Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Mahut will face off in the 1st round of the French Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday as the 2nd match on Court Simonne MATHIEU (1pm?).
Marco Cecchinato
Ranked no. 19, Cecchinato will start his run in campaign hoping to have a deep run at the French Open especially after he reached a surprising semifinal last year following a great win over Novak Djokovic.
Marco has an 11-11 win-loss record in 2019, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Buenos Aires where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-1 6-2.
Last year at the French Open
The Italian lost in the semifinal 7-5 7-610 6-1 to Dominic Thiem.
Nicolas Mahut
Ranked no. 253, Mahut will start his run in campaign hoping to have a deep run at the French Open.
Mahut has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2019, 0-1 on clay as he is not a specialist on this particular surface (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The French lost in the 1st round 1-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 to Juan Martin Del Potro.
Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Mahut
This will be the 3rd time that Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Mahut face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mahut (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mahut won 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2016.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.08
Nicolas Mahut -> 8.00
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