Jannik Sinner and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.067
Roman Safiullin -> 8.6

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Roman Safiullin

This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Roman Safiullin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sinner won 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Roman Safiullin – Wimbledon 11-July-2023

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

56 - 5win/loss

Hard
31-2
I Hard
5-0
Clay
11-2
Grass
9-1
Rank
1
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 66-6 40-3 11-2 6-0 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
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Currently world no. 1 the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 4-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round against Jarry, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Sinner scored 84 points vs Jarry’s 60. Jannik was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jannik Sinner was quite effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sinner broke Jarry 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 74% of his matches (329-118). 31-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has an overall129-43 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning 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 beat 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 beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 7-6(8) 7-6(2) and in Cincinnati where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(4) 6-2 and at the U.S. Open where he beat Taylor Fritz in the final 6-3 6-4 7-5.

Sinner has an aggregate 56-5 win-loss record in 2024, 31-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Beijing
Sinner's Record

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

22 - 24win/loss

Hard
15-12
I Hard
0-1
Clay
5-8
Grass
2-3
Rank
60
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-28 18-14 5-8 6-3 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2020 23-12 6-2 4-5 12-4 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 69, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Aoran Wang 6-3 6-2 and Stan Wawrinka 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-3 6-4). During the match Safiullin scored 66 points vs Wawrinka’s 58. Safiullin was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Safiullin made 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roman Safiullin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Wawrinka twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he overcame Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.

Roman has a compiled 22-24 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Safiullin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Sinner
R.Safiullin
1h:55
1h:55
Time on court​
2h:26
2h:26
1h:55
1h:55
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
26
26
Games Played​
67
67
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
84
84
Total points​
128
128
84
84
Avg point​
42.7
42.7
37
37
Winners
60
60
37
37
Avg Winners​
20
20
44%
44%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
21
21
1
1
Avg Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
37/45
37/45
1st won total​
60/75
60/75
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
14/21
14/21
2nd won total​
25/45
25/45
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
5/9
5/9
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
1.7/3
1.7/3
50%
50%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
3
3
5
5
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sinner Safiullin
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 26 36
Pts 84-60 128-101
Total Points 144 229
Winners 37 60
%Winners 44% 47%

Sinner played 1 match while Safiullin competed in 2 matches. Safiullin started his run from the qualifications while Sinner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jannik Sinner dropped 1 set while Roman Safiullin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sinner has played 1 set(s) less than Safiullin (3 vs 4). Therefore, Sinner played 10 games less than Safiullin. Jannik scored 37 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Roman scored 60 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sinner Safiullin
Aces 1 21
Avg per match 1 10.5
1st in 45/66 75/120
%1st in 68% 63%
1st pts 37/45 60/75
%1st pts 82% 80%
2nd pts 14/21 25/45
%2nd pts 67% 56%

Sinner scored 1 ace . Safiullin also scored 21 aces (10.5 per match). Sinner won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 80% of the points on 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 Sinner Safiullin
Won 4 5
Converted 4/8 5/9
% Converted 50% 56%
Conceded 5 3
Saved 4 3
% Saved 80% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Jannik broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sinner dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Safiullin broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Sinner
R1
Jarry		 Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 84-60 84-60
Total points 144 144
Winners 37 37
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 45/66 45/66
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 37/45 37/45
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Safiullin
Q1
Wang		 Q3
Bautista-Agut		 R1
Wawrinka		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 17 31 19 67
pts 62-43 – 66-58 128-101
Total points 105 0 124 229
Winners 29 31 60
%Winners 47% 0% 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 10 0 11 21
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 38/57 / 37/63 75/120
% 1st in 67% 0% 59% 63%
1st pts 29/38 / 31/37 60/75
% 1st pts 76% 0% 84% 80%
2nd pts 12/19 / 13/26 25/45
% 2nd pts 63% 0% 50% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/6 / 2/3 5/9
Converted % 50% 0% 67% 56%
Conceded 1 2 3
Saved 1/1 0/ 2/2 3
Saved % 100% – 100% 200%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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