H2H, prediction of Toby Samuel vs David Goffin at the French Open with odds, preview, pick | 20th May 2026

PREVIEW. Paris. Samuel and Goffin will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 20th of May

Prediction and head to head Toby Samuel vs. David Goffin

Toby Samuel and David Goffin will face off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. 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 Toby Samuel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Toby Samuel is the pick to win this match.
Toby Samuel -> 1.57
David Goffin -> 2.32

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Toby Samuel vs. David Goffin

There is no head to head record between Toby Samuel and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Toby Samuel

Toby Samuel
Toby Samuel

25 - 8win/loss

Hard
17-3
I Hard
3-1
Clay
5-4
Rank
95
High
95
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 42-16 27-5 7-5 3-1 5-5 0-0
2025 57-16 49-11 3-1 5-4 0-0 0-0
2024 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 24-14 10-4 0-0 8-6 6-4 0-0
2022 20-5 7-1 0-0 5-1 8-3 0-0

Ranked no. 159 (career-high), Samuel got to the qualifications after beating Martin Damm 7-6(11) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Samuel had a good straight sets win against Damm (7-611 6-2). During the match, Samuel scored 87 points vs Damm’s 68. Toby was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samuel scored 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Toby Samuel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Toby broke Damm 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Samuel has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 74% of his matches (128-45). 5-4 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Samuel has an aggregate8-5 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he defeated Harry Wendelken in the final 6-3 6-0 and the Hersonissos 2 Challenger where he defeated Maxim Mrva in the final 6-2 6-3.

Toby has a composed 25-8 win-loss record in 2026, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Toby has never competed in this tournament before.

Samuel
French Open
Samuel's Record

David Goffin

David Goffin
David Goffin

2 - 7win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-2
Clay
2-3
Rank
394
High
7
LLWLLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 2-9 0-2 2-4 0-2 0-1 0-0
2025 16-26 10-15 4-4 2-6 0-1 0-0
2024 47-28 24-11 7-7 9-7 7-3 0-0
2023 36-26 2-5 11-9 18-9 5-3 0-0
2022 34-29 7-13 14-5 9-9 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 247, David reached the qualifications after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, David had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-1). During the match Goffin scored 58 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 41. David was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, David Goffin was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Goffin broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Goffin has a compiled 2-7 win-loss record in 2026, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Goffin
French Open
Goffin's Record
Sure Win Arbitrage
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Samuel
D.Goffin
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
1h:13
1h:13
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
87
87
Total points​
58
58
87
87
Avg point​
58
58
35
35
Winners
19
19
35
35
Avg Winners​
19
19
40%
40%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
4
4
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0
0
35/45
35/45
1st won total​
19/26
19/26
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
13/23
13/23
2nd won total​
14/26
14/26
57%
57%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
5/8
5/8
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
30%
30%
Won
!
63%
63%
2
2
Conceded
5
5
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Samuel Goffin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 16
Pts 87-68 58-41
Total Points 155 99
Winners 35 19
%Winners 40% 33%

Both Samuel and Goffin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Samuel and Goffin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Samuel played 5 games more than Goffin. The Brit scored 35 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 19 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Samuel Goffin
Aces 4 1
Avg per match 4 1
1st in 45/68 26/52
%1st in 66% 50%
1st pts 35/45 19/26
%1st pts 78% 73%
2nd pts 13/23 14/26
%2nd pts 57% 54%

Samuel blasted 4 aces . Goffin bagged 1 ace . Samuel won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Samuel Goffin
Won 3 5
Converted 3/10 5/8
% Converted 30% 63%
Conceded 2 5
Saved 1 4
% Saved 50% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Toby broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Samuel surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. David broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Goffin conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Samuel
Q1
Damm
Total
Score 7-611 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 87-68 87-68
Total points 155 155
Winners 35 35
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 45/68 45/68
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 35/45 35/45
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 13/23 13/23
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Goffin
Q1
Hsin
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 58-41 58-41
Total points 99 99
Winners 19 19
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 26/52 26/52
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 19/26 19/26
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 14/26 14/26
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Samuel
WWWWWWWWWW
Goffin
WW
2026 2025 2024
42 - 16
2 - 9
27-5
Hard
0-2
3-1
I Hard
0-2
7-5
Clay
2-4
5-5
Grass
0-1

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