Tommy Paul and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Libema Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.52
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.54

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 4^th time that Tommy Paul and Alexei Popyrin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Paul won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2021.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 13, Paul will start his run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 to Cerundolo in the 3^rd round on the 1^st of June.

Paul has an aggregate 21-9 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Dallas where he defeated Marcos Giron in the final 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Tommy has an overall 371-214 record. He has a positive 22-14 record on grass.

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 49, Alexei got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 66 points vs Hijikata’s 56. Alexei was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 77% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Doha.

The Australian has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorTallon – Mackenzie McdonaldMackenzie (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-5) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction