Who Will Win: Zverev Vs Busta? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Alexander Zverev Play Against Pablo Carreno Busta?

Zverev and Busta are on the Day 5 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Friday 16 August 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?

3R: [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs [PR] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Zverev leads head to head 3-0. The previous matches between these two players are as follows:
– 18 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard SF: Alexander Zverev defeated Pablo Carreno Busta with a score of 7-6(4) 6-2.
– 20 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF: Alexander Zverev defeated Pablo Carreno Busta with a score of 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-3.
– 22 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (Monaco) Clay R16: Alexander Zverev defeated Pablo Carreno Busta with a score of 6-2 7-5.

Some facts about Alexander Zverev are:
– Age: 27
– Current world ranking: No. 4
– Career-High ranking: No. 2
– Performance in 2024: 50-15 (won the Rome Title)
– Performance in Cincinnati: 10-7 (won the 2021 Title)
– Achieved career-high ranking of No. 2 after tearing 3 ligaments in his right ankle during the 2022 Roland Garros SF against Nadal.
– Led the ATP Tour with 6 titles in 2021 and has a total of 22 career titles, the most among players born since 1990.
– Defeated No. 1 Djokovic in the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and 2021 Nitto ATP Finals championships.
– Reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 US Open, overcoming a 2-set deficit against Carreno Busta in the SF but losing a 2-set lead against Thiem in the final.
– Won his first two ATP Masters 1000 titles by defeating Djokovic in Rome and Federer in Montreal in 2017.
– Joined Murray and Thiem as the only players to defeat Djokovic on hard, Federer on grass, and Nadal on clay.

Alex Zverev leads the ATP Tour in match wins this season (50) and aims to reach his 30th quarter-final in ATP Masters 1000 series at this event, marking his 5th quarter-final of 2024 (previously reached Indian Wells QF, Miami SF, Rome Title, and Montreal QF). He will become the 10th player in series history to

achieve this feat.

The players Pablo Carreno Busta has the following details:
– Age: 33
– Current world ranking: No. 513
– Career-High ranking: No. 10
– Performance in 2024: 3-3 (reached the Cincinnati 3rd round)
– Overall event performance: 12-7 (reached the 2018 and 2021 quarter-finals)

Some notable achievements of Pablo Carreno Busta include:
– Winner of 7 singles and 4 doubles titles, achieving a career-high ranking of No. 10 in singles and No. 16 in doubles in 2017.
– Captured the 2022 Montreal championship, becoming the 15th Spaniard to win an ATP Masters 1000 title since the start of the series in 1990.
– Defeated Djokovic and Medvedev en route to winning the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
– Reached the semi-finals of the US Open in 2017 and 2020, as well as the quarter-finals of Roland Garros during the same years. In 2016, he reached the doubles final of the US Open with his compatriot Garcia-Lopez.
– Member of the 2019 Davis Cup championship team and helped Team Spain reach the ATP Cup finals in 2020 and 2022.

Carreno Busta aims to become the 4th lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finalist in series history. He has a 4-27 record against Top-5 players and is looking for his first win against a Top-5 player since defeating Medvedev in the QF and Djokovic in the bronze medal match at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He aims to reach his first ATP Tour QF since 2022 Basel and his 8th ATP Masters 1000 QF, first since winning the 2022 Montreal title.

The lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finalists in series history are as follows:
1. Darren Cahill (Rank 1013) – 1994 Indian Wells
2. Kei Nishikori (Rank 576) – 2024 Montreal
3. Chris Woodruff (Rank 550) – 1999 Indian Wells
4. Mikael Tillstrom (Rank 332) – 1992 Monte-Carlo
5. Gael Monfils (Rank 276) – 2023 Toronto

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Zverev will win.
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