Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.194
Flavio Cobolli -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Flavio Cobolli

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, the German got to the 3^rd round after beating Learner Tien 6-3 6-3 6-4 and Jesper De Jong 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against De Jong, Zverev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3). During the match, Zverev scored 127 points vs De Jong’s 96. Zverev was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zverev recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 77% of his first serves in, winning 67% (52/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. Zverev broke De Jong 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Zverev has an extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (472-184). 16-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 159-52 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Munich where he overcame Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

The German has a composed 27-10 win-loss record in 2025, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 26 (career-high), the Italian got to the 3^rd round after beating Marin Cilic 6-2 6-1 6-3

and Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Flavio had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-3 6-3 6-7⁶ 6-1). During the match Cobolli scored 135 points vs Arnaldi’s 108. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Cobolli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (45/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (30/58) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Arnaldi 10 times after converting 53% of his break points (10/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Bucharest where he beat Sebastian Baez in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Hamburg where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Cobolli has a composed 18-14 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Cobolli
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	61	62
Pts	225-162	222-165
Total Points	387	387
Winners	98	79
%Winners	44%	36%

Both Zverev and Cobolli played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev conceded 1 set, while Flavio Cobolli dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Cobolli have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Zverev played 1 game less than Cobolli. Alexander scored 98 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 79 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Cobolli
Aces	11	4
Avg per match	5.5	2
1st in	129/175	110/192
%1st in	74%	57%
1st pts	98/129	79/110
%1st pts	76%	72%
2nd pts	30/46	46/82
%2nd pts	65%	56%

Zverev blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cobolli made 4 aces (2 per match). Zverev won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli 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	Zverev	Cobolli
Won	11	16
Converted	11/25	16/28
% Converted	44%	57%
Conceded	13	12
Saved	11	7
% Saved	85%	58%
Times Broken	2	5

Alexander broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Cobolli broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Cobolli conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R1 Tien	R2 De	Total
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4	3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	4	7
Tot Games	28	33	61
pts	98-66	127-96	225-162
Total points	164	223	387
Winners	46	52	98
%Winners	47%	41%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	8	11
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	51/74	78/101	129/175
% 1st in	69%	77%	74%
1st pts	46/51	52/78	98/129
% 1st pts	90%	67%	76%
2nd pts	14/23	16/23	30/46
% 2nd pts	61%	70%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	7	11
Converted	4/12	7/13	11/25
Converted %	33%	54%	44%
Conceded	4	9	13
Saved	4/4	7/9	11
Saved %	100%	78%	89%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Cobolli
	R1 Cilic	R2 Arnaldi	Total
Score	6-2 6-1 6-3	6-3 6-3 6-76 6-1
Tot Set	3	4	7
Tot Games	24	38	62
pts	87-57	135-108	222-165
Total points	144	243	387
Winners	34	45	79
%Winners	39%	33%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	46/70	64/122	110/192
% 1st in	66%	52%	57%
1st pts	34/46	45/64	79/110
% 1st pts	74%	70%	72%
2nd pts	16/24	30/58	46/82
% 2nd pts	67%	52%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	10	16
Converted	6/9	10/19	16/28
Converted %	67%	53%	57%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	3/3	4/9	7
Saved %	100%	44%	72%
Times Broken	0	5	5

Tennis Scores – French Open

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