Grigor Dimitrov and Zizou Bergs will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 14. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.193
Zizou Bergs -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-10 | 14-3 | 8-4 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 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. 10, Dimitrov got to the 3rd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 6-4 and Fabian Marozsan 6-0 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-0 6-3 6-4). During the match, Dimitrov scored 84 points vs Marozsan’s 55. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (34/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitrov broke Marozsan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Grigor hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Dimitrov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (307-187). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has an aggregate 67-46 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
Dimitrov has a compiled 26-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, the Belgian reached the 3rd round after beating Clement Chidekh 6-1 6-1, Joris De Loore 6-4 2-6 6-4, Mathias Bourgue 6-2 7-64, Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 7-65 6-2 6-2 and Maximilian Marterer 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Marterer, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3). During the match Bergs scored 114 points vs Marterer’s 80. Zizou was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Bergs bagged 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was very efficient on serve to win 84% (48/57) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zizou broke Marterer 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Mitchell Krueger in the final 6-4 7-6(9).
The Belgian has an overall 27-12 win-loss record in 2024, 17-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 135 |
| Pts | 173-126 | 465-380 |
| Total Points | 299 | 845 |
| Winners | 72 | 181 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Dimitrov played 2 matches while Bergs competed in 5 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Dimitrov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zizou Bergs dropped 3 sets while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t lost a set so far. Dimitrov has played 9 set(s) less than Bergs (6 vs 15). Therefore, Dimitrov played 81 games less than Bergs. Grigor scored 72 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs scored 181 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| 1st in | 84/148 | 257/405 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 72/84 | 181/257 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 34/64 | 85/148 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Dimitrov struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Bergs fired 37 aces (7.4 per match). Dimitrov won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 27 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 27/44 |
| % Converted | 61% | 61% |
| Conceded | 5 | 28 |
| Saved | 2 | 15 |
| % Saved | 40% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 13 |
Grigor broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Dimitrov dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 27 times with a 61% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Marozsan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 25 | 54 | |
| pts | 89-71 | 84-55 | 173-126 | |
| Total points | 160 | 139 | 299 | |
| Winners | 38 | 34 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 38/71 | 84/148 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 34/38 | 72/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 89% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/33 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/11 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 55% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bergs | |||||||
| Q1 Chidekh |
Q2 De Loore |
Q3 Bourgue |
R1 Tabilo |
R2 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 7-64 | 3-6 7-65 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 21 | 38 | 34 | 135 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 84-85 | 71-56 | 140-126 | 114-80 | 465-380 | |
| Total points | 89 | 169 | 127 | 266 | 194 | 845 | |
| Winners | 13 | 41 | 19 | 60 | 48 | 181 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 49% | 27% | 43% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 17/41 | 55/83 | 28/57 | 100/141 | 57/83 | 257/405 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 66% | 49% | 71% | 69% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 41/55 | 19/28 | 60/100 | 48/57 | 181/257 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 68% | 60% | 84% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 15/28 | 18/29 | 19/41 | 17/26 | 85/148 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 54% | 62% | 46% | 65% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 27 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/6 | 5/9 | 9/11 | 6/10 | 27/44 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 33% | 56% | 82% | 60% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 28 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 0/3 | 9/15 | 3/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
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