Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev will square off in the final of the French Open for the 12^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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 Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.31
Alexander Zverev -> 3.58

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev

This will be the 12^th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 7-4 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but Alcaraz has a winning record of 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alcaraz won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Indian wells back in March 2024.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev – Indian wells 14-March-2024

Carlos Alcaraz

Ranked no. 3, Alcaraz got to the final after beating Jeff Wolf 6-1 6-2 6-1, Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2, Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-6⁵ 6-3, Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 6-1, Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 7-6³ 6-4 and Jannik Sinner 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Carlos had a tough win against Sinner to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3).During the match, Alcaraz scored less points (2) than Sinner. In fact, the world no. 3 won 145 points vs Sinner’s. That means that Alcaraz was more focused during the important points. Alcaraz was quite aggressive to blast 68 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz blasted 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Carlos Alcaraz lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (68/103) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (25/54) on the 2nd serve. Alcaraz broke Sinner 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has dropped 3 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alcaraz has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 79% of his matches (257-68). 11-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz has an overall135-34 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.

Carlos has an overall 24-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 4, Zverev reached the final after beating Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6⁵ 6-3, David Goffin 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2, Tallon Griekspoor 3-6 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-6³, Holger Rune 4-6 6-1 5-7 7-6²

6-2, Alex De Minaur 6-4 7-6⁵ 6-4 and Casper Ruud 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal against Ruud, Zverev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2). During the match Zverev scored 105 points vs Ruud’s 83. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Zverev fired 19 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (48/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zverev broke Ruud 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander has conceded 5 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he beat Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

The German has an overall 34-9 win-loss record in 2024, 16-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alcaraz	Zverev
Match played	6	6
Tot Set	21	23
Tot Games	191	227
Pts	675-545	751-643
Total Points	1220	1394
Winners	287	352
%Winners	43%	47%

Both Alcaraz and Zverev played 6 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Alcaraz surrendered 3 sets, while Alexander Zverev dropped 5 sets. Alcaraz has played 2 set(s) less than Zverev (21 vs 23). Therefore, Alcaraz played 36 games less than Zverev. Carlos scored 287 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 352 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alcaraz	Zverev
Aces	22	64
Avg per match	3.7	10.7
1st in	412/589	474/655
%1st in	70%	72%
1st pts	287/412	352/474
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	99/177	93/181
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Alcaraz fired 22 aces (3.7 per match). Zverev blasted 64 aces (10.7 per match). Alcaraz won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alcaraz	Zverev
Won	37	33
Converted	37/80	33/87
% Converted	46%	38%
Conceded	39	44
Saved	22	27
% Saved	56%	61%
Times Broken	17	17

Alcaraz broke his opponents 37 times with a 46% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 17 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 33 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 17 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
	R1 Wolf	R2 De	R3 Korda	R4 Auger-Aliassime	1/4 Tsitsipas	1/2 Sinner	Total
Score	6-1 6-2 6-1	6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2	6-4 7-65 6-3	6-3 6-3 6-1	6-3 7-63 6-4	2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	4	3	3	3	5	21
Tot Games	22	35	32	25	32	45	191
pts	87-46	128-108	119-95	95-68	101-81	145-147	675-545
Total points	133	236	214	163	182	292	1220
Winners	33	50	51	40	45	68	287
%Winners	38%	39%	43%	42%	45%	47%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	3	1	3	8	22
Double Faults	1	2	0	2	1	7	13
1st in	47/67	78/112	70/90	53/79	61/84	103/157	412/589
% 1st in	70%	70%	78%	67%	73%	66%	70%
1st pts	33/47	50/78	51/70	40/53	45/61	68/103	287/412
% 1st pts	70%	64%	73%	75%	74%	66%	70%
2nd pts	13/20	17/34	13/20	14/26	17/23	25/54	99/177
% 2nd pts	65%	50%	65%	54%	74%	46%	56%
Breaks
Won	9	8	4	6	4	6	37
Converted	9/14	8/18	4/12	6/16	4/6	6/14	37/80
Converted %	64%	44%	33%	38%	67%	43%	46%
Conceded	7	12	3	5	2	10	39
Saved	5/7	7/12	1/3	4/5	1/2	4/10	22
Saved %	71%	58%	33%	80%	50%	40%	55%
Times Broken	2	5	2	1	1	6	17

Zverev
	R1 Nadal	R2 Goffin	R3 Griekspoor	R4 Rune	1/4 De Minaur	1/2 Ruud	Total
Score	6-3 7-65 6-3	7-64 6-2 6-2	3-6 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-63	4-6 6-1 5-7 7-62 6-2	6-4 7-65 6-4	2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	5	5	3	4	23
Tot Games	31	29	50	50	33	34	227
pts	112-92	103-81	164-150	163-141	104-96	105-83	751-643
Total points	204	184	314	304	200	188	1394
Winners	52	46	80	74	52	48	352
%Winners	46%	45%	49%	45%	50%	46%	47%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	11	16	2	19	64
Double Faults	3	3	5	3	5	4	23
1st in	72/93	59/82	115/153	97/136	75/109	56/82	474/655
% 1st in	77%	72%	75%	71%	69%	68%	72%
1st pts	52/72	46/59	80/115	74/97	52/75	48/56	352/474
% 1st pts	72%	78%	70%	76%	69%	86%	74%
2nd pts	10/21	15/23	21/38	17/39	16/34	14/26	93/181
% 2nd pts	48%	65%	55%	44%	47%	54%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	8	5	5	33
Converted	6/18	4/10	5/18	8/23	5/6	5/12	33/87
Converted %	33%	40%	28%	35%	83%	42%	38%
Conceded	11	2	10	10	8	3	44
Saved	9/11	2/2	6/10	4/10	5/8	1/3	27
Saved %	82%	100%	60%	40%	63%	33%	63%
Times Broken	2	0	4	6	3	2	17

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