Arthur Fils is 5 wins away to conquer the title in Cincinnati. The French player has defeated Brandon Holt 6-4 6-1 to reach the 2nd round where he will face Brandon Nakashima.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Arthur Fils’s projected draw andhisprojected opponents in Western & Southern Open. Fils has a negative record (2-5) with the plausible opposition.

R1 – Brandon Holt (227) – 6-4 6-1
R2 – Brandon Nakashima (49) – H2H 1-1
R3 – Andrey Rublev (6) – H2H 0-1
or Zhizhen Zhang (44) – H2H 3-0
1/4 – Jannik Sinner (1) – H2H 0-1
or Jordan Thompson (32) – H2H 0-0
1/2 – Alexander Zverev (4) – H2H 1-2
or Grigor Dimitrov (9) – H2H 0-0
Fin – Carlos Alcaraz (3) – H2H 0-0
or Hubert Hurkacz (7) – H2H 1-0
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R2 – Brandon Nakashima’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 1-1

50 - 23win/loss in 2024

Rank
49
High
43
WLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-23 17-7 13-7 11-4 9-5 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0
2020 28-14 19-6 4-4 5-3 0-0 0-1
2019 18-9 11-6 0-0 7-3 0-0 0-0
2018 9-5 9-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Brandon Nakashima has a 50-23 record in 2024, 17-7 on hard. In the course of the last 9 years, Brandon has a 101-64 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The American won 6 of his last 10 matches.

Nakashima’s most significant achievement of the current season was reaching the final the Tenerife 1 Challenger and the Koblenz Challenger.

Last year in Western & Southern Open the American lost to Stan Wawrinka in the 1st round 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3.

H2H Arthur Fils vs. Brandon Nakashima

This contest would be 3rd time that Arthur Fils and Brandon Nakashima clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Nakashima on hard in major tournaments.

R3 – Andrey Rublev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Andrey Rublev

32 - 16win/loss in 2024

Rank
6
High
5
LWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-16 19-7 11-6 2-1 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0
2020 41-10 17-4 10-2 14-4 0-0 0-0
2019 54-27 28-14 8-5 16-5 2-3 0-0
2018 21-24 10-12 2-3 9-9 0-0 0-0
2017 48-33 19-11 11-11 12-9 6-2 0-0

Andrey Rublev has a 32-16 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on hard. In connection to the previous 12 years, the Russian has a 184-93 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 7 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant result of the current year was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he overcame Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4, and in Madrid where he overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5.

Last year in Western & Southern Open the Russian was defeated by Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round 7-6(10) 5-7 7-6(3).

H2H Arthur Fils vs. Andrey Rublev

This contest would be 2nd time that Arthur Fils and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Arthur Fils could fight against Zhizhen Zhang. Their H2H is 3-0 for Arthur Fils.

1/4 – Jannik Sinner’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Jannik Sinner

45 - 5win/loss in 2024

Rank
1
High
1
WLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-5 20-2 11-2 5-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0
2020 20-14 2-6 7-3 11-5 0-0 0-0
2019 62-24 12-6 17-8 31-7 2-3 0-0
2018 31-22 13-8 17-12 1-1 0-0 0-1

Jannik Sinner has a 45-5 win-loss record in 2024, 20-2 on hard. As for the previous 7 years, Sinner has a 118-43 record on hard (Click here

to see full career record). Sinner won 8 of his last 10 matches.

His best result of the season was winning the tournament at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3, in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4, in Miami where he overcame Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-3 6-1, and in Halle where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 7-6(8) 7-6(2).

Last year in Western & Southern Open Sinner was overcome by Dusan Lajovic in the 2nd round 6-4 7-6(4).

H2H Arthur Fils vs. Jannik Sinner

This contest would be 2nd time that Arthur Fils and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.

Nonetheless, Arthur Fils could fight against Jordan Thompson. Their H2H is 0-0.

1/2 – Alexander Zverev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-1 for Alexander Zverev

49 - 15win/loss in 2024

Rank
4
High
2
LWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-15 20-7 23-6 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
2019 44-25 20-9 16-8 6-5 2-3 0-0
2018 60-19 25-9 21-4 12-4 2-2 0-0
2017 57-22 22-8 16-4 10-7 9-3 0-0

Alexander Zverev has a 49-15 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on hard. As for the last 12 years, the German has a 193-94 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Alexander won 7 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant result of the season was winning the tournament in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4, and in Rome where he defeated Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

Last year in Western & Southern Open the German was defeated by Novak Djokovic in the semifinal 7-6(5) 7-5.

H2H Arthur Fils vs. Alexander Zverev

This match would represent the 4th time that Arthur Fils and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

However, Arthur Fils may take on Grigor Dimitrov. Their head to head record is 0-0.

Final – Carlos Alcaraz’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

38 - 7win/loss in 2024

Rank
3
High
1
LWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-7 13-2 17-4 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
2019 18-10 3-2 15-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2018 6-2 0-0 6-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Carlos Alcaraz has a 38-7 record in 2024, 13-2 on hard. As for the last 7 years, Alcaraz has a 88-22 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Alcaraz won 9 of his last 10 matches.

His best result of this season was winning the tournament in Indian Wells where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1, at the French Open where he defeated 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).

Last year in Western & Southern Open Carlos surrendered to Novak Djokovic in the final 5-7 7-6(7) 7-6(4).

H2H Arthur Fils vs. Carlos Alcaraz

There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Carlos Alcaraz since this would be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Notwithstanding, Arthur Fils could compete against Hubert Hurkacz. Their head to head record is 1-0 for Arthur Fils.