Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will play each other in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.51
Alexander Zverev -> 2.57

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Zverev

This will be the 6^th time that Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 6-4 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 4^th round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Jannik Sinner – U.S. Open 04-September-2023

Jannik Sinner

Currently world no. 1 Jannik reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Alex Michelsen 6-4 7-5, Jordan Thompson w/o and Andrey Rublev 4-6 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter against Rublev, Jannik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Sinner scored 111 points vs Rublev’s 101. Sinner was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner fired 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jannik Sinner lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sinner put 48% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. Sinner broke Rublev 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jannik has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 73% of his matches (319-118). 21-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinner has an overall119-43 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title at the Australian Open where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4 and in Miami where he overcame Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-3 6-1 and in Halle where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 7-6(8) 7-6(2).

Jannik has an overall 46-5 win-loss record in 2024, 21-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 4, Zverev reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2, Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5 7-6(6) and Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5.

In the quarter against Shelton, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6³ 7-5). During the match Zverev scored 103 points vs Shelton’s 95. Zverev was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Zverev blasted 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was very efficient on serve to win 81% (44/54) of his 1st serve and 69% (24/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zverev broke Shelton once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated 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 52-15 win-loss record in 2024, 23-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sinner	Zverev
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	54	76
Pts	197-174	251-213
Total Points	371	464
Winners	67	105
%Winners	34%	42%

Sinner played 2 matches while Zverev competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jannik Sinner conceded 1 set, while Alexander Zverev dropped 1 set. Sinner has played 2 set(s) less than Zverev (5 vs 7). Therefore, Sinner played 22 games less than Zverev. Sinner scored 67 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 105 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sinner	Zverev
Aces	19	25
Avg per match	9.5	8.3
1st in	85/173	133/220
%1st in	49%	60%
1st pts	67/85	105/133
%1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	45/88	53/87
%2nd pts	51%	61%

Sinner blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Zverev blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Sinner won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sinner	Zverev
Won	8	8
Converted	8/21	8/26
% Converted	38%	31%
Conceded	17	13
Saved	12	9
% Saved	71%	69%
Times Broken	5	4

Jannik broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sinner surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Sinner
	R2 Michelsen	R3 Thompson	1/4 Rublev	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	w/o	4-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	–	3	5
Tot Games	22	–	32	54
pts	86-73	–	111-101	197-174
Total points	159	–	212	371
Winners	31	–	36	67
%Winners	36%	–	32%	34%
SERVE
Aces	9	–	10	19
Double Faults	4	–	5	9
1st in	42/83	–	43/90	85/173
% 1st in	51%	–	48%	49%
1st pts	31/42	–	36/43	67/85
% 1st pts	74%	–	84%	79%
2nd pts	25/41	–	20/47	45/88
% 2nd pts	61%	–	43%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	–	6	8
Converted	2/5	–	6/16	8/21
Converted %	40%	–	38%	38%
Conceded	8	–	9	17
Saved	8/8	–	4/9	12
Saved %	100%	–	44%	48%
Times Broken	0	–	5	5

Zverev
	R2 Khachanov	R3 Carreno-Busta	1/4 Shelton	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-5 7-66	3-6 7-63 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	25	34	76
pts	63-46	85-72	103-95	251-213
Total points	109	157	198	464
Winners	31	30	44	105
%Winners	49%	35%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	8	10	25
Double Faults	2	3	8	13
1st in	37/56	42/75	54/89	133/220
% 1st in	66%	56%	61%	60%
1st pts	31/37	30/42	44/54	105/133
% 1st pts	84%	71%	81%	79%
2nd pts	7/19	22/33	24/35	53/87
% 2nd pts	37%	67%	69%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	3	1	8
Converted	4/8	3/10	1/8	8/26
Converted %	50%	30%	13%	31%
Conceded	4	5	4	13
Saved	3/4	3/5	3/4	9
Saved %	75%	60%	75%	70%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Ivan Dodig/Jamie MurrayDodig/Jamie Murray – Arthur Fils/Nicolas JarryFils/Nicolas Jarry (2-6 7-6⁵ 10-6) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Jack DraperDraper (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Ben SheltonShelton (3-6 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Neal Skupski/Michael VenusSkupski/Michael Venus (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McDonald/Alex MichelsenMcDonald/Alex Michelsen – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (6-3 5-7 11-9) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Ben SheltonShelton (3-6 7-6(3) 7-5) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Jack DraperDraper (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-4) – H2H and prediction