Alexander Zverev and Jordan Thompson will face off in the semifinal of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.192
Jordan Thompson -> 4.7

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Jordan Thompson

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Zverev and Jordan Thompson play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zverev and Thompson (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Thompson won 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo back in 2023.

Highlights Jordan Thompson vs Alexander Zverev – Tokyo 16-October-2023

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 6, Zverev got to the semifinal after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-0

and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 73 points vs Kokkinakis’s 62. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Zverev conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 12 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Zverev broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Zverev has an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (425-183). 11-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has an aggregate 174-77 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4.

The German has a compiled 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Los Cabos

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 40 (career-high), Jordan reached the semifinal after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-3, Emilio Nava 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Alex Michelsen 0-6 7-6¹ 7-5.

In the quarter against Michelsen, Thompson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-6¹ 7-5).During the match Thompson scored less points (1) than Michelsen. In fact, the world no. 6 won 96 points vs Michelsen’s. That means that Thompson was more focused during the important points. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Thompson bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jordan Thompson lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Jordan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Michelsen 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.

Jordan has a compiled 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Thompson
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	34	72
Pts	127-91	250-214
Total Points	218	464
Winners	61	103
%Winners	48%	41%

Zverev played 2 matches while Thompson competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Jordan Thompson surrendered 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Thompson (4 vs 7). Therefore, Zverev played 38 games less than Thompson. Zverev scored 61 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Jordan recorded 103 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Thompson
Aces	14	18
Avg per match	7	6
1st in	81/121	140/225
%1st in	67%	62%
1st pts	61/81	103/140
%1st pts	75%	74%
2nd pts	22/40	46/85
%2nd pts	55%	54%

Zverev managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Thompson blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Zverev won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 74% 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	Zverev	Thompson
Won	7	9
Converted	7/9	9/23
% Converted	78%	39%
Conceded	15	26
Saved	15	20
% Saved	100%	77%
Times Broken	0	6

The German broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Alexander had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 15 break points. Thompson broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Thompson conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Nishioka	1/4 Kokkinakis	Total
Score	6-3 6-0	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	19	34
pts	54-29	73-62	127-91
Total points	83	135	218
Winners	22	39	61
%Winners	41%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	10	4	14
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	29/39	52/82	81/121
% 1st in	74%	63%	67%
1st pts	22/29	39/52	61/81
% 1st pts	76%	75%	75%
2nd pts	8/10	14/30	22/40
% 2nd pts	80%	47%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/6	2/3	7/9
Converted %	83%	67%	78%
Conceded	3	12	15
Saved	3/3	12/12	15
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Thompson
	R1 Escobedo	R2 Nava	1/4 Michelsen	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-3	0-6 7-61 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	22	31	72
pts	70-50	84-67	96-97	250-214
Total points	120	151	193	464
Winners	28	35	40	103
%Winners	40%	42%	42%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	6	18
Double Faults	0	0	2	2
1st in	37/52	43/66	60/107	140/225
% 1st in	71%	65%	56%	62%
1st pts	28/37	35/43	40/60	103/140
% 1st pts	76%	81%	67%	74%
2nd pts	10/15	14/23	22/47	46/85
% 2nd pts	67%	61%	47%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/12	2/8	3/3	9/23
Converted %	33%	25%	100%	39%
Conceded	5	5	16	26
Saved	4/5	5/5	11/16	20
Saved %	80%	100%	69%	125%
Times Broken	1	0	5	6

Tennis Scores in Los Cabos

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-6¹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-6(1) 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction