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

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Paul and Machac are on the Day 4 Schedule at Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024 on Saturday 28 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?

In their upcoming match, Tommy Paul from the USA will be playing against Tomas Machac from the Czech Republic. This will be their first meeting on the ATP Tour.

Tommy Paul, aged 27, is currently ranked World No. 13 and has a career-high ranking of No. 12. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 39-15, including winning two titles. In the Tokyo tournament of 2023, Paul reached the quarterfinals with a record of 3-1.

Paul achieved his career-high ranking of No. 12 in October 2023 after becoming the first American man since Roddick in 2009 to reach the Australian Open semifinals earlier that year. He has a record of 7-13 against top 5 players, with his biggest career win coming against No. 1 Alcaraz to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinals in 2023 Toronto.

In his career, Paul has defeated his junior rivals Fritz and Tiafoe en route to his first ATP Tour final and title at the 2021 Stockholm tournament. He also captured his second ATP Tour title at the 2024 Dallas tournament and reached the ATP Masters 1000 semifinals at the 2024 Indian Wells and 2024 Rome tournaments, where he defeated defending champion No. 4 Medvedev in the Rome round of 16.

Paul has also posted upsets at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 events, defeating No. 2 Nadal in Paris round of 32, No. 3 A. Zverev in Indian Wells round of 32, and No. 4 Alcaraz in Montreal round of 32. In his junior career, he won the 2015 Roland Garros boys’ singles title, reached the 2015 Roland Garros boys’ doubles final with Blumberg, and reached the 2015 US Open boys’ singles final (lost to Fritz).

It is notable that Paul aims to become the fourth player in 2024 to make 10 tour-level quarterfinals (others are Zverev with 13, Sinner with 12, and Rublev with 10). He also aims to become the ninth man to reach 40 tour-level wins this season, achieving this feat for back-to-back years (he had 41 wins in 2023).

On the other hand, Tomas Machac, aged 23, is currently ranked World No. 34 with a career-high ranking of No. 33. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 24-18 and reached the final of the Geneva tournament. In the Tokyo tournament of 2024, he has a record of 1-0, reaching the second round.

Machac broke into the top 100 in time for the 2022 year-end rankings and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 33 in June 2024. He reached his first ATP Tour final in Geneva after defeating No. 1 Djokovic, marking the biggest win of his career. In the 2023 Houston tournament, he defeated former champion Sock to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal. He also had an upset victory over No. 6 Rublev en route to the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals in Miami.

Representing the Czech Republic, Machac reached the second round of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Sousa. He also achieved wins over Zhang in the first round and won the gold medal in mixed doubles with Siniakova at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In his Challenger career, Machac has a record of 110-54, including winning back-to-back titles in Orleans and Mouilleron le Captif in October 2023.

Off the court, Machac revealed that his favorite sports team is the Chicago Bulls and his hero is Michael Jordan, who played his last game as a Bull in 1998, two years before Machac was born.

For this year, Machac aims to reach his sixth ATP Tour quarterfinal, and his second above the ATP 250 level (the first being at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Miami, where he lost to Sinner). He has a record of 4-8 against top 20 players this year, with a 3-4 record on hard courts. Prior to 2024, Machac had a 0-9 record against top 20 players. If he reaches the quarterfinals in Tokyo, he would become the first Czech quarterfinalist since Berdych in 2012.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Paul will win.
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