Grigor Dimitrov and Arthur Rinderknech will fight against each other in the quarter of the Open 13 Provence for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.27
Arthur Rinderknech -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Arthur Rinderknech face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in London back in 2023.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-8 | 14-3 | 6-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 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. 13, Dimitrov got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Korda 6-1 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Korda (6-1 7-65). During the match, Dimitrov scored 69 points vs Korda’s 49. Dimitrov was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitrov broke Korda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (289-180). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has an overall 58-31 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Brisbane where he defeated Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 8-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
Arthur Rinderknech
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 4-5 | 6-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Arthur reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Cressy 6-76 7-5 6-2 and Jiri Lehecka 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (7-5 7-65). During the match Rinderknech scored 78 points vs Lehecka’s 72. Arthur was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Rinderknech blasted 10 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Lehecka 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Rinderknech has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 58 |
| Pts | 69-49 | 184-166 |
| Total Points | 118 | 350 |
| Winners | 29 | 91 |
| %Winners | 42% | 49% |
Dimitrov played 1 match while Rinderknech competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Arthur Rinderknech surrendered 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dimitrov has played 3 set(s) less than Rinderknech (2 vs 5). Therefore, Dimitrov played 38 games less than Rinderknech. Grigor scored 29 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 91 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 118/172 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 91/118 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 27/54 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 50% |
Dimitrov bagged 8 aces . Rinderknech made 20 aces (10 per match). Dimitrov won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 39% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dimitrov surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Rinderknech conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 69-49 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rinderknech | ||||
| R1 Cressy |
R2 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 106-94 | 78-72 | 184-166 | |
| Total points | 200 | 150 | 350 | |
| Winners | 53 | 38 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 71/96 | 47/76 | 118/172 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 62% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 38/47 | 91/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 12/29 | 27/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 41% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 134% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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