Carlos Alcaraz and Botic Van De Zandschulp will face off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. 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 Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.04
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 11

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

This will be the 3^rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Botic Van De Zandschulp clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Alcaraz won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Basel back in 2022.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp – Basel 26-October-2022

Carlos Alcaraz

Ranked no. 3, Carlos reached the 2^nd round after defeating Li Tu 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alcaraz defeated Tu (6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Alcaraz scored 125 points vs Tu’s 86. Carlos was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alcaraz fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Carlos Alcaraz was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (44/55) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alcaraz broke Tu 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).

Alcaraz has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 79% of his matches (272-71). 14-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz has an aggregate89-23 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and at the French Open where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 and at the Wimbledon where he overcame Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-2 7-6(4).

The Spaniard has a composed 39-8 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 74, Botic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-4 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Botic had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (6-4 7-5 6-4). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 105 points vs Shapovalov’s 87. Van De Zandschulp was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Van De Zandschulp couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Botic Van De Zandschulp was very effective on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Dutch broke Shapovalov 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Van De Zandschulp’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.

Botic has an overall 23-24 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alcaraz	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	3
Tot Games	34	32
Pts	125-86	105-87
Total Points	211	192
Winners	44	41
%Winners	35%	39%

Both Alcaraz and Van De Zandschulp played 1 match. At the moment, Carlos Alcaraz dropped 1 set while Botic Van De Zandschulp hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alcaraz has played 1 set more than Van De Zandschulp (4 vs 3). Therefore, Alcaraz played 2 games more than Van De Zandschulp. Alcaraz scored 44 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch blasted 41 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alcaraz	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	8	0
Avg per match	8	0
1st in	55/90	57/93
%1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	44/55	41/57
%1st pts	80%	72%
2nd pts	23/35	20/36
%2nd pts	66%	56%

Alcaraz managed to score 8 aces . Van De Zandschulp didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alcaraz won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alcaraz	Van De Zandschulp
Won	7	6
Converted	7/19	6/10
% Converted	37%	60%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	4	5
% Saved	67%	63%
Times Broken	2	3

Carlos broke his opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Botic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
	R1 Tu	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	34	34
pts	125-86	125-86
Total points	211	211
Winners	44	44
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	55/90	55/90
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	44/55	44/55
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	23/35	23/35
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/19	7/19
Converted %	37%	37%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Van De Zandschulp
	R1 Shapovalov	Total
Score	6-4 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	105-87	105-87
Total points	192	192
Winners	41	41
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	57/93	57/93
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	41/57	41/57
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	20/36	20/36
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

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