Carlos Alcaraz and Roman Safiullin will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Olympics for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court Suzanne Lenglen. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.023
Roman Safiullin -> 13.5

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roman Safiullin

This will be the 2^nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Roman Safiullin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Safiullin won 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Paris back in 2023.

Highlights Roman Safiullin vs Carlos Alcaraz – Paris 31-October-2023

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

35 - 6win/loss

Hard

13-2

I Hard

0-0

Clay

14-3

Grass

8-1

Rank
3

High
1

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	35-6	13-2	14-3	0-0	8-1	0-0
2023	65-12	26-6	25-3	2-3	12-0	0-0
2022	57-13	21-4	27-4	6-4	3-1	0-0
2021	48-19	15-8	22-7	10-3	1-1	0-0
2020	39-7	10-0	29-7	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 3, the Spaniard reached the 3^rd round after beating Hady Habib 6-3 6-1 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (6-1 7-6³). During the match, Alcaraz scored 71 points vs Griekspoor’s 57. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Alcaraz conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Griekspoor twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alcaraz hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Alcaraz has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 80% of his matches (268-69). 14-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alcaraz has an aggregate138-34 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and at the French Open where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 and at the Wimbledon where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-2 7-6(4).

Alcaraz has a composed 35-6 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

Alcaraz has never competed in this tournament before.

Paris

Alcaraz's Record

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

12 - 18win/loss

Hard

5-7

I Hard

0-1

Clay

5-7

Grass

2-3

Rank
66

High
36

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	12-18	5-7	5-7	0-1	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
2020	23-12	6-2	4-5	12-4	0-0	1-1

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Ranked no. 66, Safiullin got to the 3^rd round after beating Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-4 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-0 7-6(1).

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (6-0 7-6¹). During the match Safiullin scored 75 points vs Etcheverry’s 52. Safiullin was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Safiullin managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Etcheverry 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Safiullin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Roman’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane and the Aix En Provence Challenger.

The Russian has an aggregate 12-18 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Paris

Safiullin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Alcaraz and Safiullin played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alcaraz and Safiullin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Alcaraz played 3 games less than Safiullin. Alcaraz scored 57 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Roman made 52 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Alcaraz scored 10 aces (5 per match). Safiullin bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Alcaraz won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Carlos extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 4Slam
• 16Main
• 4Chall
• 3Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 4Chall
• 19Minor

Carlos
Alcaraz

0:1

Roman
Safiullin

Rank

3

High

1

3h:00Played

0I.hard1

Rank

66

High

36

3h:23Played

Win Loss

Alcaraz

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Safiullin

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2024 2023 2022

35 - 6

12 - 18

13-2

Hard

5-7

14-3

Clay

5-7

8-1

Grass

2-3

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Taylor FritzFritz – Jack DraperDraper (6-7³ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (w/o) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 3-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-0 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jack DraperDraper (6-7(3) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (w/o) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-2) – H2H and prediction

Alcaraz

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