Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Alexander Zverev Prediction: It won't be as easy as the odds suggest

The United Cup nears its ending stages and two notable names are lined up to face each other as they fight to book a place in the Semi Finals of the competition. Stefanos Tsitsipas represents his native country Greece, while Alexander Zverev represents Germany. Both players are hoping to grab a win in this game, while the other players on their team prepare for the second singles and doubles later in the day. This is the very first time both countries will be meeting at the United Cup. However both players will be facing each other for the 13th time in their career. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas is back in action in this singles match after his win over Steven Diez a few days earlier. The Greek was too powerful for his opponent and he won the game in straight sets (6:2,6:3). According to the statistics of the game, Tsitsipas recorded 6 aces and 2 double faults. He claimed 29/34 first serve points and 8/18 second serve points. He also converted 3 break points and claimed a total of 58 points at the end of the game.

In this United Cup, he started off with a defeat in a doubles game, pairing with Maria Sakkari. They lost 2:1 to Chilean nationals Daniela Seguel and Tomas Barrios vera.

Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alexander Zverev in their last 2 meetings, at both ATP 1000 in France and Italy in 2023 and 2022 respectively. But it's been a different story for the Greek on outdoor hardcourt. He lost the last 2 meetings with Zverev on this surface. Statistics also show that in his 7 games on the outdoor hardcourt surface, he won 4 games and lost 3.

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev will hope his dominance on the outdoor hardcourt surface continues against Stefanos Tsitsipas. The last time the pair played against each other on that surface was in the semi finals of the ATP 1000 in the United States 3 years ago.

Alexander Zverev’s journey in the United Cup started with a win over Lorenzo Sonego in a singles match. And then he went on to win his first doubles game, playing alongside Angelique Keber. After that, he defeated french man Adrian Mannarino. The game was played in 3 sets and Alexander Zverev won 2:1 (6:4,4:6,3:6). He recorded 11 aces in that game and also took 47/67 first serve points and 16/24 second serve points. He converted 2 break points and won a total of 89 points.

Alexander is coming off a defeat in a doubles game, where he played alongside Angelique Keber and they lost 2:1. But he hopes to get back to winning when he faces Stefanos Tsitsipas.

He has lost the last 2 meetings against Stefanos Tsitsipas, but he won the last 2 on the outdoor hardcourt surface.

Analysis and Prediction

We can expect a dominant display from both players as they possess similar skills and techniques in the tennis game. Tsitsipas recent records on the outdoor hardcourt should be enough motivation for him to go hard on Alexander Zverev in this match. But we can expect a very close game.

• Win 1 (4:0) Handicap at 1.60 Odds
• Stefanos Tsitsipas to win Second Set at 2.37 Odds
• Over 22.5 Games at 1.67 Odds