Gilles Simon and Salvatore Caruso will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12.30 pm (est) on Court 14.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 33, Gilles got to the 2nd round after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-3 6-4.
The French Player best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Marrakech, Sydney and Pune.
Simon has a 14-12 win-loss record in 2019, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Simon lost in the 3rd round 6-3 6-1 6-3 to Kei Nishikori.
Salvatore Caruso
Ranked no. 147 (career high), Caruso got to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 5-7 6-4 6-4, Ze Zhang 6-2 6-2, Dustin Brown 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-3.
The Italian best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Phoenix Challenger.
Caruso has a 22-14 win-loss record in 2019, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Italian lost in the qualifications 6-4 6-4 to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.
Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Salvatore Caruso
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Salvatore Caruso since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Simon who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gilles Simon is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Simon -> 1.30
Salvatore Caruso -> 3.50
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