Lorenzo Sonego and David Goffin will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Winston-Salem for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Goffin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, David Goffin is the pick to win this match.
David Goffin -> 1.909
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. David Goffin

This will be the 3^rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and David Goffin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sonego and Goffin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sonego won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 58, Lorenzo reached the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Dominic Stricker 6-4 6-1, Juncheng Shang w/o and Pavel Kotov 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-3 7-5). During the match, Sonego scored 78 points vs Kotov’s 61. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sonego fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 77% of his first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Kotov 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lorenzo hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Sonego has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (327-258). 8-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sonego has a composed 72-74 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Sonego’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.

The Italian has an overall 21-25 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

David Goffin

Ranked no. 90, Goffin got to the semifinal after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-5 4-6 6-3, Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4, Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-3 and Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-1 6-3). During the match Goffin scored 58 points vs Hijikata’s 33. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. David Goffin was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Ilkley Challenger where he defeated Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-2.

David has an aggregate 38-22 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sonego	Goffin
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	38	83
Pts	141-107	292-224
Total Points	248	516
Winners	69	110
%Winners	49%	38%

Sonego played 2 matches while Goffin competed in 4 matches. At the moment, David Goffin conceded 1 set while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sonego has played 5 set(s) less than Goffin (4 vs 9). Therefore, Sonego played 45 games less than Goffin. The Italian scored 69 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 110 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sonego	Goffin
Aces	13	22
Avg per match	6.5	5.5
1st in	89/129	150/250
%1st in	69%	60%
1st pts	69/89	110/150
%1st pts	78%	73%
2nd pts	19/40	62/100
%2nd pts	48%	62%

Sonego bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Goffin struck 22 aces (5.5 per match). Sonego won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sonego	Goffin
Won	6	17
Converted	6/18	17/39
% Converted	33%	44%
Conceded	14	19
Saved	13	14
% Saved	93%	74%
Times Broken	1	5

Lorenzo broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lorenzo surrendered his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. David broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. Goffin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Sonego
	R2 Stricker	R3 Shang	1/4 Kotov	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	w/o	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	–	2	4
Tot Games	17	–	21	38
pts	63-46	–	78-61	141-107
Total points	109	–	139	248
Winners	32	–	37	69
%Winners	51%	–	47%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	–	6	13
Double Faults	1	–	1	2
1st in	41/67	–	48/62	89/129
% 1st in	61%	–	77%	69%
1st pts	32/41	–	37/48	69/89
% 1st pts	78%	–	77%	78%
2nd pts	12/26	–	7/14	19/40
% 2nd pts	46%	–	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	–	3	6
Converted	3/4	–	3/14	6/18
Converted %	75%	–	21%	33%
Conceded	8	–	6	14
Saved	8/8	–	5/6	13
Saved %	100%	–	83%	61%
Times Broken	0	–	1	1

Goffin
	R1 Munar Clar	R2 Darderi	R3 Rinderknech	1/4 Hijikata	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	31	18	18	16	83
pts	102-95	67-48	65-48	58-33	292-224
Total points	197	115	113	91	516
Winners	37	26	26	21	110
%Winners	36%	39%	40%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	2	6	22
Double Faults	3	3	1	1	8
1st in	56/100	35/58	31/47	28/45	150/250
% 1st in	56%	60%	66%	62%	60%
1st pts	37/56	26/35	26/31	21/28	110/150
% 1st pts	66%	74%	84%	75%	73%
2nd pts	26/44	11/23	11/16	14/17	62/100
% 2nd pts	59%	48%	69%	82%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	4	17
Converted	5/11	5/8	3/12	4/8	17/39
Converted %	45%	63%	25%	50%	44%
Conceded	12	6	0	1	19
Saved	9/12	4/6	0/0	1/1	14
Saved %	75%	67%	–	100%	81%
Times Broken	3	2	0	0	5

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/Marcelo MeloMatos/Marcelo Melo (7-6¹ 6-7⁴ 11-9) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 6-7(6) 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction