Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov will face off in the final of the Miami Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.32
Grigor Dimitrov -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Grigor Dimitrov

This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sinner won 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2023.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Grigor Dimitrov – Beijing 02-October-2023

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

21 - 1win/loss

Hard
16-1
I Hard
5-0
Rank
1
High
1
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 70-6 40-3 11-2 10-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0
2020 20-14 2-6 7-3 11-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 3 (career-high), the Italian got to the final after defeating Andrea Vavassori 6-3 6-4, Tallon Griekspoor 5-7 7-5 6-1, Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-3, Tomas Machac 6-4 6-2 and Daniil Medvedev 6-1 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Medvedev (6-1 6-2). During the match, Sinner scored 60 points vs Medvedev’s 37. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jannik Sinner was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sinner broke Medvedev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jannik has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 72% of his matches (294-114). 16-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinner has a composed114-42 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title at the Australian Open where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4.

Sinner has a composed 21-1 win-loss record in 2024, 16-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Sinner's Record

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov

20 - 4win/loss

Hard
14-2
I Hard
6-2
Rank
10
High
3
LWWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-18 21-7 8-4 13-5 4-2 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. 12, the Bulgarian got to the final after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6-75 7-65 6-2, Yannick Hanfmann 6-1 6-0, Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 7-63, Carlos Alcaraz 6-2 6-4

and Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-74 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Bulgarian defeated Zverev (6-4 6-74 6-4). During the match Dimitrov scored 99 points vs Zverev’s 89. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Dimitrov recorded 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (51/65) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitrov was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zverev twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Grigor has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Grigor has a composed 20-4 win-loss record in 2024, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2012 and 2016. See his history.

Miami
Dimitrov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Sinner
G.Dimitrov
8h:14
8h:14
Time on court​
10h:03
10h:03
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
!
2h:37
2h:37
5
5
Match played
5
5
102
102
Games Played​
129
129
11
11
Set played​​
13
13
366
366
Total points​
430
430
73.2
73.2
Avg point​
86
86
151
151
Winners
208
208
30.2
30.2
Avg Winners​
41.6
41.6
41%
41%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
30
30
Aces
56
56
6
6
Avg Aces
!
11.2
11.2
9
9
Double Faults
9
9
1.8
1.8
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
151/180
151/180
1st won total​
208/262
208/262
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
61/98
61/98
2nd won total​
75/123
75/123
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
16/39
16/39
BP won
14/33
14/33
3.2/7.8
3.2/7.8
Avg BP won
2.8/6.6
2.8/6.6
41%
41%
Won
42%
42%
10
10
Conceded
15
15
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
2
2
!
0.6
0.6
Avg Broken
!
0.4
0.4
7
7
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sinner Dimitrov
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 11 13
Tot Games 102 129
Pts 366-268 430-363
Total Points 634 793
Winners 151 208
%Winners 41% 48%

Both Sinner and Dimitrov played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jannik Sinner conceded 1 set, while Grigor Dimitrov conceded 3 sets. Sinner has played 2 set(s) less than Dimitrov (11 vs 13). Therefore, Sinner played 27 games less than Dimitrov. Jannik scored 151 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor fired 208 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sinner Dimitrov
Aces 30 56
Avg per match 6 11.2
1st in 180/278 262/385
%1st in 65% 68%
1st pts 151/180 208/262
%1st pts 84% 79%
2nd pts 61/98 75/123
%2nd pts 62% 61%

Sinner made 30 aces (6 per match). Dimitrov made 56 aces (11.2 per match). Sinner won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sinner Dimitrov
Won 16 14
Converted 16/39 14/33
% Converted 41% 42%
Conceded 10 15
Saved 7 13
% Saved 70% 87%
Times Broken 3 2

Jannik broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jannik surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitrov broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.

Sinner
R2
Vavassori
R3
Griekspoor
R4
O
1/4
Machac
1/2
Medvedev
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 2 11
Tot Games 19 31 19 18 15 102
pts 58-45 106-81 72-53 70-52 60-37 366-268
Total points 103 187 125 122 97 634
Winners 33 46 25 23 24 151
%Winners 57% 43% 35% 33% 40% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 15 2 3 7 30
Double Faults 3 1 2 2 1 9
1st in 36/52 51/75 33/54 30/50 30/47 180/278
% 1st in 69% 68% 61% 60% 64% 65%
1st pts 33/36 46/51 25/33 23/30 24/30 151/180
% 1st pts 92% 90% 76% 77% 80% 84%
2nd pts 7/16 16/24 15/21 13/20 10/17 61/98
% 2nd pts 44% 67% 71% 65% 59% 62%
Breaks
Won 2 3 3 4 4 16
Converted 2/4 3/9 3/6 4/11 4/9 16/39
Converted % 50% 33% 50% 36% 44% 41%
Conceded 0 2 4 1 3 10
Saved 0/0 1/2 3/4 0/1 3/3 7
Saved % 50% 75% 0% 100% 45%
Times Broken 0 1 1 1 0 3
Dimitrov
R2
Tabilo
R3
Hanfmann
R4
Hurkacz
1/4
Alcaraz
1/2
Zverev
Total
Score 6-75 7-65 6-2 6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3 7-63 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-74 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 2 3 13
Tot Games 34 13 31 18 33 129
pts 109-101 49-17 109-105 64-51 99-89 430-363
Total points 210 66 214 115 188 793
Winners 59 21 50 27 51 208
%Winners 54% 43% 46% 42% 52% 48%
SERVE
Aces 23 2 9 4 18 56
Double Faults 4 1 2 0 2 9
1st in 67/97 23/32 72/104 35/56 65/96 262/385
% 1st in 69% 72% 69% 63% 68% 68%
1st pts 59/67 21/23 50/72 27/35 51/65 208/262
% 1st pts 88% 91% 69% 77% 78% 79%
2nd pts 17/30 7/9 21/32 10/21 20/31 75/123
% 2nd pts 57% 78% 66% 48% 65% 61%
Breaks
Won 2 5 1 4 2 14
Converted 2/9 5/9 1/5 4/8 2/2 14/33
Converted % 22% 56% 20% 50% 100% 42%
Conceded 3 0 5 5 2 15
Saved 3/3 0/0 4/5 4/5 2/2 13
Saved % 100% 80% 80% 100% 72%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1 0 2

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