Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem will fight against each other in the final of the French Open for the 13th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, the Spaniard got to the final after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-2 6-1 6-3, Yannick Maden 6-1 6-2 6-4, David Goffin 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3, Juan Ignacio Londero 6-2 6-3 6-3, Kei Nishikori 6-1 6-1 6-3 and Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 6-2.
His best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Rome where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-0 4-6 6-1.
Rafael has a 31-5 win-loss record in 2019, 20-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Spaniard won the title last year in Roland-Garros after ousting Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-3 6-2.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 4 (career high), the Austrian got to the final after defeating Tommy Paul 6-4 4-6 7-65 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-76 6-3 7-5, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5, Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 6-2, Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4 6-2 and Novak Djokovic 6-2 3-6 7-5 5-7 7-5.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Roger Federer in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Barcelona where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-0.
Dominic has a 23-8 win-loss record in 2019, 17-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Thiem lost in the final 6-4 6-3 6-2 to Rafael Nadal.
Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Dominic Thiem
This will be the 13th time that Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem fight against each other. The head to head is 8-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 7-4 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Thiem won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Barcelona back in April 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.22
Dominic Thiem -> 4.50
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