Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Stricker will play each other in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.22
Dominic Stricker -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dominic Stricker

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Stricker since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 10, Grigor reached the quarter after beating Quentin Halys 7-6(1) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Halys (7-6¹ 6-3). During the match, Dimitrov scored 79 points vs Halys’s 70. The Bulgarian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dimitrov recorded 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 57% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Grigor broke Halys twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Dimitrov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (322-194). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has a compiled 65-33 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Brisbane where he beat Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Dimitrov has an aggregate 41-15 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stockholm

Dominic Stricker

Ranked no. 317, Stricker reached the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Matteo Berrettini 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Stricker scored 82 points vs Berrettini’s 76. Stricker was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Stricker blasted 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Dominic Stricker was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dominic broke Berrettini once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Stricker has an overall 8-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dimitrov	Stricker
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	22	55
Pts	79-70	188-175
Total Points	149	363
Winners	37	78
%Winners	47%	41%

Dimitrov played 1 match while Stricker competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dominic Stricker conceded 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 3 set(s) less than Stricker (2 vs 5). Therefore, Dimitrov played 33 games less than Stricker. Grigor scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Stricker made 78 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dimitrov	Stricker
Aces	8	21
Avg per match	8	10.5
1st in	45/79	98/170
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	37/45	78/98
%1st pts	82%	80%
2nd pts	14/34	41/72
%2nd pts	41%	57%

Dimitrov recorded 8 aces . Stricker managed to score 21 aces (10.5 per match). Dimitrov won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Stricker won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dimitrov	Stricker
Won	2	3
Converted	2/9	3/15
% Converted	22%	20%
Conceded	4	7
Saved	3	6
% Saved	75%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Dimitrov broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Dimitrov dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
	R2 Halys	Total
Score	7-61 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	79-70	79-70
Total points	149	149
Winners	37	37
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	45/79	45/79
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	37/45	37/45
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	14/34	14/34
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Stricker
	R1 Kovacevic	R2 Berrettini	Total
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	23	55
pts	106-99	82-76	188-175
Total points	205	158	363
Winners	41	37	78
%Winners	39%	45%	41%
SERVE
Aces	16	5	21
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	46/85	52/85	98/170
% 1st in	54%	61%	58%
1st pts	41/46	37/52	78/98
% 1st pts	89%	71%	80%
2nd pts	21/39	20/33	41/72
% 2nd pts	54%	61%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	1	3
Converted	2/11	1/4	3/15
Converted %	18%	25%	20%
Conceded	2	5	7
Saved	1/2	5/5	6
Saved %	50%	100%	150%
Times Broken	1	0	1

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