Grigor Dimitrov aces Jacquet in the 1st round to clash vs Hijikata at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov overcomes Jacquet to come up against Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Kyrian Jacquet

Grigor Dimitrov aces Kyrian Jacquet 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Dimitrov will clash against Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
New York
Dimitrov's Record

Dimitrov added to his prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Kyrian Jacquet U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Jacquet
Grigor Dimitrov
6-3 6-4 6-2
1h:45
Kyrian Jacquet
98
98
Total points
71
71
33
33
Winners
32
32
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
29
29
Unforced
16
16
64%
64%
Ratio Unforced
36%
36%
19/25
19/25
Net Approaches
8/17
8/17
76%
76%
Perc
47%
47%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
48%
48%
1st in
67%
67%
87%
87%
1st won
53%
53%
33/38
33/38
1st won
32/60
32/60
52%
52%
2nd won
48%
48%
22/42
22/42
2nd won
14/29
14/29
210
210
Fastest serve
183
183
191
191
AVG 1st Serve
156
156
153
153
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
Total
1/6
1/6
38%
38%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 98 points vs. Jacquet’s 71.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (33/38) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (22/42) on his second serve. Grigor blasted 11 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Grigor won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities.

Jacquet

On the other side, Jacquet was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Jacquet is 1-0 for Grigor.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata – stats

Dimitrov will come up against Hijikata in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Rinky Hijikata play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Grigor won the set after he broke Jacquet in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Grigor missed the opportunity to break Kyrian in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Dimitrov converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Jacquet was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 57 points. Grigor was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the French player (32-25). Grigor surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, Jacquet conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

2nd Set -
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Dimitrov won the set after he broke Jacquet in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kyrian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Bulgarian refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.

The Bulgarian wasted a good opportunity to break the French player in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Grigor converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 66 points. Grigor was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the French player (36-30). Grigor surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Kyrian conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

3rd Set -
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Dimitrov was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kyrian Jacquet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Grigor managed to boost his lead after breaking Kyrian in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

The Bulgarian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. Grigor won 14 more points than the French player (30-16). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Kyrian conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

1st
Dimitrov
Jacquet
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Dimitrov
Jacquet
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Dimitrov
Jacquet
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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