Prediction Of Fils Vs Rune H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024?

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Fils and Rune are on the Day 6 Schedule at Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024 on Monday 30 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Arthur Fils from France and Holger Rune from Denmark have faced each other twice in their head-to-head matches, with the series currently tied at 1-1. In their previous encounters, Rune defeated Fils with scores of 6-3 6-3 in the ATP Masters 1000 Rome on clay, while Fils emerged victorious with a score of 6-4 4-1 (Rune retired) in the Hamburg clay court tournament.

Looking at their 52-week averages, both players have shown similar performance levels in various aspects of the game. In terms of attack conversion, Rune has a 26% success rate compared to Fils’ 25%. When it comes to scoring steals, Rune has a 32% rate while Fils has 34%. In terms of serve quality, Rune has an average score of 8.0, slightly higher than Fils’ score of 7.9. In terms of return quality, Fils has a higher score of 7.5 compared to Rune’s 7.6. Fils also has a slightly higher forehand quality score of 7.8, whereas Rune has a score of 6.3. However, Rune has a higher backhand quality score of 7.4 compared to Fils’ score of 7.3.

Focusing on Arthur Fils, he has had impressive performances in his recent matches, achieving his 3rd and 4th highest Performance Ratings in his two completed matches in Tokyo this year. In particular, he had a Tour Top 10 Forehand Quality score of 9.5 in the quarterfinals against Shelton. Fils is currently 20 years old and is ranked 24th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 20th achieved in July 2024. In his career, he has achieved a total of 30 wins and 23 losses, including winning the Hamburg title in 2024 and reaching the semifinals of the Tokyo tournament in the same year. Notably, Fils has broken into the Top 200, Top 100, and Top 50 rankings in 2023, achieving a new career-high ranking 13 times. He has also had significant victories, such as defeating defending champion Zverev in the 2024 Hamburg final.

Holger Rune, on the other hand, is currently 21 years old and holds the 14th spot in the world rankings, having reached a career-high ranking of 4th in August 2023. He has had a successful career as a junior player, becoming the highest-ranked Dane in ATP Rankings history. Rune achieved this feat by breaking into the Top 100 in January 2022, the Top 50 in May 2022, and the Top 10 in November 2022. He won the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title at the age of 19, becoming the first player since the start of the ATP Tour to earn 5 Top-10 wins at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals. In various ATP Masters 1000 events from 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, Rune compiled an impressive 18-5 record and reached the finals in Monte Carlo and Rome. He also had a notable winning streak against Top 5 opponents, ending with a loss to Medvedev in the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome final. Rune had a strong finish to the 2022 season with a 19-2 record and reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 Roland Garros, making history as the first Danish man to achieve this feat.

In the Tokyo tournament, Rune has also displayed resilience, saving a match point in the quarterfinals against Nishikori. He aims to reach his 10th ATP Tour final, with a current record of 4 wins and 5 losses in finals. Rune and his coach Carlsen (champion of the 2002 final) are the only Danish Tokyo semifinalists. The 21-year-old is also looking to reach his second ATP 500 final, with his previous appearance in the 2022 Basel tournament, where he lost to Auger-Aliassime.

Overall, both players have shown their abilities and potential to reach the singles final in the Tokyo tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Fils will win.
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