 7-62 6-4 and Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 57 points vs Khachanov’s 46. Tsitsipas was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve once. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Greek was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Khachanov 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (444-200). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has an overall88-46 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Los Cabos where he beat Alex De Minaur in the final 6-3 6-4.
Stefanos has an aggregate 51-21 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Grigor Dimitrov
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-10 | 14-3 | 8-4 | 6-2 | 3-1 | 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. 17, Dimitrov reached the semifinal after defeating Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 6-74 6-3, Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-74 7-62, Alexander Bublik 6-2 6-2 and Hubert Hurkacz 6-1 4-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Bulgarian defeated Hurkacz (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Dimitrov scored 80 points vs Hurkacz’s 65. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Dimitrov managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Grigor was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hurkacz 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Grigor’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Geneva.
Grigor has a compiled 42-20 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
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Match played | 3 | 4 |
Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
Tot Games | 64 | 108 |
Pts | 217-180 | 363-291 |
Total Points | 397 | 654 |
Winners | 96 | 167 |
%Winners | 44% | 46% |
Tsitsipas played 3 matches while Dimitrov competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov conceded 3 sets while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t lost a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 5 set(s) less than Dimitrov (6 vs 11). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 44 games less than Dimitrov. Stefanos scored 96 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor recorded 167 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
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Aces | 15 | 26 |
Avg per match | 5 | 6.5 |
1st in | 125/201 | 215/326 |
%1st in | 62% | 66% |
1st pts | 96/125 | 167/215 |
%1st pts | 77% | 78% |
2nd pts | 43/76 | 60/111 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Tsitsipas scored 15 aces (5 per match). Dimitrov managed to score 26 aces (6.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 78% 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 | Tsitsipas | Dimitrov |
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Won | 7 | 16 |
Converted | 7/13 | 16/29 |
% Converted | 54% | 55% |
Conceded | 11 | 20 |
Saved | 8 | 14 |
% Saved | 73% | 70% |
Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Tsitsipas | |||||
R2 Auger-Aliassime | R3 Zverev | 1/4 Khachanov | Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-64 | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 19 | 64 | |
pts | 81-65 | 79-69 | 57-46 | 217-180 | |
Total points | 146 | 148 | 103 | 397 | |
Winners | 34 | 36 | 26 | 96 | |
%Winners | 42% | 46% | 46% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 46/77 | 46/71 | 33/53 | 125/201 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 65% | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 34/46 | 36/46 | 26/33 | 96/125 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 78% | 79% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 20/31 | 13/25 | 10/20 | 43/76 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 52% | 50% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 2/4 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 7/13 | |
Converted % | 50% | 33% | 100% | 54% | |
Conceded | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 8 | |
Saved % | 86% | 67% | 0% | 51% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Dimitrov | ||||||
R1 Musetti | R2 Medvedev | R3 Bublik | 1/4 Hurkacz | Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-74 6-3 | 6-3 6-74 7-62 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 35 | 16 | 27 | 108 | |
pts | 103-81 | 126-107 | 54-38 | 80-65 | 363-291 | |
Total points | 184 | 233 | 92 | 145 | 654 | |
Winners | 45 | 64 | 18 | 40 | 167 | |
%Winners | 44% | 51% | 33% | 50% | 46% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
1st in | 55/86 | 83/120 | 28/49 | 49/71 | 215/326 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 69% | 57% | 69% | 66% | |
1st pts | 45/55 | 64/83 | 18/28 | 40/49 | 167/215 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 64% | 82% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 17/31 | 16/37 | 13/21 | 14/22 | 60/111 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 43% | 62% | 64% | 54% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 5/9 | 3/3 | 16/29 | |
Converted % | 44% | 50% | 56% | 100% | 55% | |
Conceded | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 20 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 9/12 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 14 | |
Saved % | 67% | 75% | 67% | 50% | 86% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-74 7-66 10-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Andrey RublevRublev (3-1) – H2H and prediction