Alex De Minaur aces Jan-Lennard Struff 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Vienna on Tuesday. De Minaur will square off with Flavio Cobolli in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money € 16,860 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 31,550 to his earnings to get in total € 67,680 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alex scored 77 points vs. Jan-Lennard’s 68.
De Minaur
The Australian served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (22/41) on his second serve. De Minaur was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Struff
On the other side, Jan-Lennard was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Struff is 5-2 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Flavio Cobolli – stats
De Minaur will compete against Cobolli in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Flavio Cobolli clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, De Minaur won 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Australian open back in January 2024.
De Minaur was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 56 points vs. Cobolli’s 38 points.
Live score progression and stats
Struff in this set played much better tennis than De Minaur and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Alex in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The German failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Alex was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Struff was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alex wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (1-6 15-40).
They contested 53 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than De Minaur (31-22
). The German surrendered 9 points on serve (17-9). On the other side, De Minaur conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).De Minaur commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break was the key for Alex to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. De Minaur won 6 points more than Jan-Lennard (26-20). The Australian lost 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, the German conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Alex in this set was too good for Jan-Lennard and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the German in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
De Minaur converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Struff wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 46 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Jan-Lennard (29-17). De Minaur surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Jan-Lennard conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
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- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Quentin HalysHalys (7-65 6-3)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 7-64)
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- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-2 6-2)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-2)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-61 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-63 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-4)
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H details and stats
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