Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti will square off in the semifinal of the French Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.171
Lorenzo Musetti -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This will be the 8th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Alcaraz won 6-3 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Rome back in May 2025.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Lorenzo Musetti – Rome 16-May-2025

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

35 - 5win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
5-0
Clay
20-1
Rank
2
High
1
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-5 10-4 22-1 5-0 5-0 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 2, Alcaraz reached the semifinal after beating Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-4 6-2, Fabian Marozsan 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2, Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4, Ben Shelton 7-6(8) 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Tommy Paul 6-0 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-0 6-1 6-4). During the match, Alcaraz scored 91 points vs Paul’s 51. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz made 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Carlos Alcaraz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (38/43) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Paul 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alcaraz has dropped 3 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Alcaraz has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 80% of his matches (322-81). 20-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Alcaraz has a composed161-36 record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Rotterdam where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2 and in Carlo where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 3-6 6-1 6-0 and in Rome where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.

Alcaraz has an aggregate 35-5 win-loss record in 2025, 20-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Alcaraz's Record

Lorenzo Musetti

Lorenzo Musetti

25 - 7win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
19-3
Rank
7
High
6
LWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-8 6-4 19-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 46-30 13-12 18-10 3-5 12-3 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 7-5 6-2 6-0, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-0 6-4, Mariano Navone 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2, Holger Rune 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2.

In the quarter, Musetti defeated Tiafoe (6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Musetti scored 123 points vs Tiafoe’s 98. Musetti was very aggressive to blast 61 winners.

Talking about serving, Musetti scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 70% of his first serves in, winning 81% (61/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Musetti broke Tiafoe 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Musetti has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Carlo.

The Italian has a composed 25-7 win-loss record in 2025, 19-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. See his history

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French Open
Musetti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Alcaraz
L.Musetti
12h:12
12h:12
Time on court​
13h:43
13h:43
1h:34
1h:34
Last match​
!
2h:47
2h:47
5
5
Match played
5
5
160
160
Games Played​
165
165
18
18
Set played​​
18
18
589
589
Total points​
581
581
117.8
117.8
Avg point​
116.2
116.2
258
258
Winners
241
241
51.6
51.6
Avg Winners​
48.2
48.2
44%
44%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
26
26
4
4
Avg Aces
5.2
5.2
12
12
Double Faults
9
9
2.4
2.4
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
258/361
258/361
1st won total​
241/332
241/332
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
91/145
91/145
2nd won total​
93/167
93/167
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
28/70
28/70
BP won
31/64
31/64
5.6/14
5.6/14
Avg BP won
6.2/12.8
6.2/12.8
40%
40%
Won
48%
48%
27
27
Conceded
24
24
5.4
5.4
Avg Conceded
4.8
4.8
7
7
Broken
10
10
1.4
1.4
Avg Broken
2
2
20
20
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alcaraz Musetti
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 18 18
Tot Games 160 165
Pts 589-457 581-462
Total Points 1046 1043
Winners 258 241
%Winners 44% 41%

Both Alcaraz and Musetti played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Alcaraz conceded 3 sets, while Lorenzo Musetti surrendered 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Alcaraz and Musetti have played the same amount of sets 18. However, Alcaraz played 5 games less than Musetti. The Spaniard scored 258 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo struck 241 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alcaraz Musetti
Aces 20 26
Avg per match 4 5.2
1st in 361/506 332/499
%1st in 71% 67%
1st pts 258/361 241/332
%1st pts 71% 73%
2nd pts 91/145 93/167
%2nd pts 63% 56%

Alcaraz struck 20 aces (4 per match). Musetti recorded 26 aces (5.2 per match). Alcaraz won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 73% 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 Musetti
Won 28 31
Converted 28/70 31/64
% Converted 40% 48%
Conceded 27 24
Saved 20 14
% Saved 74% 58%
Times Broken 7 10

Carlos broke his opponents 28 times with a 40% conversion rate. Carlos lost his serve 7 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Musetti broke his opponents 31 times with a 48% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
R1
Zeppieri
R2
Marozsan
R3
Dzumhur
R4
Shelton
1/4
Paul
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4 7-68 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 4 4 4 3 18
Tot Games 27 32 36 42 23 160
pts 98-73 121-84 139-118 140-131 91-51 589-457
Total points 171 205 257 271 142 1046
Winners 44 50 59 67 38 258
%Winners 45% 41% 42% 48% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 4 5 3 20
Double Faults 4 1 5 2 0 12
1st in 57/86 70/92 92/131 99/142 43/55 361/506
% 1st in 66% 76% 70% 70% 78% 71%
1st pts 44/57 50/70 59/92 67/99 38/43 258/361
% 1st pts 77% 71% 64% 68% 88% 71%
2nd pts 17/29 13/22 22/39 29/43 10/12 91/145
% 2nd pts 59% 59% 56% 67% 83% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 8 7 3 6 28
Converted 4/8 8/17 7/21 3/7 6/17 28/70
Converted % 50% 47% 33% 43% 35% 40%
Conceded 3 3 12 9 0 27
Saved 3/3 1/3 9/12 7/9 0/0 20
Saved % 100% 33% 75% 78% 57%
Times Broken 0 2 3 2 0 7
Musetti
R1
Hanfmann
R2
Elahi Galan Riveros
R3
Navone
R4
Rune
1/4
Tiafoe
Total
Score 7-5 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 4 4 4 18
Tot Games 26 26 37 38 38 165
pts 101-68 94-68 134-113 129-115 123-98 581-462
Total points 169 162 247 244 221 1043
Winners 38 37 52 53 61 241
%Winners 38% 39% 39% 41% 50% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 6 3 4 8 26
Double Faults 1 0 4 1 3 9
1st in 46/70 57/83 75/115 79/124 75/107 332/499
% 1st in 66% 69% 65% 64% 70% 67%
1st pts 38/46 37/57 52/75 53/79 61/75 241/332
% 1st pts 83% 65% 69% 67% 81% 73%
2nd pts 15/24 19/26 18/40 25/45 16/32 93/167
% 2nd pts 63% 73% 45% 56% 50% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 6 8 6 5 31
Converted 6/13 6/12 8/19 6/9 5/11 31/64
Converted % 46% 50% 42% 67% 45% 48%
Conceded 0 7 9 5 3 24
Saved 0/0 6/7 4/9 2/5 2/3 14
Saved % 86% 44% 40% 67% 47%
Times Broken 0 1 5 3 1 10

Tennis Scores – French Open

  • Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio ZeballosIvan Dodig/Orlando LuzDodig/Orlando Luz (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
  • Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-VasselinSander Arends/Luke JohnsonArends/Luke Johnson (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
  • Jannik SinnerSinnerAlexander BublikBublik (6-1 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
  • Novak DjokovicDjokovicAlexander ZverevZverev (4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
  • Joe Salisbury/Neal SkupskiSalisbury/Neal SkupskiMatthew Ebden/John PeersEbden/John Peers (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcarazTommy PaulPaul (6-0 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Christian Harrison/Evan KingHarrison/Evan KingHarri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusettiFrances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression

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