Arthur Fils and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fils who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.571
Roman Safiullin -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Roman Safiullin
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Fils and Roman Safiullin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Fils won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Marseille back in 2023.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs Roman Safiullin – Marseille 22-February-2023
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-28 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Arthur reached the 3rd round after defeating Dominic Stricker 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4, Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(2) 6-4 2-6 6-6 ret. and Roman Safiullin .
In the 2nd round against Hurkacz, Fils had a free pass after Hurkacz retired on a 7-62 6-4 2-6 6-6 . scoreline.
Fils has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (142-96). 5-2 on grass in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fils has an overall9-4 match record in the last 5 years on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-2 6-3.
The French player has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Roman got to the 3rd round after beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-7(5) 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 and Tomas Machac 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Safiullin scored 130 points vs Machac’s 107. Safiullin was extremely aggressive to blast 61 winners.
About the serving games, Safiullin made 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (61/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Machac 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and the Aix En Provence Challenger.
The Russian has a composed 10-16 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fils | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 92 |
| Pts | 257-246 | 303-261 |
| Total Points | 503 | 564 |
| Winners | 134 | 137 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Fils and Safiullin played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Fils surrendered 2 sets, while Roman Safiullin dropped 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Fils and Safiullin have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Fils played 13 games less than Safiullin. Fils scored 134 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin blasted 137 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fils | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 174/262 | 177/264 |
| %1st in | 66% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 134/174 | 137/177 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 43/88 | 44/87 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 51% |
Fils scored 22 aces (11 per match). Safiullin managed to score 19 aces (9.5 per match). Fils won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 77% 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 | Fils | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 35% | 42% |
| Conceded | 23 | 22 |
| Saved | 18 | 14 |
| % Saved | 78% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Arthur broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fils | ||||
| R1 Stricker |
R2 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 2-6 6-6 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 43 | 79 | |
| pts | 117-98 | 140-148 | 257-246 | |
| Total points | 215 | 288 | 503 | |
| Winners | 63 | 71 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 51% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 7 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 79/110 | 95/152 | 174/262 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 63/79 | 71/95 | 134/174 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 27/57 | 43/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/10 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 30% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 13/17 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 76% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Safiullin | ||||
| R1 Cerundolo |
R2 Machac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 53 | 39 | 92 | |
| pts | 173-154 | 130-107 | 303-261 | |
| Total points | 327 | 237 | 564 | |
| Winners | 76 | 61 | 137 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 100/148 | 77/116 | 177/264 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 76/100 | 61/77 | 137/177 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 15/39 | 44/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 38% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 8/12 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7/12 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 58% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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