Alexandre Muller and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will face off in the 3rd round of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.52
Alexandre Muller -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexandre Muller

Alexandre Muller

22 - 22win/loss

Hard
11-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-10
Grass
0-3
Rank
42
High
38
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-29 12-12 11-10 3-4 0-3 0-0
2024 35-32 11-14 20-12 3-5 1-1 0-0
2023 46-33 20-13 18-12 7-7 1-1 0-0
2022 38-31 6-6 27-20 4-4 1-1 0-0
2021 27-31 6-7 16-15 5-7 0-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Alexandre got to the 3rd round after beating Darwin Blanch 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round against Blanch, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 7-5). During the match, Muller scored 111 points vs Blanch’s 93. Muller was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Muller fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexandre Muller was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexandre broke Blanch 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Muller has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (393-273). 11-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has a composed 122-78 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he overcame Kei Nishikori in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.

The French player has a composed 22-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Winston-Salem

Salem Open
Muller's Record

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

16 - 17win/loss

Hard
8-8
I Hard
1-0
Clay
6-6
Grass
1-3
Rank
59
High
29
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-26 12-13 6-6 4-4 1-3 0-0
2024 48-25 15-9 10-5 13-7 10-4 0-0
2023 37-27 21-12 9-9 5-5 2-1 0-0
2022 33-23 0-0 31-18 2-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-22 5-6 15-9 4-7 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 39, Giovanni reached the 3rd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 2-6 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 2nd round against Martinez Portero, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-63). During the match Mpetshi and Martinez Portero scored the same amount of points (82). However, the world no. 38 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Giovanni was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Mpetshi bagged 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mpetshi put 74% of his first serves in, winning 75% (52/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Martinez Portero twice.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5.

Mpetshi has an overall 15-17 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Giovanni has never competed in this tournament before.

Salem Open
Mpetshi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Muller
G.Mpetshi Perricard
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
1h:51
1h:51
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:51
1h:51
1
1
Match played
1
1
34
34
Games Played​
30
30
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
111
111
Total points​
82
82
111
111
Avg point​
82
82
44
44
Winners
52
52
44
44
Avg Winners​
52
52
40%
40%
Ratio winners
63%
63%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
11
11
6
6
Avg Aces
!
11
11
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
44/58
44/58
1st won total​
52/69
52/69
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
25/39
25/39
2nd won total​
11/24
11/24
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
BP won
2/2
2/2
4/11
4/11
Avg BP won
2/2
2/2
36%
36%
Won
!
100%
100%
7
7
Conceded
4
4
7
7
Avg Conceded
4
4
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Muller Mpetshi
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 30
Pts 111-93 82-82
Total Points 204 164
Winners 44 52
%Winners 40% 63%

Both Muller and Mpetshi played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexandre Muller dropped 1 set, while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Muller and Mpetshi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Muller played 4 games more than Mpetshi. The French player scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi struck 52 winners (63%).

Serve Performance

Serve Muller Mpetshi
Aces 6 11
Avg per match 6 11
1st in 58/97 69/93
%1st in 60% 74%
1st pts 44/58 52/69
%1st pts 76% 75%
2nd pts 25/39 11/24
%2nd pts 64% 46%

Muller fired 6 aces . Mpetshi fired 11 aces . Muller won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Muller Mpetshi
Won 4 2
Converted 4/11 2/2
% Converted 36% 100%
Conceded 7 4
Saved 5 1
% Saved 71% 25%
Times Broken 2 3

Muller broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Muller surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mpetshi broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Giovanni conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Muller
R2
Blanch		 Total
Score 6-73 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 111-93 111-93
Total points 204 204
Winners 44 44
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 58/97 58/97
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 44/58 44/58
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 25/39 25/39
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2
Mpetshi
R2
Martinez Portero		 Total
Score 2-6 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 82-82 82-82
Total points 164 164
Winners 52 52
%Winners 63% 63%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 69/93 69/93
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 52/69 52/69
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 11/24 11/24
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

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