H2H, prediction of Alexander Zverev vs Alexei Popyrin in Paris with odds, preview, pick | 31st July 2024

PREVIEW. Paris. Zverev and Popyrin will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Olympics. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 31st of July

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Alexei Popyrin

Alexander Zverev and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the 3rd round of the Olympics for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.083
Alexei Popyrin -> 7.8

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in 2019.

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev
Alexander Zverev

46 - 13win/loss

Hard
18-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
22-5
Grass
6-2
Rank
4
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-13 18-6 22-5 0-0 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0
2020 28-11 12-7 3-1 13-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 4, Zverev reached the 3rd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-2 6-2 and Tomas Machac 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-3 7-5). During the match, Zverev scored 71 points vs Machac’s 48. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zverev bagged 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zverev broke Machac 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.

Zverev has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (460-194). 22-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 156-53 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

Zverev has a composed 46-13 win-loss record in 2024, 22-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

Zverev
Paris
Zverev's Record

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin

16 - 14win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
63
High
38
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-14 7-4 4-7 0-0 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 63, the Australian reached the 3rd round after beating Nicolas Jarry 6-3 7-6(5) and Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-4 7-5). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Wawrinka’s 57. Popyrin was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexei was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Wawrinka twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexei hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alexei’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.

Alexei has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Popyrin
Paris
Popyrin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Zverev
A.Popyrin
2h:59
2h:59
Time on court​
2h:59
2h:59
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
44
44
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
139
139
Total points​
136
136
69.5
69.5
Avg point​
68
68
53
53
Winners
68
68
26.5
26.5
Avg Winners​
34
34
38%
38%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
14
14
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
7
7
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
53/67
53/67
1st won total​
68/80
68/80
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79%
79%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
22/36
22/36
2nd won total​
21/38
21/38
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
6/12
6/12
4/8.5
4/8.5
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
47%
47%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev Popyrin
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 44
Pts 139-92 136-112
Total Points 231 248
Winners 53 68
%Winners 38% 50%

Both Zverev and Popyrin played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zverev played 7 games less than Popyrin. Alexander scored 53 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin fired 68 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev Popyrin
Aces 17 14
Avg per match 8.5 7
1st in 67/103 80/117
%1st in 65% 68%
1st pts 53/67 68/80
%1st pts 79% 85%
2nd pts 22/36 21/38
%2nd pts 61% 55%

Zverev made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Popyrin made 14 aces (7 per match). Zverev won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zverev Popyrin
Won 8 6
Converted 8/17 6/12
% Converted 47% 50%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 1 2
% Saved 33% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
R1
Munar Clar		 R2
Machac		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 21 37
pts 68-44 71-48 139-92
Total points 112 119 231
Winners 25 28 53
%Winners 37% 39% 38%
SERVE
Aces 8 9 17
Double Faults 0 4 4
1st in 31/46 36/57 67/103
% 1st in 67% 63% 65%
1st pts 25/31 28/36 53/67
% 1st pts 81% 78% 79%
2nd pts 10/15 12/21 22/36
% 2nd pts 67% 57% 61%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/10 4/7 8/17
Converted % 40% 57% 47%
Conceded 1 2 3
Saved 1/1 0/2 1
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Popyrin
R1
Jarry		 R2
Wawrinka		 Total
Score 6-3 7-65 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 22 44
pts 71-55 65-57 136-112
Total points 126 122 248
Winners 31 37 68
%Winners 44% 57% 50%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 14
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 35/55 45/62 80/117
% 1st in 64% 73% 68%
1st pts 31/35 37/45 68/80
% 1st pts 89% 82% 85%
2nd pts 10/20 11/18 21/38
% 2nd pts 50% 61% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/10 2/2 6/12
Converted % 40% 100% 50%
Conceded 4 0 4
Saved 2/4 0/0 2
Saved % 50% – 25%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Head 2 Head

Alexander Zverev
  • 0Slam
  • 23Main
  • 2Chall
  • 0Minor
Alexei Popyrin
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 2Chall
  • 1Minor

Alexander
Zverev

2:0

Alexei
Popyrin

Rank

4

High

2

2h:59Played

1Hard0

1I.hard0

Rank

63

High

38

2h:59Played
Win Loss
Zverev
WWLWWWWLWW
Popyrin
WWLLLWWLWW
2024 2023 2022
46 - 13
16 - 14
18-6
Hard
7-4
22-5
Clay
4-7
6-2
Grass
5-3

Tennis Scores in Paris

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Zverev
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