Alex De Minaur and Arthur Fils will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PISTA ANDRES GIMENO. 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 Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.137
Arthur Fils -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Fils
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-9 | 15-5 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Alex got to the 3rd round after beating Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, De Minaur had a good straight sets win against Nadal (7-5 6-1). During the match, De Minaur scored 74 points vs Nadal’s 53. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex De Minaur was quite effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Nadal 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (341-194). 4-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Minaur has a composed 59-47 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Acapulco where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 6-4 6-4.
Alex has a compiled 23-7 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 8-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 36, the French player got to the 3rd round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-4 1-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The French player defeated Altmaier (6-4 1-6 6-1). During the match Fils scored 73 points vs Altmaier’s 65. Arthur was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Fils scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Arthur Fils lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fils put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Altmaier 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.
Fils has a compiled 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pts | 74-53 | 73-65 |
| Total Points | 127 | 138 |
| Winners | 21 | 32 |
| %Winners | 28% | 44% |
Both De Minaur and Fils played 1 match. At the moment, Arthur Fils lost 1 set while Alex De Minaur hasn’t lost a set so far. De Minaur has played 1 set(s) less than Fils (2 vs 3). Therefore, De Minaur played 5 games less than Fils. De Minaur scored 21 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur struck 32 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/54 | 41/65 |
| %1st in | 52% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 32/41 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
De Minaur managed to score 2 aces . Fils bagged 1 ace . De Minaur won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 78% 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 | De Minaur | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
De Minaur broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alex lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fils broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | |||
| R2 Nadal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-53 | 74-53 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/54 | 28/54 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Fils | |||
| R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 73-65 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Rafael NadalNadal (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas MachacMachac (w/o) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-0 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Sebastian BaezBaez (5-7 7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nick HardtHardt (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Harold MayotMayot (7-63 6-76 ret.) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
