Cincinnati 2024: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick
Match details
Fixture: (9) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff
Date: August 14, 2024
Tournament: Cincinnati Open 2024
Round: First Round (Round of 64)
Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Ohio, USA
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $6,795,555
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky UK | India - Sony Liv
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff preview
Ninth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas will look to start his campaign at the 2024 Cincinnati Open by taking on Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany in the first round. The Greek's form in 2024 has been a mixed bag of good and bad performances. Tsitsipas last played at the Canadian Open, where he lost his first match against a returning and out-of-form Kei Nishikori.
The best results for the World No.11 have come on the clay this year. Tsitspas won his only title of the year at the Monte-Carlo Masters and reached the final of the Barcelona Open and the quarter-final of the Italian Open, the French Open, and the Swiss Open. On hard courts, the former World No 3. has struggled in 2024, as a semi-final appearance at the Los Cabos Open, remains his best showing on the surface.
Jan-Lennard Struff has a 27-15 record in 2024, with a title at the BMW Open in Munich on the clay. Most of the German player's impressive results have come on clay and grass, making it to the semi-final of the Swiss Open, and the quarter-finals of the Terra Wortmann Open and the Stuttgart Open.
Struff's results have been very poor on hard courts, which can be seen in his record of 5-7 on the surface in 2024. The World No. 36 has struggled to make it past the first round at the hard-court ATP events he has played at. The draw was also not in favor of the German, as he had to face top 10 players like Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner in the early rounds of the Dubai Open and the BNP Paribas Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff head-to-head
The head-to-head is tied at 4-4 between the two players, with Jan-Lennard Struff winning the last match at the Terra Wortmann Open this year.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff odds
(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jan-Lennard Struff prediction
Even though his form on hard courts has taken a hit in 2024, Stefanos Tsitsipas has a good career record on the surface. The Greek player has a 65 percent win ratio on hard courts, with five titles on his resume. He was the runner-up at the Cincinnati Open, in 2022, losing the final to Borna Coric. However, the last hard-court title for the World No. 11 came at the Los Cabos Open, last year.
Hard courts have been the Achilles heel for Jan-Lennard Struff in his career. The German only has a 46 percent win ratio on the surface and has not reached a single ATP final on the same. Struff has won only one match at the Cincinnati Open and does not have a good record at either of the hard-court Masters or hard-court Majors.
Even though the head-to-head is 4-4. Tsitspas leads 3-1 when it comes to hard courts. Along with Struff's track record on hard courts, the Greek player is the favorite to win the match.
Pick- Tsitsipas to win in straight sets